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Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-is-it-as-efficient-as-a-red-stapler dept.

Edy52285 writes "Ars Technica has an article showing benchmarks pitting Firefox 3 Beta 4 against other browsers. Contenders include IE7, Firefox 2, Opera 9.5 Beta, and Safari 3.0.4 Beta. The piece includes a graph depicting FF3's memory usage well below that of the other browsers. The in-testing browser even trumps Opera, which has long been regarded as the fastest browser around."

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  1. I don't care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It still leaks.

  2. Totally worthless test by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If FF2 is showing a relatively flat line, then it is not creating the circumstances that causes the massive irritating memory usage over time. Hopefully FF3 will fix some of these, but this test proves absolutely nothing if it doesn't demonstrate the problems FF2 had.

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