# Need fix for browser throttling

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fix-for-browser-throttling/826056>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fix-for-browser-throttling/826056 "2018-12-13T13:50:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fix-for-browser-throttling/826056/21 "2018-12-17T21:04:57Z")

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A Javascript script might be watching various window/tab status change events. When the screen goes dark this might be considered the same as window/tab minimizing or going to the background and the script is de-[nice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix))d.

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