I find that firefox 1.5 eating up a lot of my memory like around 50-80mb if i open around 6-8 tabs. Is this common or is there anywhere to reduce it?

I just opened 2 tabs and it has already taken 60MB of RAM

This post has been edited by Thrust: Jun 4 2006, 01:20 PM

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/memusage.html.

I found that firefox browser is much better than IE. More stable and it loads web pages slightly faster

i do agree that but i consume a lot of memory

normal i think. mine is around 150mb, i think its when you open too many tabs and it'll cache alot of files. unlike explorer it doesn't take much of your physical space even when you off it

Note that the more extensions you have, the more memory firefox will take.

But i dont see this when using IE or Opera

If you are worried about the memory usage of firefox, you can try typing about:config at the address bar. Right click to create a new integer and enter the preference name as browser.cache.memory.capacity and set the size you want the cache to be (in kilobytes). Then, you are done. Restart firefox for the changes to take effect. Not sure it works though but it works on me.

This post has been edited by mystical zero: Jun 4 2006, 02:25 PM

mine also 170MB , the more tabs open, the more memory consume
even I close all the tabs and remain one, and still consume 150MB

tried this, still failed ........sigh..........

This post has been edited by Sphenix: Jun 4 2006, 02:42 PM

you can also add this trim memory when minimize..

create new boolean :

config.trim_on_minimize set the value to true

..there you go..

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WAHHH!!!so much ar??i use oni 30mb at most when got 4-5 tabs.does this usage vary fr pc 2 pc?

try setting the cache size to 20mb or 30mb. let us know if the mem usage decrease...

how come I dont have this setting?
mine is 1.5.0.3

You need to right click>New>Boolean.

That's normal i guess, cause mine also like that. Use some tweaker software like firetune if you wish to make it somsume less system memories.

all the CPU usage being taken up by FF
how to solve this??

Try reducing the number of extensions you are using and the cache size as well.

Hmmm.. installed fasterfox extension. Removed useless/obsolete extensions. Things went back to normal for me.

i oso have same prob
beside its huge amount of memory (100mb++)
sometimes when i close..
the task still appear..
have to end task manually..
not aware it still run on program list..only know when play dota very lag..
my firefoxx oso use high cpu usage..dem..