[JackOfVA]

I’ve used Firefox since version 2, along with Thunderbird E-mail and like them both much more than Microsoft’s offerings.

Something has been happening with Firefox that has me puzzled however. It devours memory. I launched it this morning at 0600 and it’s now reading 744 megabytes memory usage. I have to close it and relaunch several times a day as when it reaches 1 GB or more, everything else slows down.

I suspect it’s a plug in, not Firefox, but I have yet to discover which plug in it is.

Jack

[CedarDave]

Something has been happening with Firefox that has me puzzled however. It devours memory.

It's always done that. Supposed to be better now, but there still are reports like yours.

[VA_Gentleman]

ping for later

[TomGuy]

Something has been happening with Firefox that has me puzzled however. It devours memory

That is a problem FF engineers seem incapable of resolving. It has been a consistent problem since about version 0.07. It was monstrous under 2. Somewhat better under 3.

FF blames it on add-ons. But, add-ons aren't the problem. FF fails to release memory whenever a webpage is closed. A high-graphics or flash video or other video webpage consumes allot of memory and retains it, even after the webpage is closed.

I typically have to shut FF once or twice a day to release the memory.

[FreedomPoster]

You are correct, it is almost certainly a memory leak in an add-on.

Tear’em all out, add them back one by one.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I have been battling for cycles on a quad...decided javascript stuff was the culprit...so NoScript helps.