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Mozilla MemShrink Set To Fix Firefox Memory

Posted by Soulskill on from the old-processes-never-die,-they-need-to-be-killed dept.

darthcamaro writes "If you're like a lot of Firefox 4 users out there, you've probably noticed that Firefox has a serious memory problem — it uses more than it really should. At long last, Mozilla developers are finally set to take this issue seriously with a dedicated team called MemShrink that are focused on the problem. 'It's pretty clear by now that this is a much bigger problem than any one person can likely tackle,' Mozilla Developer Johnny Stenback said."

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  1. Re:bound to fail by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    64 bits is only 8 bytes. An unsigned 64-bit number can take Firefox all the way up to version 18,446,744,073,709,551,615.

    So that should take them at least until through next Thursday.

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