foolios Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 One thing I do is open a lot of tabs and an extra firefox window or two to keep these categories of tabs seperated.I know I can save all the tabs to a group, but I don't like closing my firefox windows.The problem I am running into is that if my firefox window is open for a day or more, my system really gets bogged down(firefox slows down when transitioning between tabs and opening new pages).I was wondering if there was a way to reset firefox so that I don't have to close the browser windows to do so. That's the way I've been doing it to free up the memory but I hate doing it.Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srikat Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I think minimizing FF frequently frees up the memory it takes. Also if you have enable the session saver, you could just restart it and continue where you left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolios Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) I think minimizing FF frequently frees up the memory it takes. Also if you have enable the session saver, you could just restart it and continue where you left off.Where do I find this session saver setting?EDIT: I found it under tools> main> how to startThank youI see at an article:* Browser.cache.memory.capacity o Controls the maximum amount of memory to use for caching decoded images and chrome (application user interface elements). o This determines if and how much system ram Firefox will use to cache itself. The element does not exist and has to be created. The default value is set to automatic which means that Firefox uses a certain amount of RAM by default. (values for Firefox 2.x) + 32 MB of RAM -> 2 MB + 64 MB of RAM -> 4 MB + 128 MB of RAM -> 6 MB + 256 MB of RAM -> 10 MB + 512 MB of RAM -> 14 MB + 1024 MB of RAM -> 18 MB + 2048 MB of RAM -> 24 MB + 4096+ MB of RAM > 32+MB o You can tell Firefox to use another value by creating the element in about:config and assigning a different value (in KB) to it. It is also possible to turn this feature of by assigning the value 0 to it. This can greatly decrease the performance of Firefox and is not advised at all. o To reduce memory consumption reduce the amount of RAM that is assigned to Firefox.But I am wondering what will happen when it hits the high end of the memory? What if it maxes out, will firefox crash?What would the MB be if I wanted to allocate 500MB of Ram to Firefox? Edited October 26, 2007 by foolios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 It will swap information from/to RAM and hard drive.I have 12 tabs open in Opera and it uses 100MB of ram. Sometimes I have 20 tabs open so you can imagine how much ram it takes up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 What would the MB be if I wanted to allocate 500MB of Ram to Firefox?Don't worry, if you have enough stuff open it can reach 500MB. On the high end mine uses about 320MB, with alot of tabs open.But why would you want to max it out? Just close the tab if you're not using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolios Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 I meant that you can set the amount of max memory for firefox to use, that it will not use more. And as answered, I guess, it will use the hdd instead of mem if it gets that high.After changing some settings, like the maximum page history to 5, it seems ok. I'll keep an eye on it tomorrow after it's been open for a full day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 here is the tweak you want from http://kb.mozillazine.org/Config.trim_on_minimizeabout:configright-click New>Booleanconfig.trim_on_minimizetrueyou can also disable the built in session restore if you dont use thathttp://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore#Disablemore reading materialhttp://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albator Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 you can also set:Browser.cache.memory.enableto false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolios Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Thanks guys. I will give the last a try. I didnt find some of those mentioned. So far with the max page history maxed at 5 and the max mem used changes haven't made much of a difference after a day of being open. I am going to try cache set to disabled as mentioned and see how that works out.Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 you can also backup your bookmarks, history, cookies, logins, etc and recreate your profile or reinstall Firefox, and then copy back your profile data, to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brothersoft Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Firefox web browser will be decline system efficiency,I suggest you to use the "Maxthon 2",a Internet Explorer base/multi tab web browser.Echo Brothersoft Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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