Microsoft to Set IE8 Apart From Chrome by Giving It Twice the Bloat

[axxo]

CHeck out the web dude! It is a well accepted fact that Firefox 3 is a resource hog and trust me don't give me that crap of it consumes so and so amount of RAM on your system. I am a full time user of Firefox on Ubuntu; OS X & Vista. On all 3 platforms the amount of resources the browser consumes is outrageous and search google you will find a lot of people face the same.

PS: On OS X Firefox consumes 900MB to 1GB virtual memory with 3 tabs.

Here are some links on the web:

*www.pcmech.com/article/firefox-3-hogs-memory-like-crazy/

Here's your beloved Ubuntu:

*neosmart.net/blog/2008/firefox-3-is-still-a-memory-hog/

Here was another discussion on a forum where many have reported their insane RAM usages and some have normal usage:

*forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1003816.html

There are many links these, I went through a lot of blogs/sites/forums to find a solution to this problem, but in vain, that is the only reason why I will switch to Chrome once it get's a stable release on all platforms and will have extensions, till then I am bearing Firefox's antics.

did u ever try running the latest updated version with/without addons. on my system even after opening 10 tabs it consumes around 125MB including heavy pages like wincustomize, blogimages, gmail, etc...
problem with some people is they install lot of addons which does consumes some memory and later crawl about to complain fx consumes this and that. I use around 10 addons which i regularly use and I cant complaint fx as a memory hogger.

 

[iMav]

And did you bother to read the comments in second URL?

A couple of blog posts claiming high memory usage vs several more comments claiming it is not so. Sounds like a weird proof to me.

LOL! proof! You need proof? Here you go:

*img92.imageshack.us/img92/8079/73150969is3.th.jpg

Fresh from the oven. Anything else? Dude I am a full time Firefox user as much as any one of you are. I use Firefox on 3 platforms & even use the portable version.

 

[Pat]

LOL! proof! You need proof? Here you go:

*img92.imageshack.us/img92/8079/73150969is3.th.jpg

Fresh from the oven. Anything else? Dude I am a full time Firefox user as much as any one of you are. I use Firefox on 3 platforms & even use the portable version.

Honestly dude, how hard did you have to struggle to build that proof ?
Let me guess:
You must have opened several tabs and closed them seconds before taking the screenshot ?
Also I see some "Library" window! Whats that ?

Good work!

 

[Faun]

And you do believe that there are exceptions too.

 

[iMav]

Oh damn! How could I forget I had created a thread today itself on this and not surprisingly there was a member who also says that he has this Firefox behavior too.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97179

 

[Hitboxx]

And I think we should stop this discussion right here as we are getting off topic now. Probably continue in that Browser war thread :=)

 

[iMav]

I hope people do glance at the CPU usage charts too inorder to satisfy their anxiety over me going through opening million tabs & the History to spike the numbers.

Sorry hitboxx missed your posts. Sure.

 

[hellknight]

Seriously Manan, i may aggre that Firefox eats memory in Vista.. but Safari.. 900 MB on OS X.. you're kidding aren't you..

 

[iMav]

but Safari.. 900 MB on OS X.. you're kidding aren't you..

Not Safari baba, Firefox only. Hitboxx, this post has to be excused, just clearing a doubt.

 

[goobimama]

Virtual Memory in OS X is totally different from the rest of the OSes. My Virtual Memory size is currently 64GB. That's just the way the system works. So using 1GB of virtual memory doesn't mean anything significant.

 

[Faun]

64GB ? *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/86.png

 

[goobimama]

Yep. Almost any application uses 800MB+ (even the 2MB alarm clock ones). Now I don't dig deep as to why this is, but it works fine and that's what matters.

 

[Faun]

^^a link to elaborate it

 

[goobimama]

Screenshot enough? I don't know more about this.

*img.skitch.com/20080905-e968bsrhgyi9pdbg5s82qm4xfa.preview.jpg

 

[Pat]

PS: On OS X Firefox consumes 900MB to 1GB virtual memory with 3 tabs.

When you know of things and are certain, it is advised then one should try to be sarcastic, until then one should sit by the sidelines and let others do the talking.

Screenshot enough? I don't know more about this.

*img.skitch.com/20080905-e968bsrhgyi9pdbg5s82qm4xfa.preview.jpg

Thats wat I call self-pwnage

Sorry for going offtopic again

 

[Faun]

Screenshot enough? I don't know more about this.

*img.skitch.com/20080905-e968bsrhgyi9pdbg5s82qm4xfa.preview.jpg

Isn't it a waste of space and is there any phenomenal performance gain ?

Mine swap partition is 2.4GB and serves more than enough, not even half of it ever get filled up.

 

[goobimama]

Kya waste of space? As long as the OS works butter smooth, I have no complaints. What OS X does behind the scenes is not my problem. Not like its blocking those 64GBs from being used.

 

[cooldudie3]

WOW WHAT AN AMAZING FEATURE!!!
THIS IS PROOF THAT INTERNET EXPLORER IS THE BEST BROSAR EVAR!! SOO CUSTOMIZABLE AND FULL OF INNOVATIVE FEATURES.
NOW I JUST HOPE THEY REINTRODUCE IE5 FEATURES LIKE AUTOINSTALLING TOOLBARS AND FREE PORN POP-UPS

LOL
@ Milind
Wow I didn't realize the apps take 100+MB on my system! 64GB virtual memory! <fainted>

 

[Faun]

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
lolz

With the 64 bit opteron on the 2.6 kernel, 128 swap areas are permitted, each a whopping 16 Tb! (thanks to Peter Chubb for the calculation)
Now imagine the parallelism and performance one can have with proper tweaked setup. Of course you need a different setup for Server and Desktop. You do need to start bashing.

Its not how much virtual memory one can assign, its the page swapping algorithm that determines the performance.
A wrong one can cause lots of thrashing.

 

[comp@ddict]

But damn, i'm on 20 tabs, but still it consumes less than 130MB!!!!!!!!!!