Fear the high consumption browser. [peak memory] [memory usage]
Q: Right now, Firefox 1.5 is 65MB, with a peak memory usage of 70MB. I hope that they will soon overcome this problem. I know its been said before in many threads, with a poorer memory in use, but I wanted the problem emphesize, and also say that I am going to keep the broswer. It is still fast and Im not secure.
And possible extensions implemented. Just the default installation of a window, and no additional tabs.
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Re:You're looking at the wrong column in task manager if it goes down when you minimize the app. "VM Size" is more relevant than Mem Usage. FWIW, I heard IE7 is pretty big too (115MB for 6 tabs).
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Heh, mine is at 600MB at the moment…
Mem leak + lots of browser windows open with pictures of "stuff" in the tabs? 
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Re:>firefox also has no control over that
It could be Windows doing something when Firefox is minimized, though. Maybe Windows is lazy about freeing memory the application has already called to be freed, for example, unless it's needed or the app is getting swapped out or something at which point it does the dirty work.
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Re:Wow! it does drop the unused memory when you minimize, awesome. I have been annoyed by that since I started using firefox, I thought there was a serious problem somewhere. I wonder why it doesn't free the memory used by a tab when you close it though… and why does it 'animate' flash movies when you're not viewing the tab they're embedded in?…
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
And for those annoyed by the consumption, do you notice a significant drop if you simply minimize firefox and wait a few seconds? Don't know if it still does, but it used to clear the in-memory cache when you minimized it. If it drops to an acceptable level, then at least you know that the extra memory is going to good use
You also have to make sure that when you minimize it it isn't just moving it's memory needs from physical to virtual memory. If so that doesn't mean it needs it, that is just windows functioning normally.
Everything an application ever does is in virtual memory. There is no direct access to physical memory. If you're talking about ram vs. page file, firefox also has no control over that. U know task manager doesn't have a reputation for being the most accurate, but I've never heard of it reporting the differences between paged and non-paged memory (or at least you'd notice similar trends for other apps).
If the application is never freeing up the memory it utilizes, that is an issue.
Now I'm getting picky (:P), but no application should free memory it utilizes, just memory it's not utilizing
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Re:Heh, mine is at 600MB at the moment…
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
And for those annoyed by the consumption, do you notice a significant drop if you simply minimize firefox and wait a few seconds? Don't know if it still does, but it used to clear the in-memory cache when you minimized it. If it drops to an acceptable level, then at least you know that the extra memory is going to good use
You also have to make sure that when you minimize it it isn't just moving it's memory needs from physical to virtual memory. If so that doesn't mean it needs it, that is just windows functioning normally. If the application is never freeing up the memory it utilizes, that is an issue.
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Re:When I opened the browser, the mem usage was at 22MB. Just went to 3-4 pages on the anandtech forums and peak mem usage is 35MB, current is 30MB.
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Re:22mb as I post with 5 extensions.
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Re:Originally posted by: Technomancer
[fake shock] But…but… Java has automatic garbage collection![/fake shock]
What does that have to do with anything?
And for those annoyed by the consumption, do you notice a significant drop if you simply minimize firefox and wait a few seconds? Don't know if it still does, but it used to clear the in-memory cache when you minimized it. If it drops to an acceptable level, then at least you know that the extra memory is going to good use
Re:70mb one window open, 1400mb free memory
isn't there something about storing some pages in the cache?
Re:i have 2 windows open, and its using 31mb. BYTES that is.
Re:[fake shock] But…but… Java has automatic garbage collection![/fake shock]
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Maybe it's because I keep FF open all the time?
I'd say so. Close FireFox, check again. Then tell us your results. You should see an improvement…even if you open up the Exact same links (i.e. with sessionsaver). I've noticed this, myself. I've opened up my taskmanager to see Firefox with 150+MBs.
…But that's only after having a major surf session. After just closing FF I've noticed significant improvements. Maybe it's websites being cached in memory or something?
Sounds like a memory leak to me. =p
Opera with controllable memory usage FTW.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Maybe it's because I keep FF open all the time?
I'd say so. Close FireFox, check again. Then tell us your results. You should see an improvement…even if you open up the Exact same links (i.e. with sessionsaver). I've noticed this, myself. I've opened up my taskmanager to see Firefox with 150+MBs.
…But that's only after having a major surf session. After just closing FF I've noticed significant improvements. Maybe it's websites being cached in memory or something?
Re:Yea I'm having memory issues with FF also…I just checked my usage and it was at 129MB. No extensions. Maybe about 6 tabs open. Default skin. v1.5
Maybe it's because I keep FF open all the time?
Re:Wow… I have at least 6 real-time extensions and a high memory skin(pimpzilla), running at 33mb!!
Re:Version 1.07 or v1.5?
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