Comments on: How to fix the Firefox memory leak (Firefox hack)

By: Vinny

Vinny — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:01:29 +0000

These tips are great! I love firefox, but mine frequently took over 500K of memory according to the task manager. I thought the memory usage was coming from the addons, but using these tips keeps FF3 under 150K constantly. I am SO glad I found this page. Excellent!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:26:34 +0000

WOW, SO much faster. I thought there might have been a memory leak or something weird memory wise going on with fire fox. I would have to force it to close any time it sat for a couple hours. I just made the change, so time will tell if it fixes it. However, it is many times faster when just viewing a web page. I can hardly believe it is the same computer. Thanks.

By: Anirudh Sharma

Anirudh Sharma — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:31:08 +0000

You’re the guy…

This was really helpful.. Thanks man.

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By: Larry C

Larry C — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:41:53 +0000

#6 on my FF#3 it shows a minus 1 for this value:
“Set browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers to a low number.” did you mean Set “browser.sessionhistory.max_entries.” instead???

#2 in FF#3 there is no “browser.cache.memory.capacity”
did you mean “browser.cache.offline.capacity” instead???

By: avantgarterbelt

avantgarterbelt — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:00:19 +0000

Roy- Since no one addressed your question about incorrectly entering/naming a new preference name:

All you have to do is r-click the value and select reset. Bounce FF and the newly-created preference name will be gone.

Hope this helps!

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Firefox bermasalah « Bambang Puji Haryo Wicaksono — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:02:39 +0000

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By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:22:45 +0000

Yeah, sadly my Firefox uses well over 1GB to run a couple tabs all day. IE is so much faster for me but no unsafe so i don’t use it. I’ll be trying these tricks and see whats up, although i have 4GB of ram it’s very un nerving to see Firefox use more ram than Vista.

By: dai

dai — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:54:20 +0000

Wow!
Nice tips, thanks for sharing

By: biz888

biz888 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:43:13 +0000

You are awesome! My firefox works now. I don’t mind donating to a site like this. I am very happy.
Thank you.

By: Firefox, Gimme My Memory Back! « technola

Firefox, Gimme My Memory Back! « technola — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:04:58 +0000

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