[Bug 711664] Re: Firefox consumes memory

[Leo Ramakersuca]

hi Redman
sadly yours is the only communication I have had on this matter, and
sorting memory leak issues is fundamental programming hygiene. My
relationship with firefox failed when
1 - it proved to be unusable for my general work because it
progressively degraded to an eventual crash
2 - I found another browser that actually worked.

Furthermore, I now find that (several) other browsers are
substantially faster than firefox, which make a material difference to
my day and to my selection of browser.

Your loyalty to firefox is noble, but if the team at firefox placed a
similar loyalty upon users (particularly such as I who produce
specific evidence then wait patiently) then perhaps firefox would
follow the path of the fittest rather than that of the dinosaur.

cheers for your message

Leo

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:55 PM, DarkRedman <711664 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> @Leo, no because switching to Opera won't help Firefox to get fast and
> fix the problem !
>
> And memory leaks could be fixed !
>
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> Title:
>  Firefox consumes memory
>
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: firefox
>
>  I use firefox in ubuntu 10:10. I have the system monitor applet
>  running in my toolbar. As I open and close firefox tabs or new
>  windows, the memory in use displayed creeps up, until after some
>  period (of days usually, I do not reboot the machine or exit firefox)
>  the memory usage for firefox (no other task running) consumes most of
>  the memory (~85% which robs cache headroom), firefox freezes, and I
>  have to exit it. This causes the memory to return to mostly free, then
>  restarting firefox with the same web pages exhibits a much lower (15%)
>  memory usage.
>
>  I watch embedded videos, and occassionally use downloadhelper to
>  download these to watch later.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Package: firefox 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Wed Feb  2 18:09:49 2011
>  FirefoxPackages:
>   firefox 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>   firefox-gnome-support 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>   firefox-branding 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>   abroswer N/A
>   abrowser-branding N/A
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANG=en_NZ.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: firefox
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