Star Ben Goodger: Firefox Memory Leak a 'Feature'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Feb 2006 15:14 UTC
Mozilla & Gecko clones "A lot of people complain about the Firefox 'memory leak(s)'. All versions of Firefox no doubt leak memory - it is a common problem with software this complicated. We look to fix the issues where we can. David Baron and others have done a huge amount of excellent work in this area. What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature."
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RE[2]: Thom Distortion Field
by Finalzone on Wed 15th Feb 2006 18:28 UTC in reply to "RE: Thom Distortion Field"
Finalzone
Member since:
2005-07-06

I'm going to give Thom the benefit of the doubt and say that he didn't realize how bad that title was because English isn't his first language...

In this case, is it better to let a native speaking English editor to review the title before submitting it?

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RE[3]: Thom Distortion Field
by Tyr. on Wed 15th Feb 2006 18:36 in reply to "RE[2]: Thom Distortion Field"
Tyr. Member since:
2005-07-06

In this case, is it better to let a native speaking English editor to review the title before submitting it?

Or people could just stop with the pointless Thom-bashing. That got old real quick when it was still Eugenia-bashing and has become even more annoying now.

Every damn article the same nonsense over again, just quit it already. Why don't people just mail the guy if they think they've got a real grievance ?

Edited 2006-02-15 18:38

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RE[4]: Thom Distortion Field
by J-S-H on Wed 15th Feb 2006 19:08 in reply to "RE[3]: Thom Distortion Field"
J-S-H Member since:
2005-07-08

Umm, yeah, email him and have him ignore it. That's a really good idea (TM).

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RE[4]: Thom Distortion Field
by Finalzone on Wed 15th Feb 2006 23:53 in reply to "RE[3]: Thom Distortion Field"
Finalzone Member since:
2005-07-06

Actually, the title is misleading. It should be titled:
Ben Goodger: Firefox 'Memory Leak' a Feature to match the actual quote from Ben. Ben Goodger: Firefox Memory Leak a 'Feature' is completely different. You can call "sensasionalism" but misquoting someone hinder the reporter.

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