Firefox 3 troubles

tSwitch · December 04, 2008, 11:57:14 PM

I just closed down firefox because it was taking up 400k of my ram.

does Firefox 3 never garbage collect or anything?
does anyone know what causes this/how to fix?

I'm only using the meebo addon if you're wondering about addons (because miranda IM never works at school.)

Irock · December 05, 2008, 12:18:19 AM

400k? Notepad uses more than that. You don't have a problem, you have a miracle.

Roph · December 05, 2008, 12:40:44 AM

He probably means 400MB.

Anyway, go to about:config, find "config.trim_on_minimize" (or create it as a boolean if it's not there) and set it to true. Then when you minimize firefox watch its memory usage =)

tSwitch · December 05, 2008, 12:44:32 AM

about:config?

:) · December 05, 2008, 12:45:45 AM

addons aside, how many tabs are you opening?

I have like 500 addons with 10 tabs and I STILL only get 150,000-200,000k

tSwitch · December 05, 2008, 12:46:37 AM

Quote from: Nouman on December 05, 2008, 12:45:45 AM
addons aside, how many tabs are you opening?

I have like 500 addons with 10 tabs and I STILL only get 150,000-200,000k

I had 2 tabs open.

Irock · December 05, 2008, 12:51:27 AM

Quote from: NAMKCOR on December 05, 2008, 12:44:32 AM
about:config?

In the address bar.

tSwitch · December 05, 2008, 01:01:40 AM

awesome, it works now.

Leventhan · December 05, 2008, 05:05:08 AM

Mine uses around 300MB on full force :/