On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:51:36 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> eric wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 17:59:50 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Is this a memory leak or by design? > > > > > > When using tab browsing, Mozilla consumes memory without releasing it > > > again until the program is closed. > > > > yes. memory isn't released until the last instance of mozilla is > > closed. > > I understand that, but is it supposed to ignore the cache settings? > Mozilla itself is using 26 MB (before surfing), the cache for memory is > set at 4096 KB and yet the program is easily using RAM in the hundreds > of MB when surfing. And it even seems that Mozilla is using twice the > amount of RAM than the amount of the visited pages. > Well, I guess you should look at the source code (it is open source) & see what the programmer's are using memory for other than cache space! eric...
