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Monday, April 24, 2006

WTF?
Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian.

Can anyone explain to me why Firefox is using nearly half-a-gig of RAM? (Luckily my home computer has a full gig or RAM.)

Labels: firefox

At Mon Apr 24, 10:53:00 PM , Greg said...: Firefox leaks memory like crazy. Try this:

http://www.thecomputermechanics.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7660.html

Basically, it will trim the memory every time you minimize the window. Works well.
At Tue Apr 25, 07:48:00 AM , Michael said...: Thanks! I've dont that on my computers and will see how well it works.
At Tue Apr 25, 01:22:00 PM , L8N said...: Do you have many extensions added to your Firefox? I know I personally have Forecast Fox, Yahoo Mail Notifier, GMail Notifier, Sage, Bug Me Not, and Quick Notes. My Firefox is using about 100 mb right now.
At Tue Apr 25, 01:43:00 PM , Michael said...: I've got a few dozen extensions myself only one or two of which I believe I'm willing to give up. Maybe I should take a look and clean them out a bit. (Hey, I got rid of the Abe Vigoda extension a while back.)
At Tue Apr 25, 01:44:00 PM , Rob Szarka said...: Also note that several memory leak issues were fixed in 1.5.0.2, so try upgrading if you're using 1.5 or 1.5.0.1.
At Tue Apr 25, 01:47:00 PM , Michael said...: Nope, fully upgraded to 1.5.0.2. The ultimate issue is probably the fact that the computer in question runs 24-7, gets rebooted about one a month, and Firefox is rarely closed. Maybe I need to get into the habit of shutting the it down more often.