[SLL] firefox using too much memory

[Glenn Stone]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:18:55AM -0800, Francois Caen wrote:
>On 1/23/07, Benj Fredrick <benj.fredrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>my "solution", to use the term loosely, is to use session saver and
>>restart FF. Even with the same exact tabs open, it will use much less
>>memory.
>
>Same here. A restart a day keeps FF happy. Kinda like Windows 95.
>I use a bunch of extensions and always have lots of tabs open. FF
>always uses several hundred megs on my box.
>Restart and buy more RAM.
>And curse this bloated browser that was supposed to be the mean and
>lean version of Mozilla...

I'm using Fx 2.0.whatever and it's at least somewhat better; it will
actually release memory when you close a window now.  I don't know how many
tabs you guys use, but I don't let it get over more than about 300mb... 

And, yes, the session manager and the closed tabs list (TabMixPlus!) are
your friend, along with AdBlockPlus and Filterset.G Updater... I've found
that I really don't need anymore fancy stuff than that.  OK, maybe a
"mini-icons" theme when I'm on a laptop and need max space.

-- Glenn