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Firefox might be killing your SSD, fix it with one simple step

article published on 28 September, 2016

Modern web browsers offer amazing functionality, speed, and performance. One of the best features without question is the session recovery. This allows us to continue where we left of as if we never closed the browser, even in case of computer crashing. There is a definite drawback though. Serve the Home's Sergei Bobik has noticed that especially Firefox likes to write excessive amounts ... [ read the full article ]

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Rezer
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_ 		28. September 2016 @ 17:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I set it for 5 mins O_O
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matthuisman
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_ 		28. September 2016 @ 23:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how about stopping it from crashing in the first place :)
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hearme0
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_ 		29. September 2016 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yet the article doesn't include any means to limit this in Chrome.

Sad!

Private browse 100% of the time is what people SHOULD be doing.

My Chrome is set to Incognito at all times.
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Bozobub
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_ 		29. September 2016 @ 15:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That won't do a thing about this issue.
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hearme0
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_ 		30. September 2016 @ 00:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Bozobub:
 That won't do a thing about this issue.
Indeed you're right.....not sure what I was thinking but clearly i WASN'T!

But I just changed it to 99999999 (or whatever the max number of 9's it'll take.)

We'll see how that goes.

Good article AD!!!


But.......private browsing is highly recommended! ALWAYS! :)
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Bozobub
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_ 		30. September 2016 @ 11:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Be aware, however, that setting too large an interval pretty much negates any meaningful chance of session recovery after a crash.
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