Comments on: Firefox’s memory usage is out of control http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/09/08/firefoxs-memory-usage-is-out-of-control/ Christopher Finke is a software engineer who builds high-traffic websites (like AOL Shopping and Mahalo.com) and develops browser add-ons (like ScribeFire, TwitterBar, FireFound, and Tapsure) to enhance the Web. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thanos http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/09/08/firefoxs-memory-usage-is-out-of-control/#comment-98151 thanos Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:26:02 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/?p=866#comment-98151 this is not a FF problem, it happens when many applications aquire over 2GBof RAM. I experience it in Photoshop CS3 on Mac os x 10.4.11, others have the same in Illustrator others with music software, others with Databases e.t.c. It's definitely a OS or RAM chip problem... I have no solution for it though. Good luck this is not a FF problem, it happens when many applications aquire over 2GBof RAM.
I experience it in Photoshop CS3 on Mac os x 10.4.11, others have the same in Illustrator others with music software, others with Databases e.t.c.
It’s definitely a OS or RAM chip problem…
I have no solution for it though.
Good luck

]]> By: Jim http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/09/08/firefoxs-memory-usage-is-out-of-control/#comment-95832 Jim Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:37:24 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/?p=866#comment-95832 Sorry, but that would be 16.777 exabytes not terabytes (i.e., 16,777,215 terabytes =~ 16,777 petabytes =~ 16.777 exabytes). ;-) Sorry, but that would be 16.777 exabytes not terabytes (i.e., 16,777,215 terabytes =~ 16,777 petabytes =~ 16.777 exabytes).

;-)

]]> By: Geoff http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/09/08/firefoxs-memory-usage-is-out-of-control/#comment-87033 Geoff Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:16:30 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/?p=866#comment-87033 I typically have to restart FF3 a couple of times a day which is worse than FF2 was. For me, FF3 = FAIL on OS X 11 tabs open - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2840975504_34f3bd2b8b_o.png I typically have to restart FF3 a couple of times a day which is worse than FF2 was.

For me, FF3 = FAIL on OS X

11 tabs open – http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2840975504_34f3bd2b8b_o.png

]]> By: Tyler Hayes http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/09/08/firefoxs-memory-usage-is-out-of-control/#comment-86976 Tyler Hayes Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:37:26 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/?p=866#comment-86976 I consistently have this same problem with FF3. I don't get how their footprint has gotten so out of control since v1, it was amazing back then! Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad and you never really know. Right now I have 9 tabs open at 90M. Too bad you don't have Windows, then at least you could cycle most of your tabs through Chrome which recycles the memory every time you close a tab. Then again, you're on an Apple so you've got 10x less worry on average than we Windows users anyway ;) I consistently have this same problem with FF3. I don’t get how their footprint has gotten so out of control since v1, it was amazing back then! Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad and you never really know. Right now I have 9 tabs open at 90M.

Too bad you don’t have Windows, then at least you could cycle most of your tabs through Chrome which recycles the memory every time you close a tab. Then again, you’re on an Apple so you’ve got 10x less worry on average than we Windows users anyway ;)

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