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>I'd really love to see some browser comparison stats that go in-depth on this. Basically the only numbers http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/internet-explore

by lbenes 14y ago

>I'd really love to see some browser comparison stats that go in-depth on this. Basically the only numbers http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/internet-explorer-10-chrome-23-windows-8,3349-9.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/internet-explorer-10-chr... In the 40 tab test, Chrome used 1619MB while FF only used 872MB. This memory bloat is why I switched back to Firefox. After reading this article I fired up Chrome and it loaded about 20 tabs, then a message popped up: Close programs to prevent information loss. Your computer is low on memory. Looking at the old browser comparisons on Toms, I can see that Chrome's memory has ballooned from 991MB in Chrome 13 to 1619MB in Chrome 23. This is a real problem. I wish Google would return to it's roots of making a lean responsive browser.

owenwil 14y ago
We're talking about a couple of hundred megabytes in a world where RAM is so cheap that it's easy for anyone to upgrade. Why does it even matter?
- kmike84 14y ago
  1. Notebook RAM is often impossible to upgrade. 2. While a couple of hundred megabytes is usually a small portion of the total RAM, it could be a critical share of the free RAM, and this is what matters.
  - eulo 14y ago
    Can't say I've ever encountered a notebook that's impossible to upgrade the RAM on.
- zobzu 14y ago
  600 and 700 megs != 200 megs.
dgesang 14y ago
You should try Opera as well, it's is the only browser that runs smoothly with many tabs, every other browsers fails with 25+ tabs when it comes to speed and stability. ATM I'm running 50+ tabs with 1.5 GB RAM usage. I want my browser to be open all the time and run smoothly no matter how many tabs I have open, so it can use all the memory it needs, RAM is cheap, 16GB have to be filled with something.
- baby 14y ago
  I do like Opera because you can switch tab to the left natively. But where are my Firefox shortcuts ? Ctrl + 1,2,3... let's switch between tabs. Do you know the equivalent? I'm going to try using it for a while if you say you can run that much tabs and it still runs smoothly. I usually have 40+ tabs open at all times.
  - dgesang 14y ago
    Yes, having the tabbar on the left is amazing in Opera, esp. with a 16:9 display. I've uploaded a screenshot for you[1] to show you my current tab list. They're grouped into tasks I'm working on atm. On the left the groups are expanded, on the right minimized. CTRL+# are reserved for websites stored in SpeedDial. But maybe [2] helps you. I doubt that any experienced Opera user would require such a feature, because the more fluent you become with the UI the more often you swap tabs around. Instead I stored sites into the SpeedDial that I visit regularly, e.g. CTRL+7 is HN :) [1] http://i.imgur.com/Z55rPDh.png http://i.imgur.com/Z55rPDh.png [2] http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/go-to-a-specific-tab-using-keyboard-shortcut-in-opera http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/go-to-a-specific-tab-using-ke...
    - baby 14y ago
      That's a lot of tab! That's how we're supposed to browse the web hehe. As for the shortcut replacings Firefox's Ctrl+# it seems to be Alt+w+#. Thanks for the tips.

by lbenes 14y ago

owenwil 14y ago

We're talking about a couple of hundred megabytes in a world where RAM is so cheap that it's easy for anyone to upgrade. Why does it even matter?

kmike84 14y ago
1. Notebook RAM is often impossible to upgrade. 2. While a couple of hundred megabytes is usually a small portion of the total RAM, it could be a critical share of the free RAM, and this is what matters.
- eulo 14y ago
  Can't say I've ever encountered a notebook that's impossible to upgrade the RAM on.
zobzu 14y ago
600 and 700 megs != 200 megs.

dgesang 14y ago

You should try Opera as well, it's is the only browser that runs smoothly with many tabs, every other browsers fails with 25+ tabs when it comes to speed and stability. ATM I'm running 50+ tabs with 1.5 GB RAM usage. I want my browser to be open all the time and run smoothly no matter how many tabs I have open, so it can use all the memory it needs, RAM is cheap, 16GB have to be filled with something.

baby 14y ago
I do like Opera because you can switch tab to the left natively. But where are my Firefox shortcuts ? Ctrl + 1,2,3... let's switch between tabs. Do you know the equivalent? I'm going to try using it for a while if you say you can run that much tabs and it still runs smoothly. I usually have 40+ tabs open at all times.
- dgesang 14y ago
  Yes, having the tabbar on the left is amazing in Opera, esp. with a 16:9 display. I've uploaded a screenshot for you[1] to show you my current tab list. They're grouped into tasks I'm working on atm. On the left the groups are expanded, on the right minimized. CTRL+# are reserved for websites stored in SpeedDial. But maybe [2] helps you. I doubt that any experienced Opera user would require such a feature, because the more fluent you become with the UI the more often you swap tabs around. Instead I stored sites into the SpeedDial that I visit regularly, e.g. CTRL+7 is HN :) [1] http://i.imgur.com/Z55rPDh.png http://i.imgur.com/Z55rPDh.png [2] http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/go-to-a-specific-tab-using-keyboard-shortcut-in-opera http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/go-to-a-specific-tab-using-ke...
  - baby 14y ago
    That's a lot of tab! That's how we're supposed to browse the web hehe. As for the shortcut replacings Firefox's Ctrl+# it seems to be Alt+w+#. Thanks for the tips.