On 12/18/05, [KS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here. Keeping Firefox running for long hours eats up more and more > memory. The experiment I report earlier was done on a new instance of > each browser, so it does not show the effects of long term use. Also the > test did not involve opening pages with lots of huge images on them. > Those are the real killer if you want to keep the same session. They > stay in the memory even after you close the tab!!
I've found improvements in Firefox's performance by clearing the download manager. Nothing quantitative, though. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com