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Most people still claim Firefox is a memory hog, but from my observations Chrome uses a lot more from it's one process-per-tab model compared to Firefox's singl

by wjoe 10y ago

Most people still claim Firefox is a memory hog, but from my observations Chrome uses a lot more from it's one process-per-tab model compared to Firefox's single process for many tabs. It might not be significant for a small number of tabs, but as someone who frequently has 50 tabs open (I know, I have a problem), I'm concerned at how much this could increase things. That said, memory usage isn't my biggest concern, I generally have no shortage of memory, and don't particularly care if my browser is using 1GB of RAM. If this improves stability and performance (which seems to have gotten much worse recently on OS X in particular), then it's a fair trade off.

farresito 10y ago
I'm not sure if Chrome has an option to disable it, but the thing I dislike the most about Chrome is when you open a past session and it reloads every. single. tab. Firefox is smart: it only reloads the page when you click it. This saves plenty of memory, but Chrome... oh boy.
hacker42 10y ago
This is a related bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125557 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125557
snuxoll 10y ago
> but as someone who frequently has 50 tabs open (I know, I have a problem) How do people get work done WITHOUT having 50 tabs open? It's a pretty regular occurrence for me, between having MSDN, the PostgreSQL handbook, documentation for a half dozen libraries, my "read later" list, etc., there's almost never a day I am not drowning in tabs. Thankfully, the Tree-Style Tabs extension saves the day here!
- gear54rus 10y ago
  I don't know why people do that. Having 50 of them open does not increase your brain processing capacity, you probably still work with like 10 at maximum. My day typically consists of 6-7 pinned ones and 10 tops dynamic. As a rule, if the tabs reach the end of 1920x1080 screen, it's time to close something :) No tree-style required.
  - snuxoll 10y ago
    I am normally flipping between groups of them over the course of 15 minutes, I may not touch them all within the same window of time but they all have a purpose - and beyond that the tree helps me keep track of my thought process as I typically open most links in a new tab, so I can see the hierarchy I am working with.
olejorgenb 10y ago
Chromium/chrome has an extension that helps with tab-mania that works precisely because it's process-per-tab: Tabsuspender https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...

by wjoe 10y ago

farresito 10y ago

I'm not sure if Chrome has an option to disable it, but the thing I dislike the most about Chrome is when you open a past session and it reloads every. single. tab. Firefox is smart: it only reloads the page when you click it. This saves plenty of memory, but Chrome... oh boy.

hacker42 10y ago

This is a related bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125557 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125557

snuxoll 10y ago

> but as someone who frequently has 50 tabs open (I know, I have a problem) How do people get work done WITHOUT having 50 tabs open? It's a pretty regular occurrence for me, between having MSDN, the PostgreSQL handbook, documentation for a half dozen libraries, my "read later" list, etc., there's almost never a day I am not drowning in tabs. Thankfully, the Tree-Style Tabs extension saves the day here!

gear54rus 10y ago
I don't know why people do that. Having 50 of them open does not increase your brain processing capacity, you probably still work with like 10 at maximum. My day typically consists of 6-7 pinned ones and 10 tops dynamic. As a rule, if the tabs reach the end of 1920x1080 screen, it's time to close something :) No tree-style required.
- snuxoll 10y ago
  I am normally flipping between groups of them over the course of 15 minutes, I may not touch them all within the same window of time but they all have a purpose - and beyond that the tree helps me keep track of my thought process as I typically open most links in a new tab, so I can see the hierarchy I am working with.

olejorgenb 10y ago

Chromium/chrome has an extension that helps with tab-mania that works precisely because it's process-per-tab: Tabsuspender https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...