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The multiprocess feature was one of the main reasons, I switched to Chrome in the first place. I think, it is just a good idea to keep the things separated, so

The multiprocess feature was one of the main reasons, I switched to Chrome in the first place. I think, it is just a good idea to keep the things separated, so one tab can not stop the whole browser. Today, the browser more and more becomes that, which was called "operating system" some years ago. Many applications today run just from the browser and instead of switching apps, you switch the tabs.... So, it is just a good idea in my opinion to upgrade the security of the browser to a higher level. I am not sure about the memory consumption, but since Chrome seems to have solved this topic, also Firefox should be able to, and maybe it's also time for me to switch back?

yoasif_ 11y ago
> I am not sure about the memory consumption, but since Chrome seems to have solved this topic, also Firefox should be able to, and maybe it's also time for me to switch back? The reason I never promoted Chrome/ium to my "main" browser, instead using it sporadically whenever I decided I wanted to look at a page that use Flash is basically because Chrome is extremely RAM and CPU hungry in use cases where the number of user tabs are high (not sure what the tipping point is, but I regularly have more than 100 tabs present in my browser -- granted, not necessarily loaded). Restoring a session with that many tabs basically disables the computer if using Chrome, necessitating a coffee break while pages load. Electrolysis in Firefox retains the lower RAM and CPU usage of the single process model, and also happens to feel much snappier day to day - I would absolutely recommend that you give the latest nightlies a shot -- or Firefox Aurora, which prompts users to turn it on: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule
barnacs 11y ago
I don't think they've solved it. I also switched to Chromium a few years ago because it felt way more responsive at the time. Then slowly over time it grew into this beast using over 7GB of memory for my ~50 reasonable tabs (nothing extreme, mostly articles) and it started thrashing my system. I've just recently switched back to Firefox and opened the exact same tabs: it's using 1.25GB. It feels a little slower at times but well within my requirements of usability. I refuse to waste all my memory for some text in a browser.

yoasif_ 11y ago

> I am not sure about the memory consumption, but since Chrome seems to have solved this topic, also Firefox should be able to, and maybe it's also time for me to switch back? The reason I never promoted Chrome/ium to my "main" browser, instead using it sporadically whenever I decided I wanted to look at a page that use Flash is basically because Chrome is extremely RAM and CPU hungry in use cases where the number of user tabs are high (not sure what the tipping point is, but I regularly have more than 100 tabs present in my browser -- granted, not necessarily loaded). Restoring a session with that many tabs basically disables the computer if using Chrome, necessitating a coffee break while pages load. Electrolysis in Firefox retains the lower RAM and CPU usage of the single process model, and also happens to feel much snappier day to day - I would absolutely recommend that you give the latest nightlies a shot -- or Firefox Aurora, which prompts users to turn it on: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule

barnacs 11y ago

I don't think they've solved it. I also switched to Chromium a few years ago because it felt way more responsive at the time. Then slowly over time it grew into this beast using over 7GB of memory for my ~50 reasonable tabs (nothing extreme, mostly articles) and it started thrashing my system. I've just recently switched back to Firefox and opened the exact same tabs: it's using 1.25GB. It feels a little slower at times but well within my requirements of usability. I refuse to waste all my memory for some text in a browser.