Resource monitoring for web applications with video and animation content

A method comprising:

• monitoring usage of resources within a computing device;
• responsive to the usage of resources being above a threshold, determining that displayed content of a web page from an application includes video or animation content;
• determining that the video or animation content is included as part of a background of the displayed content based on a comparison of sizes between a display screen displaying the content of the web page and the video or animation content;
• and
• responsive to the determination that the background includes the video or animation content, no longer play the video or animation content to reduce resource usage by the application to display the web page.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for a computing device, and with the non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of computer executable instructions for causing the computing device to perform steps comprising:

• monitoring usage of resources within the computing device;
• responsive to the usage of resources being above a threshold, determining that displayed content of a web page from an application includes video or animation content;
• determining that the video or animation content is included as part of a background of the displayed content based on a comparison of sizes between a display screen displaying the content of the web page and the video or animation content;
• and
• responsive to the determination that the background includes the video or animation content, no longer play the video or animation content to reduce resource usage by the application to display the web page.