Microsoft Edge Pauses to Stop Flash in its Tracks

[JMH]

Turns out there is another little feature in Microsoft Edge, the version included in build 14316 of Windows 10 which was released yesterday, that should make the fledgling browser a candidate for safest on the web.

This afternoon, over on the Microsoft Edge Developers Blog, the browser team talks about ​Putting Users in Control of Flash ​ as part of their continued effort to make the web ​dependably safe.

With this update, when using Microsoft Edge, the browser will auto-pause content that is not key to the website such as advertisements and animations that are based on Flash. Users will be able to view this paused content by explicitly clicking on the item to start it.

There are several benefits to this feature:

• Reduced power consumption
• Improved performance
• Lower memory and CPU demands

If the website is showing video or games as its primary content they will not be auto-paused.

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/microsoft-edge-pauses-stop-flash-its-tracks

 

[Digerati]

Hmmm, in addition to being extremely fast, this may give Edge another edge in the browser war. Still needs some more add-on support - but that is tricky too as add-ons are a common cause of performance issues and other conflicts.