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The performance is getting out of hand

I love this browser. I was an Opera GX user first then switched over to Brave. I stayed on Brave for a really long time until I stumbled on Zen. I always had something to complain about regarding features or looks with other browsers but not with Zen. Zen is literally the perfect browser for me.

BUT the performance is honestly trash. I know it is in beta but 5GB of RAM for 4 or 5 tabs is actually insane. I never even got close to that with Opera or Brave even with all their bloatware. Fine I accepted that the browser is hungry like a Snorlax and that tab unloading is broken.

The last few days it has become unbearable tho. I have Twitter Reddit and one Youtube tab open and the browser starts lagging so much it is straight up unusable. I have to kill it via task manager and restart it just to get it working again.

It is definitely not my specs cuz I am running a 7800x3d, 32gb ddr5 and only m2 ssds, Win11 25h2.

Addons: improve yt, ublock, librezam, augment steam, apple passwords and proton vpn.

Ver. 1.19.12b (64-Bit)

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u/valwyg — 14 hours ago
▲ 0 r/zen_browser

Is zen will ever be switch from Firefox based to chrome based?

I’m wondering that because performance wise chrome is way faster than Firefox .

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u/TrapNouz — 8 hours ago
▲ 229 r/zen_browser

Blended Sidebar - Adaptive color sidebar for Zen Browser

I've been trying to get the "Adaptive Tab Bar Colour" extension to work on Zen for a while without success. However, I recently found the "Blended Addressbar" mod created by u/Stock_Reporter_1864, which smoothly adapts the address bar to the color of the page you're browsing.

So, I decided to create a CSS mod for the sidebar to do exactly the same thing. With both mods working together, the entire browser UI seamlessly adapts to the website's colors, functioning just like Adaptive Tab Color.

(Tested on Windows 10)

Download & Instructions: https://github.com/t6mas/blended-sidebar

Bonus Fixes:

In the GitHub Readme, I've also included a custom CSS fix for the original Blended Addressbar. Fixes address bar and icon placement problems in "collapsed" mode and "floating" loading bar issues that appear when using compact mode.

Let me know what you guys think.

u/TermoDeJulian — 4 days ago
▲ 89 r/zen_browser

why does some tabs have this "/" between the icon and the name?

trying to figure this out. prior to today, all my mail tabs had this and the drive one didn't. what am I missing?

u/OCometa — 2 days ago
▲ 85 r/zen_browser

How is that even possible?!

The app is installed in the C drive, which has 98 GB space, but that version is showing 285 GB size which is insane and obviously fake!

I'm scared to uninstall it, cause I don't want my saved data and passwords to be deleted!!

Why are there two version of the same zen browser installed anyway?!

Full transparency: other than the yellow mark, there is no editing or AI used here!

u/HYDRAGONIGHT — 4 days ago
▲ 116 r/zen_browser+1 crossposts

Zen + Wallpaper Engine

This just looked amazing, so I thought I'd share it! Everything looks so premium, and very tweakable!
Mods - Transparent Zen
Wallpaper - Wallpaper Engine on Steam

u/Lord_Hades0603 — 5 days ago
▲ 177 r/zen_browser

There was no direct option to change the tab, active tab color so I tweaked some css it was actually really easy, and made it for me.

u/Baji10000 — 10 days ago
▲ 3 r/zen_browser

Remove rounded elements?

I've tried `zen.theme.border-radius`, I've tried adding to userChrome.css, neither worked. I want to remove border radius completely from the UI (like the toolbar and the tab bar). I'm using the collapsed sidebar. Could y'all help me out, please?

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u/thatoneshadowclone — 1 day ago
▲ 202 r/zen_browser

Hello, so I've been using Zen as my primary browser for a while now, and it is really beautiful. I added lots of mods, and fell in love with the Transparent Zen mod. I also want to try other themes out there, is there a material theme? Any other themes that I should try out? I could really use a change of design... Thank you!

u/Lord_Hades0603 — 12 days ago
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Sync Not Working

Does Sync actually work for anyone? Can't get a thing to sync between two Macs. Obviously logging into the same Mozilla account. No tabs, no workspaces, no bookmarks, etc.

I was hoping for the same seamless experience I'd come to know on Arc and this is anything but that tbh.

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u/NOT-4-BOT — 4 days ago
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Make a new tab by default when using the URL bar?

Is there a way to have zen browser open a new tab by default when using the url bar?

For example I click on the URL bar, type something, hit enter -> that will open it in a new tab, and not the current tab?

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u/johnnyhonda — 7 hours ago
▲ 79 r/zen_browser+3 crossposts

you can directly install the extension from firefox addons store - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-pro-plus/ For edge browser install from here - https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/youtube-pro-plus/miocgpalllinpiheblbpnpflpapgohmi

(I already submitted in opera addon store so you can expect support for opera browsers )

And for other browsers (As this project is totally open sourced and i am earning anything so it will not be published in chrome webstore . Every features work locally on your device . 0 Data collection ) follow installation guide load unpacked process from my github page- https://github.com/Archimetrix/Youtube-Pro-Plus

I'll be so happy if I don't have to touch the code anymore—but since it's not my own website, YouTube constantly changes how things work, how Shorts load, and the elements in the player. Because of this, UI features and other functionalities will eventually break, so I know I'll have to fix those... I have no intention of getting popular or making money off of this. I just built it for myself, and since I invested time into it, I decided to share it with the community. It's completely up to you whether you want to use it or not. Thank you for reading this long thread! 💝💖

u/Shot_Needleworker446 — 12 days ago
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Votes to bring back the "Toggle Floating Top Toolbar" keyboard shortcut?

Anyone else missing that keyboard shortcut to show/hide the Top Toolbar while in compact mode without the need to hover? I recently switched back to "Sidebar and Top Toolbar" layout and I keep running in situations where I just wish I could see the url bar briefly while typing without reaching for the mouse, another case is while using Taskbar Tabs (enabled through config), the Top Toolbar gets stuck sometimes even in compact mode (not complaining about that bug, Taskbar Tabs hasn't been fully integrated in Zen), but having that shortcut can definitely solve that bug without the need to close and reopen the tab

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u/oussamawd — 2 days ago