Firefox Memory Usage

[spikey_richie]

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This page makes an interesting read: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html

[Nflight]

I believe like Spikey Richie states it is more in line with the virtual memory(VM) allocation. I for one run a normal 450k in my Firefox task manager situation.

I was using that amd mini city gizmo and it would run my virtual memory up to 800k if I used anything else plus that window. No longer running that gizmo for the mini city and my VM is now hovering at 162K. Different web sites need certain sizes of memory for complete operation. Seems AMD Users web site is a hog of memory... Just FYI !

[AMDave]

...This page makes an interesting read: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html

Just a note of context to keep in mind when reviewing those posts - That was in the much earlier versions back in 2006, as you will see by the dates on the posts. Some of those were addressed in FF2.

Personally, I'd challenge every one of those opinions against the completely re-written and optimised engine that Firefox 3 now sports.

Re: drezha's response

Latest FF2 version

Aero Fox not on FF3 yet - but soon.

[drezha]

Not using FF3 until it's got support for the addons I use.

[Ototero]

Most of my addons for FF3 came online yesterday.