A source of Firefox bloat has been found. Unfortunately the fix will be in Firefox 7
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-developers-locate-a-source-of-bloat-1273916.html
A source of Firefox bloat has been found. Unfortunately the fix will be in Firefox 7
Well on the plus side, with their silly new release numbering/schedule we'll probably be getting FF7 in a couple of months
I use Fx7 as my main browser (though I've been running 6 so I can watch netflix shows while I play my games...silverlight ) I'm excited to see this happen. It's good to see those investigations are working, as that's long been a major quip I've seen people have against Firefox is it's memory usage issues.
It's good to see those investigations are working, as that's long been a major quip I've seen people have against Firefox is it's memory usage issues.
It takes forever to fix some things though (or acknowledge there's a problem), it's had a heavy memory footprint for a good while now.
Well they only recently started addressing it on a moz.dev.platform thread, so it's good to see relatively quick results
Well they only recently started addressing it on a moz.dev.platform thread, so it's good to see relatively quick results
Yeah, FF sure does leak memory. Nice to have 6 gigs though.
Well they only recently started addressing it on a moz.dev.platform thread, so it's good to see relatively quick results
Yeah but those results are in years.
New in Firefox Aurora:
- Performance Enhancements: Faster startup time on Mac, Windows, and Linux
- Optimized Memory Use
- Improved memory management: for many users, memory use is reduced by 30 percent or more, responsiveness is enhanced
- The JavaScript garbage collector runs frequently to free up more memory when Firefox is idle
It seems that the new improvement has been pushed
How to tell what version of Firefox is right for me:
-> Concerned about memory use, or have a small amount of memory? -> Use latest 3.6 series. It uses much less RAM.
-> Have a lot of RAM to use, have a pretty fast PC? -> Use latest version available. Latest versions cache more objects to memory to improve speed.
Features I LOVE that FF added to their latest versions:
-> Ability to highlight a link & right click + search google, or open in a new tab. Great time saver!
-> Better use of the full screen. Much more screen real estate available.
-> Faster. Always nice!
Features I have reported to Firefox that I hope get fixed!
-> Right-click + T on a web link opens it in a new tab. DON'T right-click + T on your bookmarks, or it will delete them! Very confusing! Needs standardizing!
-> When you are on a web link, & your DSL/Cable/Internet goes out, anything that causes a webpage refresh during that time will result in you losing your website(s) that you have open. They will be replaced with the standard error message about your DSL being out, etc, etc. The back buttons are greyed out, leaving you with no option to return to that page. You can only either rummage through history, saved bookmarks, or try to remember which one it was from memory!
I just use middle click to open everything in a new tab (works on bookmarks too )
I just use middle click to open everything in a new tab (works on bookmarks too
)
I never knew that. (I always open links in new tabs.) Now I gotta retrain myself to click the scroll button. I never clicked it before.
Makes me feel kinda naughty.
You can middle click on tabs to close them as well. It's a very helpful feature
I just use middle click to open everything in a new tab (works on bookmarks too
)
Same here.
You can middle click on tabs to close them as well. It's a very helpful feature
Just learned something new!
I just use middle click to open everything in a new tab (works on bookmarks too
)
Guys, I forgot about middle-click opening.
Thanks for mentioning it!
Middle-click is awesome, although I do still wish they would fix right-click + t.
I find situations where I just use CTRL + W to close tabs.
Say, if your downloading pictures, & you have them opened in tabs, CTRL + W to close the tab your on, then the next tab, & so on as your downloading.
That works great too.
You can also just hold ALT and click on thumbnails or links to images to grab the image.
Middle-click is awesome
Ok ok, enough already
<<<<<Laptop user
Here you go JD...if you use a Dell
Thanks Hazel. I do have a Dell actually and was aware of that but it doesn't work too great here. Besides was only a jokey comment and not sure I could get out of the habit of ctrl-clicking now anyway
these versionjumps in firefox and thunderbird are very unfunny, i mean.
not all from google is fine -chrome firefox take the versionjumps from these