[OT] Mozilla stuffs a RAM usage optimiser into Firefox Aurora beta

[Basil Chupin]

*WEB BROWSER DEVELOPER* Mozilla has updated its Aurora channel with a 
beta version of Firefox that among many other things looks to optimise 
memory usage.

Earlier this week, the folks at Mozilla uncovered what was starting to 
look like a solution for Firefox's Achilles heel, resource usage 
<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2084239/mozilla-reduce-firefox-memory-usage>. 
By increasing the frequency of the browser's garbage collection on its 
Javascript engine, some testers were reporting a significant drop in 
memory usage. At the time it wasn't expected to see the light of day 
until Firefox 7, however it seems that Mozilla has fast-tracked the 
feature into its beta Aurora channel 
<http://blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2011/07/07/firefoxaurora7/>.

[Full story]

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2092583/mozilla-stuffs-ram-usage-optimiser-firefox-aurora-beta?WT.rss_f=&WT.rss_a=Mozilla+stuffs+a+RAM+usage+optimiser+into+Firefox+Aurora+beta

-- 
God must love crazy people. He keeps making so many of them.