[SLL] firefox using too much memory

[Jerry Horvath]

I use several of those great Firefox Extensions.  Currently , I am
using tab splitting.  As the extensions are added some memory problems
may be encountered.  I agree with some of the comments from the
authors.  That is, the extension is freely provided to the community.
The development is done within the time and resources available to the
author.  The authors do their best.  The rest is up to us as users.
As an example, see the following comment related to tabbed browsing..

Memory Leaks

by greg , Jan 19, 2007

Has anyone else had any problems with memory leaks with this? This
extension grinded Firefox to a halt so i had to disable it. - Source:
https://addons.mozilla.org/mozilla/4287/

Regards,

Jerry Horvath

PS - I know someone who is using the Open Source Flash Plugin.  I see
if I can get some comments posted.

On 1/23/07, Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>