On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: >> Is Vista bad, no. Is W7 better hell yeah. I would say memory >> management. I have almost the same add-ons to FireFox and I have yet >> to have my system need a reboot yet because firefox sucked the life >> out of it. > > Firefox is a huge memory hog, but must not be blamed for Windows needing a > reboot. > The operating system is supposed to be controlling how much memory each app > gets, and > cleaning it up when that application is closed or killed. > > The fact that an application can take down Windows points to flaws in the > operating > system, first and foremost. > > I run Firefox, various versions, on Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS X. > I've seen > Firefox slow to a crawl or become unresponsive about equally on all three > platforms. > But I never need to reboot Mac or Linux - all I must do is force-quit Firefox > and > launch it again. --------------------------------------------
I didn't have the patience to wait for FF to release the ram so i just restarted the laptop. Real simple. I agree that FF was a huge memory hog if you abused tabs, and let me say I was guilty as charged. I could open via that RSS bar 30, 40, maybe 50 tabs. You only see a part of the title and youj can close the tab when it was full screen if you didn't like it. Is that the OS fault? no. I have 3 gig of ram. Unfortunately FF might grab 1.5 gig and not want to give it back. That was the problem. And we complained about IE. what a bunch of ..... -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
