[GTALUG] Firefox is a pig

[Greg Martyn]

I see plugins being mentioned, but Add-ons / Extensions (Firefox can't seem
to agree on what they're called) are also a big source of memory leaks.

More info:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

Greg

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Blaise Alleyne <email+libre at blaise.ca>
wrote:

> On 16/11/14 05:29 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > | How many tabs and windows?
> >
> > Lots.  28 windows.  It isn't convenient to count the tabs (I'd have to
> > visit each of the windows and count the tabs).
> >
>
> Firefox has tab groups btw, so you can organize lots of tabs without
> having to
> open multiple windows:
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs
>
> I have no idea if a single window with tab groups versus multiple windows
> has
> any effect on memory/performance though... my guess would be probably
> not...
>
> But, I figure it's worth a mention since I've found tab groups to be more
> convenient than dealing with multiple windows (e.g. you can name them,
> search
> for a tab, easily move tabs between groups, etc.).
>
>
> I restart Firefox/IceWeasel periodically when I noticed the memory usage is
> getting high. At the very least, it reduces the memory footprint because it
> doesn't reload tabs on reboot until you first focus on them (at least,
> that's
> the way I have my settings configured), so a reboot still saves your tabs
> but
> won't consume any resources for the tabs you're not actually using.
>
>
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