[geeks] Firefox memory usage update

[Shannon Hendrix]

Nadine (I think) posted about Firefox memory usage, and I went and  
downloaded 2.0.0.8 for the Mac, and the Cache Status add-on.

In the last 24 hours, Firefox has stayed below 150MB, currently 132MB,  
with a few torture tests.

Of course, I've seen that before and then it blew up, but I'm going to  
use it for the weekend see how memory usage works out.

During the same period, Safari hits around 300MB.

If it stays small, I might start using Firefox again.  It seems  
notably faster than Safari.

The major downside to Firefox is that its dock icon doesn't have a new  
window feature.  It's a little bit painful to open a new window.

In fact, the way the Mac handles this in general is stupid, and it got  
worse with Spaces.

I like Spaces, but it needs work, and I think all Mac app icons need  
an open window context menu entry.

Another downside is that I've found a few sites where drop-down menus  
don't work on Firefox 2.0.0.8 for the Mac, but seems to work for the  
Linux version.

It's pretty obvious Firefox isn't a Mac app too.

Who knows, I'm going to do some more extensive tests later with  
Firefox, Camino, and Safari just to see how they stack up.

Safari crashes on me too much still.

Camino is quite nice, but there are a couple of features I wish it had  
that I miss a lot.

I think in the coming months now that Leopard is out, we'll see more  
updates to the browsers.  Right now most of the hacks seem to work  
poorly or not at all on Leopard.

I can't make any of the Camino or Safari add-ons work since updating  
to Leopard.


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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com