[dba-Tech] Opera memory usage

Francisco H Tapia my.lists at verizon.net
Tue Jul 27 15:15:03 CDT 2004


For FireFox the increase is very minute if it's the same page being 
duplicated. it only grows a whole ton if you load diffrent pages and 
only if you're loading way over 20pages.


John W. Colby wrote On 7/27/2004 11:24 AM:

>The odd part is that the memory climbs for every gif on a page etc.  If I
>close that tab and reload the SAME PAGE, the memory climbs again as the gifs
>reload.  So much for caching.  :(
>
>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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>Wow, you are so right, I hadn't really noticed that, but if I open about 
>12-15 tabs my memory usage for firefox will surge up about 50megs, (i've 
>yet to see it go over this amount.) but when I begin closing the tabs, I 
>have seen firefox yield about 10 megs but it won't go lower than that 
>unless another program is opened.
>
>
>John W. Colby wrote On 7/26/2004 1:03 PM:
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>>LOL.  Yea, I was afraid I was going to get that.
>>
>>In fact I have downloaded and installed Firefox as well, and have used 
>>it a little.  It appears to do the same thing.  As I browse, open new 
>>windows (tabs), close windows / tabs etc, the memory usage climbs and 
>>climbs.  It doesn't drop back until I close, then re-open.
>>
>>John W. Colby
>>www.ColbyConsulting.com
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