Introduction
Workplace has upgraded the experience of navigating the web by creating a faster, more secure, and powerful web browser that runs in the cloud with Secure Browser.
With Secure Browser, we added technology that will suspend and pause tabs that are processor and memory intensive after a set amount of time to free system resources to offer better performance for you and your team.
We provided options that allow you to configure the Secure Browser to optimize your workflow.
Modify Secure Browser Options
- Double-click the Workplace icon to start Workplace.
- Sign in to Workplace Windows or Mac.
If prompted, verify the sign-in on your phone. - In the navigation bar on the left-hand side, click Secure Browser.
If Secure Browser doesn't start, click Resume. - Right-click on the Workplace extension.
- Click Options.
- Modify any options.
- Click Save.
Secure Browser Options
In the Secure Browser options, you can customize:
- Suspension Timing
- By default, Secure Browser will suspend tabs after 40 minutes of inactivity. You can modify the duration of inactivity(1-120 minutes) before a tab suspend.
- Pinned Tabs
- Secure Browser lets you pin browser tabs for fast, repeated access. You can prevent the Secure Browser from suspending these tabs by checking the box next to Do not suspend pinned tabs.
- Sites with Input Forms
- By default, the Secure Browser will not suspend tabs that have an input form (e.g., a CRM system where you're recording an activity).
We recommend you not change this option, or you may lose any unsaved data.
- By default, the Secure Browser will not suspend tabs that have an input form (e.g., a CRM system where you're recording an activity).
- Streaming Audio
- By default, the Secure Browser will not suspend tabs that are playing audio.
We recommend you not change this option so that you can listen continuously without interruption.
- By default, the Secure Browser will not suspend tabs that are playing audio.
- Automatic Restoration
- By default, suspended tabs require that you click Continue work after navigating to the tab to restore them. You can skip this and have tabs restore immediately when you navigate to them by enabling Automatically unsuspend when tab gains focus.
- Whitelisting
- Any website you enter into the whitelist will never be suspended. The categories above are designed so that you don't have to manage a long whitelist. When you do add a website, you can do so in one of three ways:
- Specific Website - Enter the full URL of the website.
(ex: https://finance.yahoo.com) - Specify a Part of the URL - Enter keywords or parts of the URL.
(ex: yahoo.com) - Use Regular Expression - Use regular expressions to whitelist all sites on that domain.
(ex: ^https:.*yahoo\.com)
- Specific Website - Enter the full URL of the website.
- Any website you enter into the whitelist will never be suspended. The categories above are designed so that you don't have to manage a long whitelist. When you do add a website, you can do so in one of three ways:
The options above are designed to help you tailor tab suspension so that the tabs you need are always available to you, and that secure browser focuses on suspending the right tabs without ever interfering with your work.