Firefox 7 to Use as Much as 50 Percent Less Memory

i use links a lot.. it uses about 4 or 5 mb of ram, but in some extreme cases i have had to close it down because it was using 8.

:p
 
200 tabs? Leaving the browser open for days? You guys have some ODD usage patterns.

Yes...if I want a site open and easy to get to I just add it to favirotes, or use RSS feeds etc. if I want to monitor a load of sites. I've never seen the point in opening 435828 sites at once. Justs makes crap hard to find :D
 
No, that is the correct response.

I'm an old fart from back in the days when you paid $200 for a single 8 megabyte stick of RAM. So the idea of a web browser using hundreds of megabytes of RAM seems really stupid. But sometimes you have get over it and drag yourself into the modern world. When you can buy 16 Gig of DDR3 RAM for $99 who cares how much memory Firefox uses?

Hm... maybe someone who doesn't live in the US and pay huge cash for a lot less RAM?

I don't care if my hardware can handle it - it can... it's not a super PC by any means but it gets the job done. Still, why is it OK to waste resources? I would rather have them available for something else I want to do. I'm not going to put massive amounts of RAM to run a friggin' web browser.

And that's why I dumped Firefox for IE9.
 
Hopefully, they just ramp up the version change until they match IE9. Otherwise, this is ridiculous. You are not going to have major changes every 6 weeks and even if you did that is too fast of a pace for people to adapt to. The whole thing is silly.
Some of us work on a PC for living.. I leave multiple reference documents etc open on my PC during projects. Projects which span days/weeks. I don't want to close them all and have to re-find material/pages.

During those times Firefox generally slows to a crawl.
You don't have to. Close and Restore Session.
 
this is what i hate about all version of firefox.

it doesn't gimme back my ram after all the tabs are closed.
i open and close tabs frequently, and by the afternoon, it's run up to 500MB with just 2 or 3 tabs
 
For all those that comment about the update intervals every single time firefox releases something,get over it! The reason behind it is explained in every single related thread...
 
They must be aiming for a very high version number with this recent trend.

Any cuts in RAM usage would be more than welcome. It´s (verision 4 here) an enormous memory hog. I am often above 1GB usage for Firefox alone.
 
Do any of you guys have issues with YouTube videos and slow load times in FireFox? My system is fast. Everything is fast. IE9/Chrome load YouTube videos instantly but for whatever reason with a completely clean FF5 profile YouTube videos are slow. 2-4 second delay for it to start and another 2-4 seconds if you ever change the resolution.

Drove me nuts enough to switch. A quick google shows I'm definitely not alone either.
 
Hm... maybe someone who doesn't live in the US and pay huge cash for a lot less RAM?

Someone who is on a slow/old machine will probably be using IE or find a less intensive browser than Firefox. I guess this may open Firefox up to those very slow PCs though.

I recently resurrected a really old laptop I had (P4 single-core, 512MB memory, DirectX7 video card, etc) I had, and one of my first tasks was finding a fast web browser. I tried a handful of them, and Firefox was by far the worst. I don't know if it was memory usage specifically, but it just felt VERY sluggish, much more-so than any other browser.

Chrome was the fastest btw, and felt almost as fast as my desktop for non-flash sites. It's a Windows XP machine so unfortunately the newest IE i could try was 8.
 
Look... Seriously Firefox FUCK OFF with your constant new versions. You are my favorite web browser but I will dump your as like a fat chick after I just sobered up. Look your new versions have bloody RA RA RA.. 4, 5 and 6 were all the bloody same. Not a damn thing that constituted an entire new version number.. Lets look at this ridiculous version history comparing Firefox 3 against 4/5/6 combined

Firefox 3 - 3.0a2, 3.0a3, 3.0a4, 3.0a5, 3.0a6, 3.0a7, 3.0a8, 3.0b1, 3.0b2, 3.0b3, 3.0b4, 3.0b5, 3.0 RC1, 3.0 RC2, 3.0 RC3, 3, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 3.0.19, 3.1a2, 3.1b1, 3.1b2, 3.1b3, 3.5b4, 3.5b99, 3.5 RC1, 3.5 RC2, 3.5 RC3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.5.16, 3.5.17, 3.5.18, 3.5.19, 3.6b1, 3.6b2, 3.6b3, 3.6b4, 3.6b5, 3.6 RC1, 3.6 RC2, 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.3plugin1, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, 3.6.13, 3.6.14, 3.6.15, 3.6.16, 3.6.17, 3.6.18, 3.6.19, 3.6.20,

Firefox 4/5/6 - 3.7a2, 3.7a3, 3.7a4, 3.7a4webm, 3.7a5, 4.0b2, 4.0b3, 4.0b4, 4.0b5, 4.0b6, 4.0b7, 4.0b8, 4.0b9, 4.0b10, 4.0b11, 4.0b12, 4.0 RC1, 4.0 RC2, 4, 4.0.1, 5.0b1, 5.0b2, 5.0b3, 5.0b5, 5.0b6, 5.0b7, 5, 5.0.1, 6.0a2, 6.0b1, 6.0b2, 6.0b3, 6.0b4, 6.0b5, 6.

Now according to Wikipedia they expect to release Version 9, yes VERSION 9 before the year is out.... Seriously fuck off Mozilla.
 
And why the fuck did they remove the ability to keep your history for a specific time... kind of annoying to have some website I viewed a few months ago still pop up when I start typing "asian school girl whores" :D
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I hate it because after a week or two half of the letters on my keyboard cause pornhub to pop up when I start typing in the address bar :p

But yeah, wtf is up with all of these new versions...its starting to feel very CoD-esque :p seems like it was just yesterday that I was using Firefox 3 (the best one, imho)
 
20 tabs open 600mb ff 5.01.

well better they get things out faster due to internet dosnt stands till.
a month is a long time here.
 
Look... Seriously Firefox FUCK OFF with your constant new versions. You are my favorite web browser but I will dump your as like a fat chick after I just sobered up. Look your new versions have bloody RA RA RA.. 4, 5 and 6 were all the bloody same. Not a damn thing that constituted an entire new version number.. Lets look at this ridiculous version history comparing Firefox 3 against 4/5/6 combined

Firefox 3 - 3.0a2, 3.0a3, 3.0a4, 3.0a5, 3.0a6, 3.0a7, 3.0a8, 3.0b1, 3.0b2, 3.0b3, 3.0b4, 3.0b5, 3.0 RC1, 3.0 RC2, 3.0 RC3, 3, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 3.0.19, 3.1a2, 3.1b1, 3.1b2, 3.1b3, 3.5b4, 3.5b99, 3.5 RC1, 3.5 RC2, 3.5 RC3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.5.16, 3.5.17, 3.5.18, 3.5.19, 3.6b1, 3.6b2, 3.6b3, 3.6b4, 3.6b5, 3.6 RC1, 3.6 RC2, 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.3plugin1, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, 3.6.13, 3.6.14, 3.6.15, 3.6.16, 3.6.17, 3.6.18, 3.6.19, 3.6.20,

Firefox 4/5/6 - 3.7a2, 3.7a3, 3.7a4, 3.7a4webm, 3.7a5, 4.0b2, 4.0b3, 4.0b4, 4.0b5, 4.0b6, 4.0b7, 4.0b8, 4.0b9, 4.0b10, 4.0b11, 4.0b12, 4.0 RC1, 4.0 RC2, 4, 4.0.1, 5.0b1, 5.0b2, 5.0b3, 5.0b5, 5.0b6, 5.0b7, 5, 5.0.1, 6.0a2, 6.0b1, 6.0b2, 6.0b3, 6.0b4, 6.0b5, 6.

Now according to Wikipedia they expect to release Version 9, yes VERSION 9 before the year is out.... Seriously fuck off Mozilla.
What is the difference of releasing 4.1 over 5, or 4.2 over 6? You're crying about browser updates and fixes.. A Number is meaningless, unless you got something horribly coded.
 
Look... Seriously Firefox FUCK OFF with your constant new versions. You are my favorite web browser but I will dump your as like a fat chick after I just sobered up. Look your new versions have bloody RA RA RA.. 4, 5 and 6 were all the bloody same. Not a damn thing that constituted an entire new version number.. Lets look at this ridiculous version history comparing Firefox 3 against 4/5/6 combined

Firefox 3 - 3.0a2, 3.0a3, 3.0a4, 3.0a5, 3.0a6, 3.0a7, 3.0a8, 3.0b1, 3.0b2, 3.0b3, 3.0b4, 3.0b5, 3.0 RC1, 3.0 RC2, 3.0 RC3, 3, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 3.0.19, 3.1a2, 3.1b1, 3.1b2, 3.1b3, 3.5b4, 3.5b99, 3.5 RC1, 3.5 RC2, 3.5 RC3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.5.16, 3.5.17, 3.5.18, 3.5.19, 3.6b1, 3.6b2, 3.6b3, 3.6b4, 3.6b5, 3.6 RC1, 3.6 RC2, 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.3plugin1, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, 3.6.13, 3.6.14, 3.6.15, 3.6.16, 3.6.17, 3.6.18, 3.6.19, 3.6.20,

Firefox 4/5/6 - 3.7a2, 3.7a3, 3.7a4, 3.7a4webm, 3.7a5, 4.0b2, 4.0b3, 4.0b4, 4.0b5, 4.0b6, 4.0b7, 4.0b8, 4.0b9, 4.0b10, 4.0b11, 4.0b12, 4.0 RC1, 4.0 RC2, 4, 4.0.1, 5.0b1, 5.0b2, 5.0b3, 5.0b5, 5.0b6, 5.0b7, 5, 5.0.1, 6.0a2, 6.0b1, 6.0b2, 6.0b3, 6.0b4, 6.0b5, 6.

Now according to Wikipedia they expect to release Version 9, yes VERSION 9 before the year is out.... Seriously fuck off Mozilla.

Lol :p Google Chrome has been out for far less time then Firefox and it's at version 15. Get a fucking clue ;-)
 
Hm. Reading your posts, I realize I don't have it so bad after all, with Opera. I've noticed starting in Opera 11 my RAM usage would sit at about 700MB restarted, with 18 tabs open, one of them Hotmail, and another the Tomato live bandwidth usage monitor. Now, the memory usage doesn't change sitting there, but once I start opening and closing tabs, Opera will start grabbing up memory and behaving like what you guys seem to be reporting is happening with Firefox. I've gotten it as high as 1.5GB, and it usually sits at around 1GB after a day or two of usage. Opera won't let this memory go either; clearing the trash bin does nothing, and running something that uses up the remaining memory (y-cruncher's my favourite) doesn't get Opera to release much memory.

Compared to the stellar memory usage characteristics that Opera had in v9 and 10, I felt that the upgrade to 11 was a huge step back. You might not think 1GB of RAM is a lot, but that's 25% of my available RAM. I usually sit at 65-75% of my RAM being used simply with a number of desktop applications open (Foxit with a couple PDFs, uTorrent, Steam, BOINC). I can't run any games until I close Opera or else Windows crashes from running out of memory too fast (not even low requirement games like TF2, oddly enough).
 
I love how people get all dramatic when it comes to version numbering... seriously, would it really matter much if they were at FireFox 536? It's just a silly number... for free software it doesn't, or at least shouldn't, matter.

Now, when you pay a 1000 bucks for a version then expect to pay 500 for the upgrade to the next version, which only really claims to stomp out some annoying bugs that keeps the current version from working... yeah, that's something to get upset about.
 
There is a perception in peoples mind that the higher version a program is the better it is, and since Chrome was at 11 or 13 and Internet Explorer is at 9, people believed that Firefox 3.x & 4 were such old versions compared to the other 2 browsers that they seem to choose the one with the higher version, regardless if it is actually better or not.
 
50% of infinity is still infinity..
Memoy leaks dont get better when you ignore them..
 
No, that is the correct response.

I'm an old fart from back in the days when you paid $200 for a single 8 megabyte stick of RAM. So the idea of a web browser using hundreds of megabytes of RAM seems really stupid. But sometimes you have get over it and drag yourself into the modern world. When you can buy 16 Gig of DDR3 RAM for $99 who cares how much memory Firefox uses?
this. As long as firefox runs ok, I don't care if it took up 4GB of ram. back in the day, I had several autoexec.bat files on several different floppies depending on what task I was doing. RAM was expensive, and we had to use every little bit as possible. Now, not a single fuck is given. I can run very demanding applications and not use all of my 8GB. My next rig will probably have 16 GB for no reason other than having it.
 
About time. I always leave my work computer running overnight and Firefox has often crashed at the 4gb limit when I show up. This morning it was using 3.9gb of memory; after a restart it was only around 400mb.
 
that will be nice, cause on average my firefox v5 uses 146MB in memory, not complaining with my 8GB memory in total.
 
this. As long as firefox runs ok, I don't care if it took up 4GB of ram. back in the day, I had several autoexec.bat files on several different floppies depending on what task I was doing. RAM was expensive, and we had to use every little bit as possible. Now, not a single fuck is given. I can run very demanding applications and not use all of my 8GB. My next rig will probably have 16 GB for no reason other than having it.

Heh. I do always find it rather amusing that people with 8-16GB are then worried about little programs taking up 50-100MB. It's like they spent a bunch of money on a nice deep swimming pool for their backyard, then they fill it with 2ft of water. Having something running from memory is a good thing. Memory has a massive amount of bandwidth compared to even the fastest SSDs.
 
Lmao...it's funny how there was JUST a thread about Firefox 6 being released..and already this. Anyways, I use Chrome now, Firefox has lost me.
 
If they are commited to making FF better, then they are doing the right thing. Most companies push out shit and call it gold, knowing full well it's shit.

FF puts out good stuff, and finds a better way of doing things and immediately implements it. I think that's great.
 
Which is exactly why we have such shitty programming practices in the first place.

Firefox should have fixed their memory issues back in v2 instead of waiting several years to get around to it.

50% less is still about 600% too much.

Compared to what, exactly? Firefox 3 used the least RAM of all the major browsers at the time. Firefox 4/5/6 is still in the running as one of, if not the, lowest of the RAM users. A 50% reduction would put it *WAY* in the lead as the least RAM usage of any browser, and you still think that it is 600% too much? Are you comparing it to lynx or something?

And you realize RAM is a cache, right? Unused cache is wasted cache. Using RAM is *far* from a shitty programming practice, quite the opposite. If you have data to cache, by gods man, cache it. Let the OS do its job.

Lmao...it's funny how there was JUST a thread about Firefox 6 being released..and already this. Anyways, I use Chrome now, Firefox has lost me.

Uh.... wha? You are annoyed that Firefox has a more frequent major version number release schedule, so you switched to the browser that pretty much invented that practice?

Chrome is great and all, but if that's pretty much the stupidest possible reason for switching.
 
Uh.... wha? You are annoyed that Firefox has a more frequent major version number release schedule, so you switched to the browser that pretty much invented that practice?

Chrome is great and all, but if that's pretty much the stupidest possible reason for switching.

:D Thank god someone sees the idiocy of this argument.
 
I don't get the big deal about RAM usage on PCs with 4+ gigs of ram. Firefox uses quite a bit of memory, but if you truly are an enthusiast you most definitely have over 4 gigs installed on your PC. I'm happy with the interface in firefox and will continue to use it because of just that.

I *TRIED* to like chrome, I really did. I just couldn't get over the weird layout and issues I was running into so I went back to firefox and am happily using it with a small amount of addons.

You want to complain about memory usage work on a 2008+ server with exchange and/or sql. 95+% usage at all times.
 
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