[geeks] Firefox memory usage update

[Joshua Boyd]

On Nov 24, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> 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.

Firefox 3 is supposed to be faster and lighter on memory.  Testing of  
the betas seems to support this so far.