Chromium vs Firefox : Need testimonies

[Yorvyk]

On 31/05/13 22:55, Yorvyk wrote:
> On 31/05/13 21:56, Yorvyk wrote:
>> On 31/05/13 20:25, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> On 2013-05-31 19:53, Julien Lavergne wrote:
>>>> So, if you have feedback on using both browsers, please bring it to us
>>>> :-) But please, keep the discussion on this topic (feedback on low
>>>> spec hardware).
>>>
>>> I prefer Firefox in general (maybe because I am more used to it) but I
>>> use both. Sometimes it is convenient to run both at the same time.
>>>
>>> But since I'm interested in the support of old and 'small' hardware, I
>>> have also tried Firefox and Chromium-Browser with very limited RAM (less
>>> than 1 GB). Then it is very obvious that Firefox is better. I have the
>>> same experience as Lars Noodén with the "it's dead, Jim" message in
>>> Chromium-Browser.
>>>
>> System - 450 Mhz PIII - 640 MiB RAM - Matrox MGA G200 VGA Controller
>>
>> Neither Firefox or Chromium will play Flash. Chromium invariably
>> displays the 'It's dead Jim@ message, FF just displays a blank space but
>> at least it leaves the rest of the page intact.
>>
>> Memory usage when both idle with no extensions using about:memory in
>> Chromium.
>>
>> Firefox  - 39804k
>>
>> Chromium - 81164k
>>
>>
> Should have mentioned the memory readings took place using Saucy with
> Firefox 22 and Chromium 25.
>
Having sync'd up bookmarks, installed plugins and extensions I now get 
the following on the same system.

Firefox  - 149796k
Chromium - 176304k

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Steve