Uh, it’s a Feature?
They did some deal with a Soro’s organization. Have had problems ever since. Running Linux, so I am in need of a non traditional browser.
If you are running FireFox. Find something else and dump it. Do some research!!
It’s madly in love with Shockwave Flash and will try to open it at various times. it always crashes. Get that off your system ASAP.
Disable your add-ons and see what happens.
FF has always had MAJOR memory leak issues. some version are WAY worse than others. Looks like 56 is one of the WAY worse ones. Generally, the developers blame everyone and everything else but themselves.
I usually run several versions behind the latest FF, chrome, et. al. Right now I wouldn’t recommend going past FF version 49.
I will be running Brave browser when it comes out for arch Linux. It’s running for most operating systems already.
FF has had memory leakage as far back as version 6 and 7. Even then, the Mozilla tech claimed the problem was probably in the add-ons/extensions, not in FF itself.
Some versions improved the leakage, but it has always be a recurring problem.
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On the subject of Firefox and extensions — I have read that version 57 is going to be a comprehensive rewrite and most current extensions/add-ons will not work with version 57. Many extension writers gave up on FF a long time ago with its rapid release insanity.
I noticed not to long after they embraced the leftist version of fighting fake news which in the left’s case is truth, all my addons quit working so I ditched it.
I’m using palemoon(based on ff but my addons are working) and vivaldi(based on chrome/chromium but gives the option of not using 3rd party stuff aka google).
You might want to try https://brave.com/ - It’s a startup and competitor to Firefox by the former head of Firefox.
Firefox has long been leaky.
I get by keeping open windows to just a few and re-starting Firefox regularly.
The code base is huge and cranky.
ping
I turned off flash totally and now i am now still creeping up to 847 Mb (on a PC) after watching a few youtube videos. I wonder if casting of aspersions of memory abusage by add-ons is entirely justified.
I am reading about rust, but if they have extensively used it, then it does not seem to be doing them any good.
Personally (trying to phrase this diplomatically) I think that ansi C works very well if not near optimally well for complex programs— eg, kernels and RDBMSs.
It’s always been a pig. 57 may fix that. Supposedly it is adopting a new thread model more like Chrome.
Oh, and part of this coercion? They're stopping the usability of any add-on that they deem "Legacy" -- that is, not ready for FF 57. There was a workaround to keep those add-ons working, but as of a few days ago, the workaround didn't work any more.
I'm using Brave for now (which I have a separate list of issues about), so I hope these authors update their add-ons soon...