Comments on: Firefox, The Little Memory Hog http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/ Web development and Internet trends Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: enigma http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-246309 enigma Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:35:34 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-246309 I suggest people look for enigma browser and download it from http://store.democratz.org You can find the link just above the products and you can download it for free. Engima runs faster than Firefox and you can easily run 32 tabs and not slow down the machine. I suggest people look for enigma browser and download it from http://store.democratz.org

You can find the link just above the products and you can download it for free.

Engima runs faster than Firefox and you can easily run 32 tabs and not slow down the machine.

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-206767 Robert Nyman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:52:55 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-206767 Barliesque, Sounds good! Barliesque,

Sounds good!

]]> By: Barliesque http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-206411 Barliesque Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:20:40 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-206411 Looking forward to Firefox 3. The features and enhancements are said to include... <blockquote>over 330 memory leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks, and reductions in the memory footprint.</blockquote> Fingers crossed! Looking forward to Firefox 3. The features and enhancements are said to include…

over 330 memory leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks, and reductions in the memory footprint.

Fingers crossed!

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-190848 Robert Nyman Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:06:49 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-190848 Kevin, Good! :-) Kevin,

Good! :-)

]]> By: Kevin http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-190619 Kevin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:41:11 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-190619 Brilliant. A great laugh. Brilliant. A great laugh.

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-113148 Robert Nyman Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:23:46 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-113148 pearl, Glad you liked it, and welcome here! pearl,

Glad you liked it, and welcome here!

]]> By: pearl http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-112619 pearl Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:12:04 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-112619 nice and funny story! I ended up here searching for a solution to ff eating up so much memory but seems like will be coming back many times to read interesting stuff here... :) tc nice and funny story! I ended up here searching for a solution to ff eating up so much memory but seems like will be coming back many times to read interesting stuff here… :) tc

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-70160 Robert Nyman Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:29:22 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-70160 Bill H, Yeah, I can imagine that just some people do. :-) Bill H,

Yeah, I can imagine that just some people do. :-)

]]> By: Bill H http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-70075 Bill H Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:27:22 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-70075 Yes, I've found Firefox uses a lot ! of memory, somtimes 200 MB or more. Downright obscene in my book. Also, it does not free up memory, I've frequently had my system at virtual = 120 % of real, and Firefox continung to use 100 to 200 MB, plus Firefox does periodically go into a high cpu condition, where I often shut down the whole app and start over. If I was running only Firefox on a machine, it would run great, but I run several apps which also use 100 to 500 MB; before not too long, it's used up my 1 to 1.5 GB ram. Don't get me wrong, I really do love Firefox, I just wish they would make it run more efficiently! I'm in tech support for a large corporation, and when debugging network or web app performance problems, I often ask the user: "Do you run IE or a good browser?" Some people get it. ;-) Yes, I’ve found Firefox uses a lot ! of memory, somtimes 200 MB or more. Downright obscene in my book. Also, it does not free up memory, I’ve frequently had my system at virtual = 120 % of real, and Firefox continung to use 100 to 200 MB, plus Firefox does periodically go into a high cpu condition, where I often shut down the whole app and start over.
If I was running only Firefox on a machine, it would run great, but I run several apps which also use 100 to 500 MB; before not too long, it’s used up my 1 to 1.5 GB ram.

Don’t get me wrong, I really do love Firefox, I just wish they would make it run more efficiently!

I’m in tech support for a large corporation, and when debugging network or web app performance problems, I often ask the user: “Do you run IE or a good browser?” Some people get it. ;-)

]]> By: Safari web browser is now also offered for Windows - Robert’s talk http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-68578 Safari web browser is now also offered for Windows - Robert’s talk Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:02 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-68578 [...] is, after all, very fast and good at rendering CSS (remember the fairy tale?), and I guess that people used to the lukewarm designs of Internet Explorer and Firefox will [...] [...] is, after all, very fast and good at rendering CSS (remember the fairy tale?), and I guess that people used to the lukewarm designs of Internet Explorer and Firefox will [...]

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-64218 Robert Nyman Mon, 28 May 2007 08:01:47 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-64218 Jonathan, Ah, maybe... :-) And thanks! Jonathan,

Ah, maybe… :-)
And thanks!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-64068 Jonathan Sun, 27 May 2007 18:19:16 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-64068 It was a funny article to read, but Opera is of course a 'she' (Latin ending -a is feminine). Keep up the good work! It was a funny article to read, but Opera is of course a ’she’ (Latin ending -a is feminine).

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-50814 Robert Nyman Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:06:52 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-50814 Mark, I'm glad you liked it! Mark,

I’m glad you liked it!

]]> By: Mark http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-50741 Mark Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:15:43 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-50741 that's a cute story! firefox all the way! that’s a cute story! firefox all the way!

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31870 Robert Nyman Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:13:24 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31870 Tobie, Thanks! :-) Tobie,

Thanks! :-)

]]> By: Tobie Langel http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31818 Tobie Langel Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:08:42 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31818 Robert, What a great read! Shane, Looks like we have <a href="http://tobielangel.com/tags/safari" rel="nofollow">some common rant topics</a>... ;-) Robert,

What a great read!

Shane,

Looks like we have some common rant topics… ;-)

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31284 Robert Nyman Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:51:56 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-31284 Stefan, Good! :-) Stefan,

Good! :-)

]]> By: Stefan Van Reeth http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30899 Stefan Van Reeth Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:30:13 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30899 Lovely story. Liked the "... it's a feature" best. Lovely story. Liked the “… it’s a feature” best.

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30422 Robert Nyman Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:59:58 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30422 Pat, Shane, I'm happy to hear that you liked it! :-) Pat, Shane,

I’m happy to hear that you liked it! :-)

]]> By: Refresh Detroit » Articles and websites mentioned at January meeting http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30348 Refresh Detroit » Articles and websites mentioned at January meeting Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:03:45 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/01/23/firefox-the-little-memory-hog/#comment-30348 [...] s for JAWS users - Juicy Studio, Gez Lemon - a great site for best practices and standards Firefox, the Little Memory Hog - Robert Nyman - the story I told about Fire [...] [...] s for JAWS users - Juicy Studio, Gez Lemon - a great site for best practices and standards Firefox, the Little Memory Hog - Robert Nyman - the story I told about Fire [...]

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