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ZiNgA BuRgA · 17/10/2011 04:40 AM

So apparently Firefox 7 was meant to reduce memory usage. Dunno if it did or not, but I'm still getting the same issue as I did with older versions.

Memory leaks

To be fair, it could be one of the add-ons, IDK.
But the more you use it, the more memory it seems to want to consume. 7 tabs open, 1GB usage. Restart, and it's under 200MB.

Wonder if it'll ever be fixed or whether I can pinpoint an add-on responsible, but for now, I guess it means I'll have to restart Firefox every once in a while.

FonFon · 17/10/2011 05:16 AM

wew that's a lot 1gb XD

here's mine 7 tabs open

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EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'm using Firefox 8.0 Beta 3

Assassinator · 17/10/2011 05:56 AM

(17/10/2011 04:40 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: Wonder if it'll ever be fixed or whether I can pinpoint an add-on responsible, but for now, I guess it means I'll have to restart Firefox every once in a while.

I've never had Firefox use more than around 200MB.

FonFon · 17/10/2011 06:09 AM

i disabled all my add-ons and restarted firefox and it went down to 90mb ahehehe

S7* · 17/10/2011 07:57 AM

Had enough of FF (remember my FF threads of days gone by?). Using Chrome now. Getting more things done.

amoonrabbit · 17/10/2011 10:37 AM

Staying with chrome from now on. Fire Fox tends to cause memory spikes which play havoc with the system and Winamp. It may just be the add block addon, but I'm running that in Chrome and it seems fine. It sucks that it's plagued FF for so long now...

Joom · 17/10/2011 10:43 AM

I've never had this issue with Firefox. I only use AdBlock though. It uses roughly 60 MB.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 17/10/2011 03:40 PM

How long do you guys keep Firefox open?
I tend to never close it - i.e. keep it open for weeks.
Maybe I should try to pinpoint an add-on, although this is somewhat more difficult >_>

I might try one of the Chrome fudges some time. I still hate how Chrome doesn't let you at least choose where you want to install it. Hopefully it still has features that even IE6 had, like the ability to disable images.

1-R · 17/10/2011 06:21 PM

I keep it on all day sometimes as well :|

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Chrome and Opera pretty much have the same problems(when you leave it open for a long time :D)

Just close it, open it and resume hershey kisses

ZiNgA BuRgA · 17/10/2011 10:15 PM

I'd imagine that cycling tabs should "fix" the issue on Chrome though, since it uses separate processes?
I can see Opera having the same issue.

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