On 2010-09-09 11:48 +0200, Miles Bader wrote: > chromium (6.0.472.53) has the very nice "close a tab and get all its > memory back" feature which makes it useful on my relatively > memory-constrained work machine. However it does tend to use more > memory than iceweasel while actually performing equivalent tasks, is > generally buggier, and some features are much creakier (see below).
If you want your memory back in Iceweasel when closing a tab, it is possible to do this with the browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo¹ setting in about:config. Personally I find it very useful that accidental tab closing can easily be undone. > Iceweasel (3.6.9) tends to grab memory and keep it (closing tabs may > free some memory, may not), but eventually reaches a stable point and > seems to do OK with memory once it reaches that (it may have long term > leaks, but I generally close my browser every few hours anyway). > It also has far superior [more functional, vastly faster] keyboard / > address-bar functionality (e.g., the "awesomebar" <cringe>) than > chromium, and generally feels quicker and more responsive. Really? I haven't used Chromium that much yet, but it seems to display web pages much faster than Iceweasel. However, there are usability issues: no way to quickly enable/disable Javascript, no equivalent to about:config for instance. Sven ¹ http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bp87fa8y....@turtle.gmx.de
