~So when did FireFox become a resource hog...
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Firefox was a resource hog. ATM if someone complains of their FF setup it seems more the plug-ins rather than firefox itself compared to previous versions. FF3.6 is snappier than 3 or 3.5.
I believe this is javascript (sunspider) from a 2010 benchmark.
Last I knew Chrome was in V3 and V4 was beta.
Here is another graph of the same bench but with chome 4. FF3.6 seems to have better numbers in this one than the other, odd.
Do you have high ram usage going on or cpu or what? Flash is a problem that doesn't matter what browser you use.
I believe this is javascript (sunspider) from a 2010 benchmark.
Last I knew Chrome was in V3 and V4 was beta.
Here is another graph of the same bench but with chome 4. FF3.6 seems to have better numbers in this one than the other, odd.
Do you have high ram usage going on or cpu or what? Flash is a problem that doesn't matter what browser you use.
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It has always been resource hungry for me. Sometimes when watching smut from stream sites i have to restart the browser every 10 minutes or so because the videos starts to become choppy and unwatchable as i see firefox taking up more and more resources in the task manager.
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Mine's only using 80MB with all my plug-ins and 5 tabs. Each tab can use a chunk of RAM. Can't really blame FF for how much you have loaded, can you?
I think with Chrome, each tab uses maybe an extra 20 MB more than the others. Could be 30 though, I can't remember.
I think with Chrome, each tab uses maybe an extra 20 MB more than the others. Could be 30 though, I can't remember.
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This review says Chrome 4 uses 256mb while FF3.6 uses 152MB with "10 media-heavy sites loaded".
TBH I have both FF3.6 and Chrome (i think beta) loaded on different machines and both seem quick. Especially compared to what I used to use which was FF3. The version and the plugins makes a difference. And probably the site or content too.
TBH I have both FF3.6 and Chrome (i think beta) loaded on different machines and both seem quick. Especially compared to what I used to use which was FF3. The version and the plugins makes a difference. And probably the site or content too.
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Sounds bugged. I would reinstall it. Could be malware too; who knows.
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I've had this problem with Firefox too. It seems to be a problem that gets worse the longer you have it installed. However, nothing seems to fix it. After browsing the 'net for a few weeks, you launch it and after a couple page impressions you're up to some ridiculous amount of memory to the tune of half a gig. Benchmarks definitely don't illustrate this.
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Yeah, I've had it too. Maybe once or twice in the several years I've used it. Reinstalling it fixed it for me.
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Back when 3.0 came out... I had so much frustration launching it because it would take forever to open... And sometimes when I'd close it... it wouldn't "really" be closed, the process would still be up, so I would have to close it down and reopen it again.
Drove me nuts. I switched to Chrome and haven't been back yet. Chrome for me at the time opened and closed flawlessly, very quickly, even right during a computer bootup, whereas under that same scenario firefox took like a minute. That was on my old hardware, not my new hardware.
Drove me nuts. I switched to Chrome and haven't been back yet. Chrome for me at the time opened and closed flawlessly, very quickly, even right during a computer bootup, whereas under that same scenario firefox took like a minute. That was on my old hardware, not my new hardware.
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There's no question Firefox has never really been the fastest at anything, but I use it for the features. I can spare an extra couple of seconds.
You know, like Notepad opens faster than Word.
You know, like Notepad opens faster than Word.
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What FF version are you using and what plug-ins to you use? Also for those stats what were you viewing, was it a long session or tons of tabs or did you leave it running for a day?
I usually don't shut my PC off and have not closed FF for maybe a week. It has had up to maybe 10 tabs open and 5 atm but the program itself has not been closed yet. Using 200mb atm.
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I turn my pc off everyday for about 4 to 12 hours a day, and i'm using the basic of plug-ins, google toolbar, yahoomail toolbar and flash stuff.
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There are extensions now, at least. Also you may quickly discover as I did that all that extra webpage real-estate is ... rather nice to have.
