Blonde Baji

Why does my firefox take more than 70,000K mem usage when only two tabs are opened..one for pakfuse & another for google ?

I dont even have any add-on's installed.

Dhoti Main Dhamaka

Try this

Type about:config in the address bar.

• Create a new Boolean entry config.trim_on_minimize and set it to true (This one works gr8 when ever you reduce the FireFox window. It almost saves 20 MB – 30 MB+)
• Set browser.cache.memory.capacity to a fixed size (the default values are: for 256 MB RAM - 14336, 512 MB RAM - 22528, 1 GB RAM - 32768). This is free 22MB max.
• Set browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers to 0. It can reduce around 20 MB of usage
• Change image.animation_mode to none. It has little impact on performance.

Now go to Tools/Options.

• Set the disk cache memory to a low value (less than 50 MB).
• Turn off Java (If you really don’t use it).
• Try to avoid memory hungry extension. If you decide to use some; don’t use more that 5.
• Clear the download history now and then. Don’t let the list to accumulate. This will have impact on the performance.

WHO

usually firefox takes more than 50,000 K even only one tab is open. Use firefox optimizer which is a freeware software
Here You Can DownLaod firefox Optimizer

I have taken this image from my system

Blonde Baji

That link is not working;bummer;
& I downloaded it from another place & its still taking the same amount of space.

Blonde Baji

I did a little checking on it & found out that
"If it eats your CPU, it’s mostly likely just a virtual memory program. Instead of letting Firefox use RAM to run, it makes Firefox use the disk drive. Newer drives are probably so fast, you don’t notice the slow down. "

ChaiWala

So your computer login name is Thinker..!!! haha.. Blonde and thinker..!! using a lappy..!!

I must say.. I am impressed


BTW.. FireFox 3.5 is out.. and this one manages the memory much better..!!

casue rite now I have 5 tabs open under on FF window, and the memory totals to 254,296K ..!

wel thats because I have 3 tabs with lots graphics in them..

but I have noticed that the 3.5 FF is faster than before.

Blonde Baji

nahi !!!
that screen shot is not mines !!!

hmm...so I should download that !!!

ChaiWala

ooh acha.. thinker is not u..! ok

well.. I am using FF 3.5 now.. havent had any problems.. yet.. also havent played around much.. but from speed aspect, this is faster than the old FF.. so you can try that.. if not, always can go back..