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By: Firefox ile ilgili yanıldıklarımız | Rapid-Download

Firefox ile ilgili yanıldıklarımız | Rapid-Download — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:06:26 +0000

[...] 3 Hogs Memory Like Crazy (PCMech) - Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog (The NeoSmart Files) - Firefox 3 Beta 1: The Memory Use Says It All (TechCrunch) - Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review – Memory Usage Is Worse! (Lockergnome) - Firefox 3 [...]

By: Links for November 26, 2007 | Based on a True Story

Links for November 26, 2007 | Based on a True Story — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:19:54 +0000

[...] away from Firefox and moved to Flock. Mind you it is based on Firefox but apparently it has fixed a lot of the memory leaks. This could be temporary but we’ll see. It incorporates blogging, flickr, youtube, facebook [...]

By: Raul

Raul — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:19:04 +0000

wait instead of 60k type in 16384

By: Raul

Raul — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:09:05 +0000

Alright people if you having problems with firefox lag you should do this.
1)Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
2)Right click any line to bring up a sub-menu
3)Choose “new”>”integer”
4)paste this into the dialogue that appears: browser.cache.memory.capacity
5)Next click Okay
6)Specify the amount in kb (about 60000 should do) in the next dialogue that appears
7)Restart Firefox and happy surfing.

By: Firefox 3.5 beta « I am Triptych

Firefox 3.5 beta « I am Triptych — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:00:32 +0000

[...] really been keeping any eye on memory used by Firefox. I knew Firefox 3 has been reported to have some memory leaks, but I didn’t really notice it until running it after FF 3.5b4. After going back to Firefox 3 [...]

By: Firefox Mitleri - 2 | Z@H3K OPERA BLOG™

Firefox Mitleri - 2 | Z@H3K OPERA BLOG™ — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:09:03 +0000

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:33:01 +0000

I use Firefox ver. 3.0.6 and it often freezes on me, uses most of my memory and occasionally crashes.
Right now I have only two tabs open and it’s only using about 80,000 kb, it usually uses about 250,000.
I’m running 3.ghz and I have to force shut down ff at least twice a day.
With all that said, I like firefox but I think I’m going to try different browsers out.

By: » I falsi miti di Firefox Sciambola!

» I falsi miti di Firefox Sciambola! — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:43:58 +0000

[...] Firefox 3 Hogs Memory Like Crazy (PCMech) – Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog (The NeoSmart Files) – Firefox 3 Beta 1: The Memory Use Says It All (TechCrunch) – Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review – Memory Usage Is Worse! (Lockergnome) – Firefox 3 vs. Opera [...]

By: Erste Beta von Firefox 3.0 erschienen » Sven Plaggemeier

Erste Beta von Firefox 3.0 erschienen » Sven Plaggemeier — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:38:47 +0000

[...] Leider erweist sich Firefox wohl auch in der dritten Version als speicherfressendes Monster, wie Techcrunch zu berichten weiß. Aus diesem Grund nutze ich immer öfter den bei Techcrunch ebenfalls erwähnten [...]

By: IE7 Good, Firefox Better, Flock Best!? : Ryan Scott Miller

IE7 Good, Firefox Better, Flock Best!? : Ryan Scott Miller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:36:43 +0000

[...] reading through my RSS feeds, I ran across this post about Firefox and a new browser called Flock. It caught my attention because I have been a [...]

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Zemanta 0.2.2 Update Release | Live Crunch — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:10:40 +0000

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By: Skillicorn.org » Blog Archive » A big step…

Skillicorn.org » Blog Archive » A big step… — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:36:23 +0000

[...] both now can be found in the address bar. But Firefox going personal doesn’t help stop some beta testers to complain about the stability of the program, some even claim that Mozilla still hasn’t [...]

By: mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Firefox memory monitor

mim’s blog » Blog Archive » Firefox memory monitor — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:15:12 +0000

[...] I’m not the first person to notice firefox’s memory issues. There was a post a while ago on techcrunch talking about the forthcoming release of firefox 3 and comparing its [...]

By: November 21, 2007 | TechTV Update

November 21, 2007 | TechTV Update — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:16 +0000

[...] or a tester. News.com has a rundown on the new features. Ars Technica is wowed. TechCrunch – not so much. Good news – you can trust your iPhone with your secret stock and weather data after all. German [...]

By: Internet: Consumo de memoria: Firefox 3.0 beta 1 vs Firefox 2.0.0.9 - Bitelia

Internet: Consumo de memoria: Firefox 3.0 beta 1 vs Firefox 2.0.0.9 - Bitelia — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:41:47 +0000

[...] Duncan Riley, de TechCrunch, Firefox 3 Beta 1 consume un 41.6% de los recursos de su memoria, contra un 7% consumido por Flock, el navegador social basado en el motor de [...]

By: Misterzz_devil

Misterzz_devil — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:33:30 +0000

yeps,i use both firefox n opera bt ya ican tel u friends opera is ten times better zan firefox,firefox is a bit slow n uses lots of memory,wheareas opera is ze fatst browser ive ever used,bt i use smiley central n i can integrate it in my opera zats y i use firefox,bt ya better switch to opera frnds,jst giv it a try n ull see urself zat is realy nice…

By: The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » 4cast #80: Kindle, Firefox, Manifestos, SEO

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:21:09 +0000

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By: blogs @ bcl » Blog Archive » Memory Hungry Firefox

blogs @ bcl » Blog Archive » Memory Hungry Firefox — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:34:05 +0000

[...] part of my conquest to keep up with the happenings in IT this story here arrived in my inbox from Tech Crunch and it made me smile [...]

By: ap

ap — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:33:32 +0000

dont be a little whiny b8itch it buy and alienware nothing gose wrong with my computer ever it dont take much maint. and its powerful

By: Oisín

Oisín — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:45:07 +0000

Someone asked how a browser could display pages any faster when we’ve got broadband – does 1mb or 10mb make a difference?

Well, you’re right about the cache. You may call it an “illusion” or whatever, but it works and it helps. Waiting for the page to load before it’s displayed is an issue of latency. It takes time between you make a request for content (HTML page, images used) and them arriving back on your side of the network.
To minimise the overall delay, you can try to pipeline things in some optimal fashion and get as much of the visible structure of the page displayed while downloading the rest of the content (images) at the same time.
And if possible, you can use the cache to help things further.

Also, Opera’s rendering engine seems remarkably efficient compared to Firefox. There’s a CSS benchmark somewhere, showing results of different browsers tested against a set of cases… of course it’s not the whole story, but it paints a good picture.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:01:16 +0000

Installed it in its own folder and am I glad i did that! It was very slow to load – over a minute – but it could have been the add-ons, but I checked that and most of the add-ons are not compatible with it – so I uninstalled them. Then my misery began. I had to restart Firefox and I was told to restart the PC !!! Back to the drawing board lads

By: Ian Oroce

Ian Oroce — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:16:29 +0000

i myself also is a firefox addict. i rather use firefox and opera than IE. IE really sucks in terms of box principle in web designing.

firefox gives you more plugins like no other browser can give.
hopefully (crossing fingers) the memmory leak will be resolve

By: M. Andrade

M. Andrade — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:42:05 +0000

I did a memory use test, comparing Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9, Mozilla Gran Paradiso Alfa 7, Flock, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.b1, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11. All of the browsers running in safe mode, and loading just a web page, set as home page: http://www.mozi...s/granparadiso/, in a PC. The results are the following.
Flock used a max of 43,742 KB and a min of 32,096 KB in “steady state”.
Firefox 2.0.0.9 used a max of 28,000 KB and a min of 26,196 KB in “steady state”.
Gran Paradiso used a max of 32,672 KB and a min of 23,632 KB in “steady state”.
Internet Explorer used a max of 23,616 KB and a min of 23,556 KB in “steady state”.
Firefox 3.0 used a max of 30,820 KB and a min of 17,132 KB in “steady state”.
The steady state means after running couple of minutes, without making no changes, nor loading any other page.I’m a user of Firefox since the first beta was available, I love it because of its stability and security, so I was surprised about the results I obtained. And, decidedly Flock is not a low-memory-user browser to Firefox.
The guys at Firefox development team can optimize the code to achieve a less memory maximum use, as the difference between the initial 30,820 KB and the final 17,132 KB shows.
Anyways, Firefox is, definitely, a great and secure browser; and, in my personal opinion, the best browser.

By: Mazzachre

Mazzachre — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:39:01 +0000

Funny… I use FF both at home and at work (newest stable release) with alot of plugins (I am a web developper…) And use loads of tabs aswell… And I have not had a problem with crashes or mem leaks yet… I open FF as the first program in the morning (Maybe should have it in my start programs ) and I first close it when I logout to go home. And I have plenty othr programs open also… No problems…

So unlike IE7 that crashes (Not only itself but the entire desktop manager) if you use a few setTimeout(); in javascript…

By: Vishnu

Vishnu — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:22:59 +0000

Perfectly agree with the article.. Firefox 1.5 is the best of all..