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Chrome's memory usage is[1] (and always has been[2]) very high and has been steadily getting worse where Firefox has been getting better and better thanks to th

by rpearl 15y ago

Chrome's memory usage is[1] (and always has been[2]) very high and has been steadily getting worse where Firefox has been getting better and better thanks to the memshrink project[3] [1] https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/chrome/report-a-problem-and-get-troubleshooting-help/ekoYAU_h32I https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!... [2] http://techpp.com/2011/09/28/chrome-14-vs-firefox-7-memory-footprint-comparison/ http://techpp.com/2011/09/28/chrome-14-vs-firefox-7-memory-f... [3] https://blog.mozilla.com/nnethercote/ https://blog.mozilla.com/nnethercote/ talks about it frequently

sek 15y ago
I don't care about memory, i have 8GB and i am not somebody who has 500 tabs open. What i care about is independent processes. When a site freezes the rest is unaffected. The same with Icognito Mode, this is a total joke on Firefox. What counts in the end is speed, security and api's.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  >When a site freezes the rest is unaffected. Interestingly, however, when Flash crashes on one tab it crashes on all of them.
  - epochwolf 15y ago
    That's because flash is a single process in all tabs. It's more of a problem with the way flash is designed.
  - cpeterso 15y ago
    Chrome has just one plugin process. All tab processes share the same plugin process, so if one Flash crash will take all Flash.