Archive for February, 2020

App Tamer 2.5: The Browser Edition

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Version 2.5 of App Tamer is available, addressing a number of issues with different web browsers.

It adds default settings for Microsoft Edge, throttling Edge to 2% CPU when it’s not in the foreground.

It also fixes issues with Chrome apps that run as separate processes (created by saving a Chrome Shortcut with the “Open as window” checkbox turned on), making sure that Chrome is left running at full-speed when a shortcut app needs to run unhindered.

Performance problems have been resolved when site-specific browsers created with Epichrome are running. Previously, their reliance on frequent, repeated calls to shell commands was causing App Tamer itself to use too much CPU.

And finally, site-specific browsers created with Coherence Pro can each have their own settings in App Tamer, rather than all being managed with the settings you’ve given to Chrome.

Full release notes and download links are available on the App Tamer release page, or by choosing “Check for Updates” in App Tamer if you’re already running it.

HistoryHound 2.1.1 searches Microsoft Edge history and bookmarks, enhances speed and accuracy

Thursday, February 20th, 2020

HistoryHound 2.1.1 is available, adding support for Microsoft’s Edge browser to our multi-browser search utility. It also improves the way HistoryHound creates its search index, resulting in faster updates and yielding more accurate results. As usual, a number of bugs were also fixed to make HistoryHound more stable and reliable.

For a list of changes and links to download the latest release, go to the HistoryHound release page.