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    VBNomad Posts: 65, Reputation: 7
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    Aug 24, 2006, 07:49 AM
    Firefox takes all my memory!
    I really like Firefox browser, until it takes all the available memory and hogs the cpu. Then the machine grinds to a snails pace. It doesn't happen all the time. But when it does a reboot or manually shutting it down is the only solution. Anyone else experiencing this problem?
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    Aug 24, 2006, 07:54 AM
    The only time I have had a similar issue was when I was running 1.0 with a couple of dozen tags some of which where running Java.
    I have found that, when used together, some extensions can cause this problem.
    So I'd say make sure you run a plain vanilla 1.5.0.6 and see if it happens again.


    What extensions are you currently running ?

    ** Update **
    I've been running FF for 8 hours today always with a min of 6 tabs, sometimes more.
    No restarts and it's currently using 120 Mb.
    OK my laptop does have 1 Gb of RAM, but it doesn't seem to be a problem at all.
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    Aug 24, 2006, 08:56 AM
    The problem I describe is on a desktop with 1 gb of ram. I'll check the version. I had allowed the program to update itself, maybe that's too much trust to give Mozilla. It is running on an XP SP2 system. I use both IE and Firefox; though not at the same time.

    The paranoid in me suspects it's a planned incompatibility that MS has added to their operating systems to undermine this upstart browser which has gobbled up a portion of their market share. But maybe I've just been using MS products for too long, and expect the worse from the boys in seattle.
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    Aug 24, 2006, 09:05 AM
    You can pretty forget the idea of "planned incompatibility". There are way too many Windows users that use FF for that not be taken care of. I use FF and I see no memory leak at all. Ben is correct that a previous version did have such an issue but that was patched quite a while ago. Do you have a lot of extensions installed?
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