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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: Neff on December 26, 2006, 03:16:23 AM

Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: Neff on December 26, 2006, 03:16:23 AM
As the topic says, dont hit me if i posted this in the wrong section!

Since last update of firefox , i've had direct computer lag from Firefox, using it etc. I get like 8-9 fps in wow, even my mp3 files start skipping because it obviously stressing my computer. Anyone had the same? or even better, have a solution?
Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: RizZy on December 26, 2006, 09:12:59 AM
I don't know if its still true or not with the newer versions, but if you left ff open but minimized (& maybe just normally looking at the amount its using for me at the mo), for some reason it used loads of memory, there seems to be a few differant fixes - googled (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=firefox+minimize+memory+leak+fix&btnG=Search&meta=)
Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: OldBloke on December 26, 2006, 10:27:11 AM
It could also be caused by a Java applet running on the page.
Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: Blunt on December 26, 2006, 12:15:09 PM
Quote from: OldBloke;169648It could also be caused by a Java applet running on the page.
My FF doesn't like the snowy applet and closes randomly whist viewing the forum.
Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: delanvital on December 26, 2006, 01:21:13 PM
Quote from: Blunt;169680My FF doesn't like the snowy applet and closes randomly whist viewing the forum.

Same here. But it is quite rare.
Title: Dont hit me.. i may cry.
Post by: Jamoe on December 27, 2006, 11:25:14 PM
the memory useage of firefox isn't a bug(memory leak) as most believe, it's down to the way it will cache pages visited. The more tabs, heavy page size the more memory will be used.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_memcache

in about:config

browser.cache.memory.capacity


turn it off and see if it helps.