diff --git a/website_and_docs/content/blog/2024/chrome-browser-woes.md b/website_and_docs/content/blog/2024/chrome-browser-woes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d3a4fdb364a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/website_and_docs/content/blog/2024/chrome-browser-woes.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: "Two Chrome features you should disable" +linkTitle: "Two Chrome features you should disable" +date: 2024-08-18 +tags: ["chrome"] +categories: ["general"] +author: Marek Andreansky [@skyhirider](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marekandreansky/) +description: This blog post lists two problematic Chrome features that can affect your automation as well as a quick way to disable them. +--- + +## Search engine selection screen + +Starting with version 127 of Chrome, the browser [now asks which search engine you would like to use](https://www.google.com/chrome/choicescreen/), +which is great for regular users. + +But for automation, it does so every single time. + +To bypass this, use the argument below when specifying the browser options. + +``` +--disable-search-engine-choice-screen +``` + +## Chrome wastes over 60MB of your bandwidth downloading language plugins + +The second feature is something that has been with Chrome for quite a while now. + +Every time you launch Chrome, +[it will query and download several .crx files](https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/u78vd0/chrome_has_constantly_been_downloading_something/). + +These files can even be left over on your disk's download folder if you create and close drivers faster than these can be processed. + +To disable this feature, use the browser option below. + +``` +--disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OptimizationHints +``` + + +_This is a guest blog post by [Marek Andreansky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marekandreansky/)_ \ No newline at end of file