14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft keeps improving Microsoft Edge, and the latest addition is a new disk caching feature that helps improve the performance of the browser and reduce the footprint on the storage of each device.
Starting with Microsoft Edge 102, the software giant’s application employs this new method of disk caching, which Microsoft says uses compression to reduce the amount of storage it requires without hampering the system performance.
“Beginning with Microsoft Edge 102 on Windows, Microsoft Edge automatically compresses disk caches on devices that meet eligibility checks, to ensure the compression will be beneficial without degrading performance. This ensures compression of these caches largely improves performance and overall user experience,” Microsoft explains.
“Our goal on the Microsoft Edge team is to deliver the best performing browser possible on Windows and other platforms. When a browser uses too many resources, it not only impacts the browsing experience but can also slow down the entire system. However, when it comes to performance optimizations, we often need to balance optimizing for the entire system, since optimizing for one resource can often come at a cost increasing the use of another resource.”
Exclusive to Windows devices
The new feature is available only on Windows, so if you’re running the Linux or the Mac version of the browser, you should benefit from the standard caching feature.
By default, browsers cache the content you load online specifically to make it faster to access the same content at a later time.
“One such example is the use of disk cache that is used by browsers to store resources fetched from the web so that they can be accessed quickly later if needed. The larger the size of the cache, the larger the likelihood that the resource being requested can be fetched from the disk which is often faster than fetching the same resource from the network,” Microsoft notes.
If you’re already running Edge version 102, the new disk cache feature is there doing its magic on your Windows device.