New firefox

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:10 am

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1.html

Or go to Help | Check for updates for a faster and more convenient update.

Supposedly fixes memory leaks. mmmmm

Post by **R00k** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:11 am

God I hope so.

Post by **4days** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:14 am

auto-updated a few minutes ago. process is using about 25mb at the mo with no extensions enabled.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:16 am

R00k wrote:God I hope so.

report back, i'm at work :E

Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:18 am

A .1 release eh? Look at all that rapid open source innovation

Post by ek » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:19 am

27 mb, 14 extensions, 2 tabs open.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:23 am

You guys should really read the memory related thread at mozillazine: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=354828

One of the best tweaks to apply is when you minimize ff to the taskbar, it frees up memory. It still applies even after updating to 1.5.0.1

So once in a while or after a long browsing session, say you leave the computer, minimize it and come back and you get a fresh memory footprint.

Post by **BlueGene** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:32 am

Sweet under 30mb and 5 tabs 3 extensions

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:32 am

@dzjip

nice tip

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:09 am

new version of downthemall needed

stupid thing is, i let FF check for updates to DTA and it said there wasn't one, then i checked the DTA page and there was one

Post by **R00k** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:11 am

dzjepp wrote:You guys should really read the memory related thread at mozillazine: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=354828

One of the best tweaks to apply is when you minimize ff to the taskbar, it frees up memory. It still applies even after updating to 1.5.0.1

So once in a while or after a long browsing session, say you leave the computer, minimize it and come back and you get a fresh memory footprint.

If you've got a bunch of pages or pictures open and you minimize it, does it have to reload all of that stuff when you restore the window?

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:13 am

Mine is only taking up 23.5 megs with 5 Extensions and 1 tab open.

Post by **Transient** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:25 am

I think there may still be a leak. I opened a half-dozen tabs, then visited about 2 dozen different sites in the last half hour. Task Manager shows it using 60k, and in the last 10 minutes, it's grown to 63.1k without me navigating away from this page. Minimizing it didn't seem to do anything. It's still climbing, but not at the same rate as a few minutes ago.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:49 am

@trans

i'd imagine some of that can be attributed to what's ON those webpages (flash ads, etc), ya think?

Post by **BlueGene** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:06 am

Yeah I'm at 63 now also, with 3 tabs open. Probally has to do with history or cache after time. But nowhere near the 500mb i was seeing before. I've had the browser open for about 1 hour.

Post by **blakjack** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:14 am

Yea it seems a Little better but it still doesnt release anything until you close it completely. Just seems to build up until the pc starts swap-choking - the more tabs I use the quicker it happens. The minimise thing doesnt actually release anything, check the memory usage history in the task manager.

Post by **Oeloe** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:34 am

If you want to keep some tabs open and don't want excessive memory usage when you're not browsing for a while, just use Sessionsaver or another extension like Tab mix (plus) that has the same functionality, and close FF. Next time you open FF your tabs will be restored.

Post by **andyman** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:42 am

mine is using 100 and i am barely using it...

Post by **blakjack** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:43 am

yea i've just been bookmarking all tabs, avoided extensions where possible as they make the problem worse. fortunately i wont be stuck on this 256mb pos work pc for much longer >_>

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:45 am

andyman wrote:mine is using 100 and i am barely using it...

exactly what sites are open in it.

Post by **Transient** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:47 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:@trans

i'd imagine some of that can be attributed to what's ON those webpages (flash ads, etc), ya think?

Yea, I realized that after I posted. One site I frequent bumps up the usage by 10k alone. It's been about an hour or so since I posted, and without navigating away from Q3W, it's gone from 63k to 65k.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:48 am

which is why i'm curious about Andy Panda's tabs and what sites he's on. you know him and his nutjob videos.

Post by **andyman** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:59 am

this one and another forum

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:49 am

For those of you that say minimizing dosen't free up memory, did you actually apply the tweak? You have to edit something in about:config you know

Post by **Scarface** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:16 am

oooo, lookin good :icon14: