Asin Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Does anyone else have trouble with Firefox 1.5 leaking memory?I'm using Windows XP SP1.Here's a few screenshots.Just opened Firefox:5 tabs with high resolution pictures on ImageShack and this page:Approximately 20 tabs with high resolution pictures on ImageShack and this page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomizer Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 i'm not having trouble, at least not that i've found, but it looks like you're not the only one. did you do a clean install, or an upgrade? look on the mozilla forums.http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asin Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 (edited) Clean install. But I left all the previous data that the uninstallation left behind in the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder. It essentially saved all my settings.Should I delete this folder during the reinstallation?EDIT: Nevermind, I see it.EDIT 2: So that worked nicely. Still gets crazy with the RAM usage with high resolution pictures, but at least the CPU usage is down to roughly 1% as it should be. Edited December 11, 2005 by Asin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeko Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 the posted images are not about memory leak. its probalby about the noumber of open tabs. close some tabs and see the consumed memory decreases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asin Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 That does help, but I don't recall it being that bad with 1.0.7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Get Firetune and optimize your Firefox.Next, go to about:config and enter this entry:browser.cache.memory.capacity - 16384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncheepooi Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 me too. found high cpu and memory usage with firefox 1.5. better stick with 1.07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoofield Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Na!!! better just switch to opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I think ars had an article as to why FF was using so much memory when it came to displaying images...ultimate conclusion bad programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzilla Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I have a simliar thread over at Neowin. One helpful member pointed out that since FF 1.5 has the new instant back/forward feature, that it will use more RAM. I had 2 tabs open and had been on an astronomy site picture gazing for about an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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