Firefox using too much RAM

[Dini]

Hey,

I use Firefox as my main browser, but it uses a lot of resources without doing nothing. Is there any other web browser that's more resource wise than Firefox?

[Yellowmc]

Opera. (http://opera.com)

[themoose]

Opera. (http://opera.com)

Couldn't of said it better myself.

[Dini]

Haven't seen it for ages, never realiced it's free! Thanks, I'll post my veredict here

[themoose]

Haven't seen it for ages, never realiced it's free! Thanks, I'll post my veredict here

It used to be a paid browser for ad-free, free version with ads, but now they've released an ad-free free version which is REALLY nice :)

[Dini]

Ok, confirmed, Opera uses half the RAM Firefox uses!

Thanks T.M. and Yellowmc

[Marky]

How much ram does Firefox use for you?

[utcrazy]

Firefox only uses 36mb of RAM for me, but I have 1.5GB of ram.

[fireshark]

I have had Firefox use 532 MB of ram, and on another occasion 9 hours of CPU.

[Eoz]

have you installed any plugins there ?

[Matsta]

i get the same occasinly, but it does slow if you have flash stuff etc. or plugins can affect it as well

[Keagle]

I've just downloaded Opera, great browser :)

[fireshark]

Only plugin is flash.... anout 10 extensions installed though

[themoose]

Only plugin is flash.... anout 10 extensions installed though

When he said plugins I think he meant extentions.

Try Opera?

[Keagle]

Get Opera, it's really nice :)

[Dini]

I had VideoDownloader installed as a plugin and it used an average of 40 MB RAM. I'll be purshasing another RAM card this week, so all my problems we'll be solved. Of course opera will stay in my system

[utcrazy]

It's funny how 32MB of memory used to be more than enough to run a computer, and now 1.5GB of RAM is just sufficient. I remember in the early 90's, if you had 32MB of RAM, you were very "leet"

[Darknight]

Couldn't of said it better myself.

same when im @ home opera is about all i use
I was a firefox but they suck now.

[themoose]

I have a PC in the cupboard under the stairs running on 32MB RAM, 500MB Hard Drive (or something), 200MHz processor. Screen built into the system.

It's crap. Thinking of installing xubuntu but really there's no point.

[Keagle]

Ouch T.M.

[MonkeyMatt]

Unfortunatly I am stuck to using I.E 7 fo now because of the firefox high RAM issue. It's really disappointing. The browser has so much funtionality might uninstall all my extensions but somehow I don't think that will work.

Matt

[Secret]

my firefox use about 90% of cpu (i can't do anything else while browsing!)

[AvailNetworks]

firefox seems to hover about 85mb usage all the time but every now and again it will get way up there and use 500+ for no apparent reason (no extra plugins)

also the same thing happens with yahoo messenger.

p.s. opera does kick a fair amount of buttocks

[digital_tyranno]

p.s. opera does kick a fair amount of buttocks

I agree, Pavarotti rocks but what's that got to do with web browsers?

[Adam]

I agree, Pavarotti rocks but what's that got to do with web browsers?

:confused4 He didn't mean Operas kick butt, he meant "Opera" the web browser kicks butt.

[digital_tyranno]

:confused4 He didn't mean Operas kick butt, he meant "Opera" the web browser kicks butt.

I was being sarcastic, it's just something I do :evilb:

[stuffradio]

There is no room on this forum for sarcasm :S

[Dini]

There is actually, it's called something like "the longest thread ever"

[AMC]

anyway back to topic. my firefox uses a fair bit of resources, it will use as much as say itunes and wmp at the same time which i cant understand, a solution to this problem would be really appreciated, as while using my desktop i dont usually encounter problems, but i infact usually use my old acer laptop and at a depressing 256 mb ram and 1.5ghz cpu that i cant be bothered to change as i am getting a new one soon anyway, firefox often brings it to its knees :(

has anyone emailed mozilla support about this ??

AMC

[themoose]

Seriously, use Opera. Have you tried it yet?

[AMC]

not really, i mean i have a bit , i guess im just used to FF, i suppose ill give it a try though as it comes on high recommendation. Thanks

[Archbob]

I use IE7, I find it better than FireFox.

[themoose]

I use IE7, I find it better than FireFox.

No!

I don't care HOW IE7 functions, but the way how it STILL doesn't have a valid rendering engine, and constantly ----s up my designs, is just plain evil. The quicker people take a stand against MS the quicker they'll fix that they joke they call a browser.

[Archbob]

I like the rendering just fine. All the sites I usually go to render fine in IE. I tried sites that conform to w3 standards and don't conform to w3 standards, they both show up fine. Unless your one of those strict w3 Nazis, I don't see why you wouldn't like it. And besides firefox renders non-w3 compatible sites just great also. None of the major browsers actually care about w3 complaint design, because if they did, no one would use them.

Why would I take a stand against MS? It works well for me, no point in taking a stand against an application I like.

[themoose]

No, I try to get all my designs to look as similar as possible in every browser. IE is always the ----- to code for, always looking completely different from the rest. I only care greatly about XHTML/CSS with client designs.

Also, I own www.dictionary.hm. It works in Opera, FF, IE6, but not IE7. IE7 team promised that they would fix it before it was released out of beta - but surprised, it doesn't work. And now they won't respond to my emails.

They only all look similar to you because website owners went out of their way coding for IE, where they could have say coded another feature instead.

[Archbob]

I find that IE(6 and 7) is actually the easiest for me to code for. All of the major browsers I've never had trouble with. The exception in the w3 browser Amaya, which I've given up on, since no one really uses it as a primary browser anyways.

You should try your site on Safari out too, just to see if it looks right. I don't get a chance to do that too often since I don't use Mac.

[raversworld]

Try K-Meleon its very nice and is a branch off of mozilla that uses less resources

[Blade1941]

I have always recommended Opera, and its been the best for over years now.
People just walk after the crowd, that's why they choose firefox.


Try K-Meleon its very nice and is a branch off of mozilla that uses less resources

Opera is much better, and its completely for free to download also.

I rather choose a reliable browser than K-Melon or whatever, it doesn't seem very reliable to me :/