Not sure what you mean by myth. Measuring a vanilla Firefox with 9 tabs open is not much of a test. Having Firefox with any add-ons and multiple tabs open for a time period has always showed it to be a memory hog. I use the latest versions of Firefox, Opera and IE (home/work) daily and see Firefox hogging memory all the time. Close a few tabs and it finds it hard to let go of that memory as well. At least with Opera, I see memory go down as soon as I close a tab; minimizing Opera actually releases all the memory it was using at that time. It is no myth. If you are satisfied browsing the web with a vanilla install of Firefox with 9 tabs open, great for you.
Of course you are contradicting this test, and every other online article showing the same thing, but we'll go by your word.
You can quote online articles, I quote actual users: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...irefox+memory+leak&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= If your statement was true, the result for firefox memory leak would be 0. Firefox has always had memory issues. This is no myth as you claim. As far as this test goes, no test was done for memory consumption over an extended period of time. No test was done to see if it releases memory when closing tabs or running in the background. A fresh install with no addons and 9 tabs with a few minutes of timing is not much of a real-life test of memory usage.
Hi There I might be missing something here but what is the point in testing browser speeds in any OS nevermind Windows 7? There are a lot of factors involved in pages displaying including your internet speed, the web server speed / load etc etc Regards
So you believe the abominal snowman exists, too? Cause you can find lots of people who believe that exists. What you're telling us is you would rather believe some random collection of users with random systems rather than actual tests by people who know what they're doing.
I still choose ff even if it does use more memory. Mine uses 160-220 and sometimes takes a while to completely close out and free up memory on win xp. I have win7 computer with ff also and it seems to use a little less like 100-150, but that computer is new yet and don't have too much going on with it yet. FF starts up and closes out on the win7 computer very fast compared to my xp computer, but again probably because it's brand new.
So what if you use FF you dont care if its using too much memory. You use it for speed and functions. Never had problems opening FF. Ofc it takes a while if you got 3 windows with 20 tabs each, butr wouldnt you expect that?
Im a programmer I just use FF to test if my web application is compatible with that or no, just this , to be honest Im not comfortable with that , its too slow, I think IE runs smoother and also faster specially in startup. It doesn't matter if u have open applications or no , in comparing with IE its startup is much slower
Actually if you had bothered looking at the search link I provided, you would have seen memory leaks for Firefox being mentioned on so many places including sites dedicated to firefox/mozilla. Using your analogy, it is you who would be prone to believing the abominal snowman exists due to so many articles/books written about it. I worked for a computer magazine for 2 years doing thousands of benchmarking including those that you saw in the link you provided. I know not only to look at just what is provided but also to see what is being left out. That article did nothing to show that firefox will still not begin hogging memory after a certain timeframe. Benchmarking-wise, I would have also included memory levels for each browser after a few hours of having those tabs open. Your statement to somehow say that it was a myth that Firefox was a memory hog did not make much sense as well. The very first link (out of millions) in the google search gave a link to Mozillazine who have been at the forefront of Mozilla/firefox news/updates/wiki/kbs for over 10 years.
i havent ever faced any probs with FF..its loads quickly... You just gotta have decent config , thats it.,.
If you're using FF for a long time — check VacuumPlaces extension, it can really boost FF launch time and address bar responsiveness.