On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 08:46:46PM +0100, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For more information about Firefox and memory management, and especially > FF 1.5, please have a look at > http://www.chevrel.org/fr/carnet/index.php?2006/01/05/545-parametrer-firefox-par-rapport-a-sa-configuration-memoire > > You'll have to understand french to read it, until I have time to > translate it in english. (or anyone else does it before me) > > The main thing to know, though, is that firefox 1.5 has added a cache of > *rendered* pages, so that when you click on the back or the forward > button, you get instantly the previous or next page that was displayed. > As stated in the document, each of these "snapshots" eats about 4MB, and > each tab keeps an history of n pages by default, n depending on your > memory size. I don't know how this memory size is assumed on linux.
It seems there are also issues with Adblock leaking. http://dbaron.org/log/2006-01#e20060122a (last paragraph) Cheers, Mike > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
