Comments on: Is Firefox growing old?

By: Programming Kid

Programming Kid — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:01:26 +0000

I see your point Aditya and that’s a new perspective. Netbooks are a low profit making segment as there is not much scope due to the already low price of $300-$400, it may take some time for the Netbook craze to ween off but what will trigger it would be the consumers longing for performance and bigger sizes. 10 inch is very small from usability angle.

By: Aditya Kane

Aditya Kane — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:38:47 +0000

I think it might be prevalent in the netbook category, but netbooks might soon disappear considering most computer manufacturers are not reporting big revenues in netbooks inspite of good sales.

By: Programming Kid

Programming Kid — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:23:48 +0000

That is there but what I like about Chrome is the fact that every new tab generates a new process. So, it does not hog a giant block in the memory, at-least its a new process each time a new tab is opened.
Let’s hope firefox 4.0 fixes these issues

By: Hemant Pawar

Hemant Pawar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:20 +0000

migrating to google chrome is not the solution…..

I tried the same solution but found that chrome(with 5 addons installed) was hogging even more memory than FF(54 addons installed )….

according to ACID test FF is still best in memory management

By: Programming Kid

Programming Kid — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:03:08 +0000

I am migrating to Google Chrome and was on a look out for Chrome extensions which give me functionality of Firefox. Although, I did find some extensions I still can not find the full blown Firebug and GreaseMonkey for Chrome. EasyComment is also not available in Chrome.

If my quest ends successfully, I’ll write a post on the same. For now, I’ll use Chrome as my main browser and keep firefox for some time. I’d suggest you to give Chrome a try. Chrome is very memory efficient in comparison to Firefox.

I would also like to thank you for your active participation at Programming Kid. Good to see your comments

By: Kevin Rodrigues

Kevin Rodrigues — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:12 +0000

Firefox has already been a memory hogger especially when lots of tabs have been opened. And the funny part is that the memory usage just keeps increasing with time even if the same tabs are open. Another issue with firefox is the load time especially on windows. Firefox 3 seems to have corrected that problem to some extent.

But I still prefer Firefox as it is one of the best browers around and it’s addon feature is a great help to customize the browser as per our needs.

By: Navin Israni

Navin Israni — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:02:09 +0000

Guess what? After this article, I checked my on Firefox usage with only 3 tabs open(1 gmail + 2 of Programming Kid articles ). Yes i do have 12+ add-ons installed. I saw my Firefox usage is 108+ MB..(whoooaa) !! Vaibhav is right, average Joe like me doesn’t even have a 1GB memory. I use a simple, very old 512 MB RAM (256 * 2 sticks). No wonder my firefox crashes / freezes uncountable times a day. And my RAM is very old style, i guess. I dont understand what is DDR1 / DDR2. But mine is, I guess, DDR1. Still I am able to use my firefox along with a 2+ Hour WMP playlist running in parallel.

I hope Firefox does something about it. I hope this one-process-per-tab thing works well when firefox comes out with it.

By: Programming Kid

Programming Kid — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:50:57 +0000

I completely agree Joseph but I think what @Arpit pointed out is something we should look forward to and maybe things improve for the better.

Finger’s crossed!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:06:06 +0000

And here, it eats up about 174,000+ K of memory with no more than 8 tabs open and a couple of extensions installed. FF turns out to be Vista’s very own son.

By: Programming Kid

Programming Kid — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:12:32 +0000

Meaning the same feature similar to Google Chrome? I hope things materialize soon