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Posted on 12/26/2009 12:27:36 PM PST by don-o
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:27:37 PM PST
by
don-o
To: don-o
Even after I ditched all the extensions and add-ons, it’s still a resource and memory hog. I’ve downgraded back to 3.5.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:31:54 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: don-o
To: BigSkyFreeper
3.5. what? And how does one determine that it’s hogging memory. What does that look like?
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:33:04 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
To: don-o
I’m using 3.5.6 and it crashes all the time. I’m about ready to chuck it.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:34:50 PM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: Michael Barnes
Besides it being beta? Yes. What are potential pitfalls of using a beta anything?
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:34:57 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
To: don-o
Firefox 3.n crashes repeatedly for me, so I’ve dropped back to 2.0, which stays up. I’m ready to move on from Firefox. What is the most stable browser right now?
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:35:08 PM PST
by
devere
To: don-o
You can see memory usage in Windows Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL), under the “Process” tab, shows “Mem Usage”. Currently my FF is using 64 MB of 1GB of RAM and I am only using one tab and no extensions. I can remember earlier versions using far less memory.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:36:02 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: don-o
Right click a blank spot on your task bar....select "Start Task Manager" and click on the "Processes" tab.
Firefox.exe should be listed there, with its memory usage.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:37:17 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Elementary question: Why is that bad, if all one is doing is surfing?
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:37:17 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
To: don-o
Still have 2.0 due to having windows ME,will never go back to IE.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:37:51 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: devere
I’ve tried Apple Safari. It loads pages slow. Google Chrome is very fast and doesn’t buffer Youtube videos like FF and Safari do. IE8 is relatively fast in comparison to FF and Safari as well.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:38:29 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: don-o
It’s really not bad if you have the memory to spare....currently, my Firefox is at 312 Megs....but I have 8 Gigs of ram so it really doesn’t matter.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:38:54 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: don-o
It slows down Windows in general. I’ve seen spikes over 128MB and Windows becomes unresponsive up to and including the mouse pointer.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:39:35 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:41:11 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: BigSkyFreeper
It’s pulling 84 and I think I have 512. My point is that the improvement over the 3.5 is vast and very welcome. I suppose time will reveal the downside for the way I roll.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:42:00 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
To: Psycho_Bunny; don-o
The rule of thumb, no matter how much memory you have in your system is that Windows is gonna want as much as it can possibly use. It doesn’t matter if you have 1 gig or 8 gig, Windows itself will try and keep as much memory for itself as it can. Robbing memory hogging applications of total available memory.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:42:17 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
To: don-o
I have had no problems with Firefox at all. None of the versions have crashed.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:44:35 PM PST
by
TommyDale
(Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
To: Lee'sGhost
Im using 3.5.6 and it crashes all the time. Im about ready to chuck it. I'm running 3.5.6 on Windows 7, no issues on this end. Loads fast, I've had problems with one plugin (Skype) which once removed everything was fine.
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:45:35 PM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: BigSkyFreeper
From time to time I do get “virtual memory too low...” messages. I have read what I can find and understand about it. Generally, I just let it be and continue about my business.
Running a fairly old Dell here. All I ever did to it was install additional RAM. I did get a speed upgrade to 10 Mbs recently, but was seeing little evidence until I installed this bets upgrade of Firefox
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posted on
12/26/2009 12:45:45 PM PST
by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is in Iraq.)
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