Finally, A Way To Control Firefox's Rampant Memory Usage

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/53880

Oh, Windows only. LOL

Seems a bit odd that this would require an extension, no? Something like memory bloat should be addressed in the core, I thought on the whole that ff has aimed for light, fast, stable, etc. Probably give this a try anyway.

  On 12/15/2009 at 7:10 PM, Bob Dobalina said:

Seems a bit odd that this would require an extension, no? Something like memory bloat should be addressed in the core, I thought on the whole that ff has aimed for light, fast, stable, etc. Probably give this a try anyway.

What this extension does is auto-purge the memory FF is no longer using based on the limits set. But I agree, this is something the app itself should handle. Chrome has a Purge Memory button on it's processes tab.

fuck i can't get this to d/l

"could not install. not a valid install package."

Finally, a solution to a problem I didn't know I had!

Oh wait PC only

  On 12/15/2009 at 7:38 PM, blicero said:

"could not install. not a valid install package."

that's what I got too. Damn, I was excited too.

This better work. Damn firefox eating all my ram, nom nom nom.

or just install 4 gigs of ram and never worry about it again.

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:38 PM, chaosmachine said:

or just install 4 gigs of ram and never worry about it again.

People have less than 4GB of RAM these days?

I have 4gb ram. But the programme seems to work fairly well.

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:30 PM, sneaksta303 said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 7:38 PM, blicero said:

"could not install. not a valid install package."

 

that's what I got too. Damn, I was excited too.

You need to keep trying, it'll work eventually

Hmm I should download this. I often notice Firefox using a lot of memory on my home PC. I have 4GB RAM too btw.

6GB of DDR3. My PC goes so fast it screams. That's my contribution to this thread. Nick my luts

  On 12/15/2009 at 10:28 PM, Obel said:

6GB of DDR3. My PC goes so fast it screams. That's my contribution to this thread. Nick my luts

Why the fuck would you ever need that? Do you like to run several games of GTA IV simultaneously?

  On 12/15/2009 at 10:40 PM, chassis said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 10:28 PM, Obel said:

6GB of DDR3. My PC goes so fast it screams. That's my contribution to this thread. Nick my luts

 

Why the fuck would you ever need that? Do you like to run several games of GTA IV simultaneously?

Nah, I got a good deal on RAM when I bought the parts for this machine. Also, all my life I've had a crap machine that meant I had to wait three or four years after a decent PC game had come out for a machine good enough to play it. So I thought I'd be ahead of the curve. I do run W7 64bit though, and Empire Total War, which just gets by on maximum graphics.

FF 3 has been much better about RAM usage. Used to make my machine really scream, but it's not bad at all these days. Only 2GB here on my aging MBP...

I got 1gb here and it sucks. Mozilla is kicking my ass all over the place as the new add-on doesn't work for me as well.

Hmm. while I indeed have gotten it to install, it doesn't seem to be working much, if at all upon browser restart, but the test is leaving it open for a bit and seeing what happens. Only time will tell.

  On 12/15/2009 at 10:40 PM, chassis said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 10:28 PM, Obel said:

6GB of DDR3. My PC goes so fast it screams. That's my contribution to this thread. Nick my luts

 

Why the fuck would you ever need that?

I'd guess the same reason 2GB was once ok and now you need 4GB.

512mb ram in my macbook. not only does this suck that this is for PC only, but i cant even run chrome because you need OS/X 10.5!

512 here

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:34 AM, sneaksta303 said:

Hmm. while I indeed have gotten it to install, it doesn't seem to be working much, if at all upon browser restart, but the test is leaving it open for a bit and seeing what happens. Only time will tell.

err, apparently you have to go into tools, then activate it...

  On 12/16/2009 at 7:34 AM, sneaksta303 said:

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:34 AM, sneaksta303 said:

Hmm. while I indeed have gotten it to install, it doesn't seem to be working much, if at all upon browser restart, but the test is leaving it open for a bit and seeing what happens. Only time will tell.

 

err, apparently you have to go into tools, then activate it...

so is it worth it? I have 4GB on my laptop and 6 on my desktop, so I don't think this will even be worth it. Although youtube threads can get a bit crazy since I have my settings showing 100 posts/page

well, there's no downside, if that's what you're asking.