Firefox - my favourite browser of all time - takes up a LOT of memory if you leave it running for a couple of hours straight. Have you noticed this?
I'm used to keeping my computer open a lot - and since I use my Gmail notifier extension, I tend to keep Firefox open for a couple of hours at a time. When I first start Firefox, it takes about 45MB of system memory... but after 6-8 hours of browsing youtube and reading news and downloading stuff, I check my TaskManager and it's using 150MB ! I've actually seen it go upto 450MB once when I had the window open for a full day without closing it !!
I asked one of my whiz buddies about this discrepancy (and he's like a deity when it comes to computers - makes me feel like a noob)... and he says that Firefox has some known memory leaks and the developers are working to fix it.
Have you noticed it as well? And do you have any info as to what causes it, and when they might be able to fix it?
Quick Solution: To fix this, all you have to do it close Firefox and restart it. All of a sudden it's back to using it's regular 45 megs.
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EDIT (Dec 23rd): Firefox 2.0 has solved this problem greatly. I've had my gmail and google page open for 48+ hours straight, and seen it cap at 150 MB - which I find is good enough for me. I'm sure they will trim it further in their next official release.
Firefox Memory Leak have you noticed it?
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Posted 03 December 2006 - 07:25 PM
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Posted 03 December 2006 - 07:41 PM
I never knew. I guess it's because I usually close my browser after I'm finished browsing the internet, then open it again right away because I forgot to do something.
The longest I left it open was probably for 3 hours or so.
The longest I left it open was probably for 3 hours or so.
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Posted 03 December 2006 - 08:22 PM
Noticed this long time ago. That's why, instead of jumping on the Firefox bandwagon, it's not my favourite browser.
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 12:46 PM
oh good, I thought my computer was starting to run slow or something. I notice it when I'm photoshopping and I leave the browser open in order to search for pics and stuff. I hope they fix it soon.
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 12:54 PM
it's not so bad browsing most webpages...but pages with lots of flash tend to cause all sorts of memory leak issues...at least for me...
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 02:05 PM
It only gets up to around 50-60k for me... Are you talking about Firefox 2?
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 06:57 PM
Depends, this bug has been around for a while but FF2 has improved on it but its still a major problem in my opinion
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 03:08 PM
no wondering it gets slower.
i juz restart it instinctively when it gets slow but didn't notice it's caused by memory leak. lol.
i juz restart it instinctively when it gets slow but didn't notice it's caused by memory leak. lol.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 03:38 PM
urg, that explains why my computer's been getting suckier >o<
the only reason why I started FireFox was so I could have tabs, too ._.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 06:21 PM
QUOTE(JapaneseObesession @ Dec 6 2006, 06:38 PM) 
urg, that explains why my computer's been getting suckier >o<
the only reason why I started FireFox was so I could have tabs, too ._.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:47 PM
QUOTE(Dachink @ Dec 6 2006, 08:47 PM)
my memory use goes up to around 100megs and it starts getting slow and glitchy after awhile so I got tired of that and switched to Opera till they fix those problems
Heh yeah I have Opera around now, its light and fast
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:50 PM
I guess I've lucked out, never had any leaks at all w/FF. Can easily go days w/out restarting FF and works like a charm.
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 06:00 PM
okay.. they improved on it with Firefox 2, but I still see it going to 150megs after about 2 hours of keeping it open...
=> at least with FF2, i've not seen it taking up more than 150megs...
you're right in saying that if you open flash pages (like youtube), it starts taking up more memory...
=> at least with FF2, i've not seen it taking up more than 150megs...
you're right in saying that if you open flash pages (like youtube), it starts taking up more memory...
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Posted 09 December 2006 - 06:54 PM
Woah, I didn't now this!! >_< I'll close it now once I'm done using internet
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 07:36 AM
Yes I've been noticing that ..
When I go downstairs and watch TV .. eat something
I leave the computer open
and when I come back upstairs.. its even hard typing on the reply boxes of forums
When I go downstairs and watch TV .. eat something
I leave the computer open
and when I come back upstairs.. its even hard typing on the reply boxes of forums
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 01:33 PM
This is pretty strange, I only have 1 gig of memory but I don't lag at all. I don't use tabs and have as much as 20 windows up at a time in firefox, but never slowed down.
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 10:30 PM
^ memory leak doesn't mean your comp will lag definitely.
okay.. they improved on it with Firefox 2, but I still see it going to 150megs after about 2 hours of keeping it open...
=> at least with FF2, i've not seen it taking up more than 150megs...
it's just SLIGHTLY better. i just closed it with 91mb.
QUOTE(zorthax @ Dec 8 2006, 10:00 AM)
okay.. they improved on it with Firefox 2, but I still see it going to 150megs after about 2 hours of keeping it open...
=> at least with FF2, i've not seen it taking up more than 150megs...
it's just SLIGHTLY better. i just closed it with 91mb.
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QUOTE(mistapooh @ Dec 10 2006, 04:33 PM)
This is pretty strange, I only have 1 gig of memory but I don't lag at all. I don't use tabs and have as much as 20 windows up at a time in firefox, but never slowed down.
me too
i mean every now and then it KINDA slows down. but overall, not a big change. O_O
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Posted 11 December 2006 - 02:42 PM
i have 3 gigs of DDR2 memory.. so it never lags, no matter how much memory it's taking. but it bothers me that the bug hasn't been fixed yet.anyways, even if firefox used 500 megs of memory, i'd still use it... cause it's my favourite browser. just can't beat the add-ons and extensions. dunno how i ever lived without them.
anyways, as i said before.. i've never seen it go higher than 150 megs in FF2... so i'm content with that. i know they'll cut it down further sooner or later.
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