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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 13th Mar 2008 20:41 UTC, submitted by RJop

"While Firefox 2 used less memory than it's predecessor, Firefox 1.5, we intentionally restricted the number of changes to the Gecko platform (Gecko 1.8.1 was only slightly different than Gecko 1.8) on which Firefox was built. However, while the majority of people were working on Firefox 2/Gecko 1.8.1, others of us were already ripping into the platform that Firefox 3 was to be built on: Gecko 1.9. We've made more significant changes to the platform than I can count, including many to reduce our memory footprint. The result has been dramatic."

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Warmly Welcomed

by flanque on Thu 13th Mar 2008 21:11 UTC

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2005-12-15

Any focus on reducing the memory footprint of Firefox is warmly welcomed in my book.

Looking forward to it.

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RE: Warmly Welcomed

by Adam S on Thu 13th Mar 2008 23:14 in reply to "Warmly Welcomed"

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2005-04-01

I agree. I've actually had to switch FROM Firefox because it leaks such memory. In fact, after a long period, it can eat up to 99% of my CPU too. I've recently downloaded Firefox 3 beta 4 to play, and I must say, between the integrated features and extensions like Stylish, it's making a pretty convincing case.

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RE[2]: Warmly Welcomed

by flanque on Thu 13th Mar 2008 23:48 in reply to "RE: Warmly Welcomed"

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2005-12-15

I tried the first beta but it kept crashing every time I tried to 'right-click and fix' a badly spelt word with the British dictionary.

Burnt me a bit, unless you can convince me it's more stable now?

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