On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:25:08PM +0100, ropers wrote: <snip> > > NB: As for the number of open tabs, Firefox 2.0.0.x is a real sieve > when it comes to memory. It leaks and leaks and leaks... The upcoming > Firefox 3 is reportedly going to be a major step forward, but I > haven't tried it yet. > > The desktop machine I'm currently using runs Ubuntu, so this may or > may not be directly comparable, but in my experience Firefox 2.0.0.x > **can** still be used with >20 tabs spread over 6 windows -- IFF you > throw truckloads of RAM at it (e.g. 1-2GB), and use a very > comprehensive ABP filter list, and pkill firefox and restart&restore > it at least once a day (Firefox 2 allegedly doesn't free memory when > tabs are closed). >
wow. Firefox 2.0.0.12 running on OpenBSD 4.3beta from 29 Feb on a Powerbook G3 with a whopping 256meg of memory and a blinding fast 333mhz G3 happily opens 17 tabs (my default startup) and is quite usable. For the first 30 secs or so Firefox isn't usable. When done it's sucked 125meg and taken 3 mins of CPU. After about 30 of those cpu seconds you can easily swap from tab to tab. OpenBSD 4.2 with what ever Firefox shipped in ports (2.0.0.6 maybe) basically felt like it worked the same. Is the PPC that much more efficient? :-) cheers bruce
