> No problems. I know the pain. It will take a while (years?) to get SeaMonkey
> onto the newer Gecko engines like Quantum to fix these issues. :(
There is no new Gecko engine. 56 is pretty close to 57 and not that much
different from 60. Quantum is more of a marketing gag.
There are always some optimizations being made which reduce memory usuage.
Much was because of ripped out functionality.
The biggest changes between 56 and 60 are the new style system named stylo.
Only big component used and written in rust (which I don't care for because
seems to be just another overhyped programming language). Also e10s is always
on in Fx thanks to no more classic extensions so you will see a more
responsive browser with s*cky websites like facebook. Memory comsumption here
is up because of multiple processes.
webrender might become a thing in 68 but with so many half baked graphics
drivers around we will see how it works on older PCs.
In reality the browsing component of 2.57 already on the "new" shiny quantum
does not feel much different form the patched up unofficial 2.53. The only big
difference here is missing e10s and this does not do anything to reduce menory.
Running 60 at work now and then and I still prefer SeaMonkey even with its
limitations :)
There are a lot of good people still working on Gecko and doing good things
but Fx will never again be my browser of choice. Porting SeaMonkey to the
latest source would mean ripping out more things like themes and bookmark
enhancements and and. The resulting product would probably be nothing I care
about so I am just looking forward to get 2.57 done and see what happens then.
FRG
Ant wrote:
On 3/19/2019 4:32 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:19:48 -0700, Ant <[email protected]> in
mozilla.support.seamonkey wrote:
Is there a way to make it use less memory? If so, what would it be?
No. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. are the big memory and CPU hoggers in my
SeaMonkey usages especially with multiple tabs.
Thanks. I just wondered.
No problems. I know the pain. It will take a while (years?) to get SeaMonkey
onto the newer Gecko engines like Quantum to fix these issues. :(
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