I see plugins being mentioned, but Add-ons / Extensions (Firefox can't seem to agree on what they're called) are also a big source of memory leaks.
More info: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Greg On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Blaise Alleyne <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16/11/14 05:29 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > > | How many tabs and windows? > > > > Lots. 28 windows. It isn't convenient to count the tabs (I'd have to > > visit each of the windows and count the tabs). > > > > Firefox has tab groups btw, so you can organize lots of tabs without > having to > open multiple windows: > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs > > I have no idea if a single window with tab groups versus multiple windows > has > any effect on memory/performance though... my guess would be probably > not... > > But, I figure it's worth a mention since I've found tab groups to be more > convenient than dealing with multiple windows (e.g. you can name them, > search > for a tab, easily move tabs between groups, etc.). > > > I restart Firefox/IceWeasel periodically when I noticed the memory usage is > getting high. At the very least, it reduces the memory footprint because it > doesn't reload tabs on reboot until you first focus on them (at least, > that's > the way I have my settings configured), so a reboot still saves your tabs > but > won't consume any resources for the tabs you're not actually using. > > > > --- > GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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