[wplug] Firefox is too bloated (bookmark insanity)

[DK]

On Nov 11, 2007 2:19 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2007 2:17 AM, Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Speaking anecdotally I've observed Firefox to run slower and slower
> > with each new release! Not only does it eat up insane amounts of
> > physical memory but I regularly see in htop it spiking my CPU to 100%
> > utilization. I'm using iceweasel which is a debianized installation of
> > firefox and I'm seriously thinking about looking for a new browser.
> > Can anyone recommend a Linux browser which meets the following
> > requirements:
> >
> > * support window tabs
> > * full CSS2 and earlier support
> > * good flash support
> > * conforms to W3C standards as closely as possible
> > * does not hog the memory or cpu (lighter footprint the better!)
>
> Konqueror, as far as I know, fits all of those.  Due to sharing KHTML
> with Safari, it *should* also support parts of the CSS3 draft (unless
> some of those patches haven't been merged in yet).  KHTML renders
> better than Gecko.  Speaking of which...anyone know a GTK+ browser
> that uses KHTML?
>
> --
> Mackenzie Morgan

I too have experienced memory issues with Firefox on both Linux and
Windows.  Two adjustments that have helped me...

Open about:config
Create a new Boolean named "config.trim_on_minimize" and set to True
Find "browser.cache.memory.enable" and set to False

Dave