Firefox = POS

[mdklatt]

Could somebody let me know when they release a version of Firefox that doesn't leak memory like a Java application running on MacOS 7? Thanks.

[OCUDad]

I've got 2.0.0.12 and it doesn't leak much.

There's a Version 3 beta out there - you might want to try it.

[Sooner_Bob]

Well you can't have 12 tabs open, leave it on all the time and really expect that not to happen . . . :D

[mdklatt]

I've got 2.0.0.12 and it doesn't leak much.


Same here. I didn't have problems until I "upgraded" to 2. Also, I only notice it here at work. I left the damn thing running overnight last week, and by the next morning I think it had consumed all the free space on my hard drive. I tried to pull up the task manager to see how much memory it was using, but the computer was all but unresponsive. When I closed the bastard down the hard drive went crazy for 15 MINUTES. :mad:


Sonofabitch. It's only been open for a couple of minutes so I could check the version number, and I already got a "Windows is increasing your VM" message. :mad: Back to IE for awhile. :(

[mdklatt]

Well you can't have 12 tabs open, leave it on all the time and really expect that not to happen . . . :D

Really? It takes more and more memory to keep a tab open the longer you keep it open? I mean, I know that's what's happening, but that's ****ty programming.

[Sooner_Bob]

I believe there is a relationship between the memory leaks and the # of open tabs.


Have you tried the stuff listed on this site? Link (http://internetducttape.com/2006/12/02/how-to-fix-the-firefox-memory-leak-firefox-hack/)

[yermom]

yeah, i haven't opened that link yet, but it doesn't seem to want to reclaim memory, especially from Flash apps

strangely enough, it works the best on my Mac...

[Partial Qualifier]

I'm using IE and I never get mem leaks.


/me hangs up and listens off the air

[yermom]

IE can suck it

[yermom]

what did you guys have for #2?

it didn't exist on mine... i tried "100" i have no idea what it should be

[OCUDad]

Doesn't exist to begin with - whuich is why they say to select "New."

I used 50 - but then I don't keep more than about three tabs open at any one time.

[sooner_born_1960]

NOTE: number in screenshot is too small. Aim for 80% of whatever the default is.

How do we know what default is, since it's a new entry?

[yermom]

i can easily have 20 tabs open, they usually scroll off the page

[sooner_born_1960]

what did you guys have for #2?

it didn't exist on mine... i tried "100" i have no idea what it should be
My firefox memory usage is at about 102M right now. (just restarted and open the pages I usually have open). I don't see what difference 100, 200, or even 1000 is going to make.

[Sooner_Bob]

I usually only run into issues if I leave FF open for a long, long time.


What's it they say you can prevent/correct 90% of windows related issues with a regular reboot. :D

[setem]

I have been using firefox for a long long time and I have never had much of a problem with memory leak. I even do a good bit of video ripping from the net and I have 15 or 20 tabs open at a time. I just upgraded to 2 when I got my new laptop and I still have had no problems. Maybe I am lucky?

[yermom]

i generally only reboot when i apply updates

at times my Firefox process will hit like 600+MB (i only have 1GB of RAM, 1.25 at home)

i don't even know what "100" means. is that MB?

[sooner_born_1960]

This controls how many kilobytes of memory are used for the browser’s cache (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.capacity).
.

[mdklatt]

What's it they say you can prevent/correct 90% of windows related issues with a regular reboot. :D

Then I have to endure 30 %$#@ minutes of not being able to do anything while the boot-up virus scan does its thing. :mad:

[mdklatt]

Link (http://internetducttape.com/2006/12/02/how-to-fix-the-firefox-memory-leak-firefox-hack/)


It's not a bug, it's a feature.


So, the default behavior is to not-so-gradually consume all of the computer's resources?

BRILLIANT!

[slaps forehead]

[OCUDad]

Then I have to endure 30 %$#@ minutes of not being able to do anything while the boot-up virus scan does its thing. :mad:Sounds like you have a crappy anti-virus program.

[sooner_born_1960]

Physical RAM Memory Cache (in KB)
32 MB 2048
64 MB 4096
128 MB 6144
256 MB 10240
512 MB 14336
1 GB 18432
2 GB 24576
4 GB 30720
8 GB and up 32768OK.

Here are the defaults, from here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.capacity

[soonerboomer93]

It's not a bug, it's a feature.


So, the default behavior is to not-so-gradually consume all of the computer's resources?

BRILLIANT!

[slaps forehead]

try a log off/log on

sometimes that will help

[mdklatt]

Sounds like you have a crappy anti-virus program.

Yes.

[mdklatt]

try a log off/log on

sometimes that will help

Simply restarting Firefox will solve the problem. Because Firefox succs.

I've been looking at the link Sooner_Bob posted. I think there are two seperate issues. The first is that Firefox is a memory hog. That is understandable, because there is always a tradeoff between memory and speed. The fixes in the link address this issue.

However, being a memory hog and having a memory leak are not the same thing. When Firefox grabs more memory when you open a new tab, that is competely understandable. However, when Firefox sits there doing nothing and continues to grab more and more memory the longer it's been running, that is almost certainly a memory leak.