Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: Thera
Originally posted by: Allio
I have mixed feelings about this version. While the new features are handy, it's crashing on me more than ever before and using a solid 100mb of memory right now (EDIT: out of 256, I wouldn't mind if it were out of 512 or more). My profile (which worked perfectly in 1.0PR) stops the browser from loading every second time, which is getting annoying. A new profile will fix it but that process is SO annoying :/
Sigh, I'm feeling a little disenchanted right now.
That sounds like a problem to me. I have 6 tabs open and am only using about 35Mb.
It's really important when you install a new Firefox that you totally delete your profile folder in "Documents and Settings/Application data". Just go in, backup bookmarks and usercontent.css, and delete the entire Mozilla folder after you've uninstalled the old Firefox. This has fixed any problem I've ever had with Firefox in the past and it's pretty quick and easy to do.
i can't seem to find usercontent.css. can you provide a direct path? i looked all through the mozilla folder under application data. i assume that saves stuff like options you've changed?
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit
It's a CSS stylesheet you can use to change the look and behavior of webpages.
*IMPORTANT*
Howto "fix" memory cache issues if you don't like it in firefox:
1. Type:
about:config
in your browser's URL bar.
2. In the "Filter" bar of the frame type in:
memory
It should filter out all entries except for one.
browser.cache.memory.enable
3. Right click on "true" hit "toggle" and set it to "false".
In my about:config
It went from:
Memory cache device
Number of entries: 614
Maximum storage size: 31744 KiB
Storage in use: 21579 KiB
Inactive storage: 18473 KiB
List Cache Entries
Disk cache device
Number of entries: 3448
Maximum storage size: 50000 KiB
Storage in use: 30023 KiB
Cache Directory: /home/drag/.mozilla/firefox/po5trrkw.default/Cache
List Cache Entries
to:
Disk cache device
Number of entries: 3448
Maximum storage size: 50000 KiB
Storage in use: 30023 KiB
Cache Directory: /home/drag/.mozilla/firefox/po5trrkw.default/Cache
List Cache Entries
This will reduce the memory footprint of your browser!!
NOTE: You generally don't want to do this! If you have a low memory machine the browser will not cache very much if at all! It WILL cause a performance hit if you disable it when you visit pages you just came from!
See if this fixes your memory "issues".