fusion94.org — So if you've used Firefox you've probably noticed that it suffers from what can be described as a fairly harsh "memory leak". This is how you fix this "memory leak" problem. (It's not actually a leak, it just doesn't flush the cache it has.)
Aug 30, 2005 View in Crawl 4
ziffelAug 30, 2005
Sadly, this fix didn't work. I can still easily get FF up to 100+ mb ram used. I only tried the new integer method, and haven't tried uninstalling Flash yet. On another PC in the house, FF will get to over 200 mb used, and bog the PC down (it only has 256 mb to start with) and so FF isn't usable on that one.
redsrule2500Aug 30, 2005
Okay this crap doesn't work does it?
shadeargAug 30, 2005
Deer Park Alpha 2 is a lot better with memory. Normally Firefox would exceed 150MB in an hour or so, but DP hasn't gone over 50MB and generally stays around 32MB. I even see it dip down to 26 MB often...
antiwmacAug 30, 2005
this was fixed in 1.0.4 right????
hypnotiqAug 30, 2005
"this is my number one complain on firefox.it goes up on every tab opened. after a while it will have 180MB with one or two tabs"I don't use any other tabbed browser except for IE7, and IE7 does the same thing. Idle, IE7 takes more memory. Not idle, same story. FF is still better, but I hear Opera is better in this area.You ppl with the memory spikes need to look at other things and stop blaming FF right out of the shoot. Mine never peaks over 50MB and that's like 10 tabs ;-) So obviously something is wrong with _YOUR_ install
ozziemAug 30, 2005
I'd switch to opera for sure if only it only had something that worked as well as the Adblock extension does for FF ...
motionblurAug 30, 2005
I don't know what you guys are doing but I run Firefox with 15 extensions and it rarely goes over 60mb. Even with several tabs open.I'm running a year old Centrino 1.7 with 1gb ram and xp pro.
jefflundbergAug 31, 2005
I think I figured out why minimizing the window works. Windows automatically "trims the working set for the process" that is minimized. Makes sense.<a class="user" href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293215">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293215</a>
techguy420Sep 7, 2005
how do you remove this once you place it in the about:config ?
stonebearNov 12, 2005
Using Firefox 1.0.6 (moox m3) on W98SE here.Firefox's memory cache limit is set to 65 megs or so, and memory use only seems to exceed that when the disk cache is full. When I clear the full disk cache, there is an immediate 20 meg drop in memory use. On restart with an empty disk cache, my Firefox adheres to it's memory cache limit.My guess is that Firefox will use the memory cache to compensate for a full disk cache. Seems like a leak, but perhaps it's not.
duntukDec 10, 2005
don't work... i can't believe people digging this...listen... try going to any myspace page... open 3 tabs, and it'll be over 100mb...
sikosisAug 23, 2006
Errr ... whats with the crap random page that shows poetry that opens when I click on the link. This should be buried.
hariharanOct 15, 2006
When I click it, I get a random page with a stupid poem. SPAM!