At 12:45 PM -0500 1/15/2009, Dan wrote: >At 12:38 PM -0500 1/15/2009, Dan wrote: >>At 12:16 PM -0500 1/15/2009, Dan wrote: >>>At 8:19 AM -0800 1/15/2009, OriginalMacBabe wrote, without >>>bothering to bottom post and trim: >>>>I have this all the time with my mini and so does my dad. It is >>>>FF - it is a memory hog >>> >>>Please provide details of such. Specific URLs and the memory >>>usage you're seeing. >> >>Ok. Ad blockers off, for comparison. 18 tabs loaded, four have >>java applets, all but one have ads - most flash animated. >> >>Firefox 3.0.5 is using 102 MB real, 242 MB virtual. >> >>Safari 3.2.1 is using 116 MB real, 296 MB virtual. > >Redid same test using optimized Firefox and yesterday's WebKit. > >Firefox is using 98.70 MB real, 238 MB virtual. > >WebKit is using 90.71 MB real, 332 MB virtual.
One further observation... When pushed into the background then hidden, both Safari and WebKit quickly drop below 5% CPU usage. WebKit actually hits 0.2%. Firefox, however, hovers from 17 to 23%. Looks like the Moz guys don't bother to idle out their threads when there's noone viewing the pages. FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
