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Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera
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."
We've being peppered with articles about FF3 lately. Most have been fairly light on content but the consistent high praise (and personal experience using beta2) has made it clear to me that FF3 will be very, very good. I'm actually looking forward to the official release.
Getting excited about a new version of a web browser: how 90's is that?
Serve Gonk.
Your terminal must be upside down.
Starting with you, apparently. LOWER LINES ARE BETTER. Next.
That is basic web browsing if you aren't using pop-up blocking, and going to the wrong sites
From the graph in TFA it seems that IE tries to collect and use as many RAM as possible until there's no more, and begins using the swap file, while FF (of either version) humbly swaps in after a certain time. In that case FF is destined to die as a result of lacking of food in the ecosystem.
And they are running the test in Windows. Who knows whether there's not an undocumented feature of IE which is telling it's O$ to swap *all* FF's RAM into disk? Or even freeing FF's memory? The predator always wins.
Colorless green Cthulhu waits dreaming furiously.
So it appears that you are not a pornography aficionado.
They uninstalled IE?
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I bet you get at least one user who thinks they're smart trying to argue that even the poster on your wall says IE7 is better than the other browsers.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
The drop-off you see near the end of the graph is where both versions of Firefox crash. I'm excited, because unlike the old version, this now actually really helps reduce its memory usage.
I burned it to CD and it still let through water from the middle, ergo it leaks
which is totally what she said
Along that vein; be advised that notepad has a VERY small footprint. I think it is safe to say you can omit OO.org and Microsoft Word from your roll out. I can make a graph for you to hang up on your wall!
Humor from a Genetically Molested Mind
Actually you will be surprised to note that cows do indeed breed, and so do whales. Of course, they don't breed with apostrophes the way your words do.
It goes something like this:
IE > exploit > botnet > spam > viagra and penis enlargement sales > "you".
Clippy: I see you're trying to use apostrophes. You seem to be confused. Did you mean:
Cool. Which version of OO.o is that supposed to be? version 5? Because it certainly isn't version 0 - 2.x currently available.
Wow, just look at that IE torque curve compared to Firefox! I can definitely see when VTAK kicks in..
which is totally what she said
Your system is overheating. I keep mine below 0 degrees celsius, and wasn't able to recreate the leaks you described.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!