minerva_xxxx Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 My firefox 2.0.0.3 has a high ram usage. I have turion 64 1.6ghz on windows xp home sp2. I was wondering if anyone knew of a fix for the memory leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 No fix for it atm, although if you open about:config, and set config.trim_on_minimize to true, when you minimize FF it should reduce usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted May 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 16, 2007 trim_on_minimize makes Firefox clear it's memory cache when you minimize it, lower ram usage at the expense of speed. People assume that's the memory leak though, so why not do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minerva_xxxx Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 can you recommend another popular browser such as firefox with the same or similar functionality? don't want to use IE. the memory leaks are starting to annoy me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I highly recommend Opera. It's very stable, the most secure and also the fastest GUI browser! http://www.opera.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minerva_xxxx Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 did the trim on minimize, memory leak still happens. how can i fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted May 19, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted May 19, 2007 did the trim on minimize, memory leak still happens. how can i fix I have posted here about this before too, and I have tried all these tweaks and everything, but nothing works.. My Firefox runs at over 150,000K most of the time. The only thing thats seemed to work (and not on purpose) is using Vista. Vista tends to run Firefox very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty13 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I highly recommend Opera. It's very stable, the most secure and also the fastest GUI browser! http://www.opera.com/ If Opera improved its icon and its default GUI Interface to a more cleaner interface then i would use it. i just don't like its themes and i don't like its default interface etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duntkno Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 ^same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 If Opera improved its icon and its default GUI Interface to a more cleaner interface then i would use it. i just don't like its themes and i don't like its default interface etc. This is one of those beauty in the eye of the beholder moments. IMO, Opera's gui and overall look blows Firefox away. Firefox actually "looks" slow..clunky. Opera is sleek and sexy..much cleaner look out of the box, IMO. That being said, I really like both browsers and always have both installed. Plus, you can completely tweak the look of both browsers gui to look any way you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyoncmdr Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 The GUI argument on a skinnable browser makes no sense. So you don't like the GUI, go get a new one! I use Opera because I like the Presto rendering engine and the community behind the browser, not because of its GUI. I use a custom skin anyways, so I don't even remember what the default looks like anyways... let me check... Wow, the default one does suck...:( Also, you can edit the config and have it use a custom icon. Opera is just like Firefox when it comes to the customizing. Take a little time to look around and search for answers and you can edit just about anything you want to make it the way you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacrificialSoldier Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Browzar Flock or TheWorldBrowser all good FF alternatives even though I use FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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