Diazruanova
Premium
join:2004-08-13
Mexico
| [FireFox] FFx3 using too much Ram !
Hi,
Since I upgraded from 20014 to 3 FFx is using well above 200Mb after being running for a while with 5 or 6 tabs open and sometimes it reaches 240Mb when the previous ver. 20014 was not even reaching 160 Mb.
I am posting my themes and extensions so maybe someone here can tell if any of them is the culprit(s) 
Thanks
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My Config- default
Thu Jul 03 2008 19:07:27 GMT-0500
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
2008052906
[28]
[5]
(9)• Adobe Acrobat
• Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U6
• Microsoft® DRM
• Mozilla Default Plug-in
• RealPlayer Version Plugin
• RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
• Shockwave Flash
• Shockwave for Director
• Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC
1 edit | I don't use many extentions but I also noticed FF3 eating up alot of memory. Can't wait for 3.1
I've turned off pre-cashing ad it's still hungry. |
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SafireDonkey
join:2006-10-29
89000 | reply to Diazruanova
I really wonder what's actually new about v3.x since it still suffers the "minimize" memory leak...  |
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nemo1966
join:2005-11-15
England
| reply to Diazruanova
I too recently tried FF3 and realised it's very much like Nero 8... fat and bloated.
I thought the point of FF was to be lightweight, fast easy on the memory. You know the opposite of IE?
It sort of seems the other way round now.
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MarkRH
Premium
join:2005-02-08
Oklahoma City, OK
 ·Suddenlink
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With 9 tabs open, FF3 is using 151MB and 141MB of VM. Don't remember ever seeing it get above 200MB but then I'm not running with Task Manager open all the time either. Here's my installed stuff for comparison.
Generated: Wed Jul 09 2008 04:06:49 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build ID: 2008052906
Enabled Extensions: [19]
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
- Add Bookmark Here ² 3.0.20080604
- AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.9.90
- All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.6
- Boox 2.0b5
- Brief 1.2
- ChatZilla 0.9.83
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3
- DownloadHelper 3.1.1
- Firebug 1.2.0b4
- FireGestures 1.1.2
- Flagfox 3.2.7
- Html Validator 0.8.5.2
- IE Tab 1.5.20080618
- Live HTTP headers 0.14
- MR Tech Toolkit (formerly Local Install) 6.0.1
- Print/Print Preview 0.6
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080416
- Web Developer 1.1.6
Disabled Extensions: [1]
- IE View Lite 1.3.3
Total Extensions: 20
Installed Themes: [4]
- Default
- NASA Night Launch 0.6.20080624
- PitchDark 3.0.2
- Walnut for Firefox 1.8.33
Installed Plugins: (14)
- Adobe Acrobat
- DivX Player Netscape Plugin
- DivX Web Player
- DivX® Content Upload Plugin
- IE Tab Plug-in
- Itiva Media Accelerator Plug-in
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5
- Microsoft® DRM
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5
- RealPlayer Version Plugin
- RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
- Shockwave Flash
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library |
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Diazruanova
Premium
join:2004-08-13
Mexico
| reply to Diazruanova
Well, I did some experiment and first I browsed with the Safe mode of FFx and it was using NO more than 100Mb with the same number of tabs, so I proceeded to disable the not so important and kept just the vital (for me of course)extensions and I managed to lower the usage from a min of 160 and a max of 240Mb, to 130 and 185Mb aprox, so there was a significant RAM gain from doing this.
Here is the my latest config list:
Generated: Wed Jul 09 2008 09:20:31 GMT-0500
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build ID: 2008052906
Enabled Extensions: [20]
* Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
* AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.9.90
* All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.6
* Answers 2.2.48
* AutoCopy 0.8
* CS Lite 1.3.9
* FEBE 6.0b(20080705_185002)
* FlashGot 1.0.4.2
* Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.1.20080605W
* Java Console 6.0.07
* McAfee SiteAdvisor 26.6
* Menu Editor 1.2.6
* MR Tech Toolkit (formerly Local Install) 6.0.1
* MultirowBookmarksToolbar 2.0
* NoScript 1.7.6
* Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080416
* Tiny Menu 1.4.9
* Update Notifier 0.1.5.4
* XPL LinkScanner Firefox 2.7.2
* Yet Another Smooth Scrolling 2.0.10
Disabled Extensions: [10]
* Abduction! 2.025
* CustomizeGoogle 0.72
* Diccionario de Español/España 1.1
* Firekeeper 0.3.1
* FoxClocks 2.4.91
* Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 2.1.0.12
* IE View 1.3.7
* Paste Email (original) 3.2.1
* PDF Download 1.0.1.2
* WOT 20080519
Total Extensions: 30
Installed Themes: [5]
* Default
* Past Modern 0.1.08.07.06
* PitchDark 3.0.2
* Red Cats (blue flavor) 4.2.2.5
* Red Cats (green flavor) 4.2.2.5
Installed Plugins: (9)
* Adobe Acrobat
* Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U7
* Microsoft® DRM
* Mozilla Default Plug-in
* RealPlayer Version Plugin
* RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
* Shockwave Flash
* Shockwave for Director
* Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
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DataDoc
My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.
Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC | Are you running any add-ons that you've forced to be compatible? I learned it may not pay off the hard way, after doing that and my usage went over 450MB and 100% cpu. |
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Diazruanova
Premium
join:2004-08-13
Mexico
| said by DataDoc  :Are you running any add-ons that you've forced to be compatible? I learned it may not pay off the hard way, after doing that and my usage went over 450MB and 100% cpu. Yep,
AutoCopy 0.8
Tiny Menu 1.4.9
Menu Editor 1.2.6
But this turned out to be some of the least problematic and when I added those (one at a time)the RAM usage did not climb significantly, but by now, I think that I have achieved a healthy balance between Add-ons and Ram usage for my old Pentiu4 with just one G of RAM without sacrificing FFx usability 
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DataDoc
My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.
Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
·Suddenlink
| There's a Menu Editor II »https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6519 which is based on the original, which had a conflict with DownThemAll. I use it, DTA works now. |
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Diazruanova
Premium
join:2004-08-13
Mexico
| Thanks DataDoc I´ll give it a try right now!
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| reply to Diazruanova
That's nothing. I have Fx use 1,000,000K RAM sometimes. That happens on any version. I only have a handful of extensions. It's the number of tabs I have open and tab sessions saved. |
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Diazruanova
Premium
join:2004-08-13
Mexico
| said by Mele20 : It's the number of tabs I have open and tab sessions saved. How many tabs open at the same time and how many sessions saved?
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| 40-50 tabs and about 200 sessions saved on my host computer. Lesser number of saved sessions (about 100) on the virtual computer with Fx 2.0 and less on the two virtual computers with Fx3 as I haven't had Fx3 long enough to accumulate a lot of saved sessions. I got rid of some of the older sessions a few weeks ago. But it is very tedious to do unless you want to get rid of all saved sessions at the same time. I use TBE on 1.5 and 2 and Tree Style Tab (which is TBE updated for Fx3 along with Multiple Tab Handler) on 3 and Session Manager on 3 (as TBE no longer saves sessions).
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Lanik
Lab-nik
Premium,ExMod 2002-03
join:2001-06-25
Bay Area
| said by Mele20 :I use TBE on 1.5 and 2 and Tree Style Tab (which is TBE updated for Fx3 along with Multiple Tab Handler) on 3 and Session Manager on 3 (as TBE no longer saves sessions). TBE author broke up his buggy extension into 2 different ones Tree Style Tab and Multiple Tab Handler. Each separately not being a full equivalent of TBE. When you put them all together and add Session Manager then you get TBE in all its buggy glory.
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