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Do we really need this though? Web browsers are slow because of all the javascript running on them, not because we all don't have Intel Xeons clocked in at 4 GH
by donkarma 5y ago
Do we really need this though? Web browsers are slow because of all the javascript running on them, not because we all don't have Intel Xeons clocked in at 4 GHz.
I even have Firefox sitting at 5 GB ram usage right now for 150 tabs. I don't think I've ever had an issue with performance on browsing the Internet.
Most probably, the bottleneck is bandwidth/CPU for most users.
- pacifika 5y agoTypical pcs have 8gb ram. If Firefox is using 5gb then the system is under memory pressure. Assuming they have slack or discord and Spotify running for example
- capitainenemo 5y agoFirefox is really only using 5 gigs because the system has so much RAM in the first place. It's just their default tuning options. If the RAM is needed for slack/discord/spotify, then just restart Firefox. It'll make use of a fraction of what is left. You can also reduce Firefox RAM usage in about:config and by reducing the number of content processes in settings. But Firefox is really very good with crazy numbers of tabs these days. https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/ https://metafluff.com/2017/07/21/i-am-a-tab-hoarder/