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Firefox 13, when not overwhelmed by add-ons is the memory champion right now. Seriously, check it out. Download Firefox 13, create a new profile clean from crap
by asadotzler 14y ago
Firefox 13, when not overwhelmed by add-ons is the memory champion right now. Seriously, check it out. Download Firefox 13, create a new profile clean from crapware, load up a couple dozen tabs and surf around for a day. Do the same in IE and Chrome. Firefox wins. Firefox 15, just around the corner, has world-beating memory usage and it uses less RAM than any other browser, even when you've got "leaky extensions" installed because we've prevented extensions from causing Firefox leaks.
- sohn 14y agoLet's say Firefox itself makes you want to overwhelm it with addons. Either way it can't do more than Chrome, and Chrome is faster, so why should I use Firefox then?
- btipling 14y agoI always run the latest Firefox and the only extensions I have are Xmarks, 1password, Firebug and Webdeveloper.
- khuey 14y agoYeah, Firebug is one of those leaky addons. Give 15 (Aurora) a shot; other Firebug users have said that it's much improved.
- Erunno 14y agoFirebug is most likely the culprit [1]. Firefox 15 will have a general fix for the kind of memory leaks such as the one caused by Firebug (affectionately called "Hueyfix" after its inventor Kyle Huey by some) [2]. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669730 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669730 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695480 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695480