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Firefox problems. Advice appreciated.

  • 25-10-2011 3:16pm
    #1
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭


    I think I've had it with Firefox.

    It starts off okay but after a couple of hours it uses 65% of the 1GB of RAM on my net-book and gets all jerky and slow. I don't want to add RAM as it kinda defeats the purpose of having a net-book.

    I investigated what it might be, cleaned cookies, disabled add-ons etc to no avail.

    When I close the Firefox window it continues to run in the background for a number of minutes at 65% RAM. I have to go into task manager to shut it off.


    Samsung NC10
    1.6ghz Atom
    1GB Ram
    Windows XP
    Avira Free AV
    Zone Alarm Free Firewall

    Should I just ditch F.Fox and get used to another browser or is there something I'm missing?


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  • #2
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    Problem is, all browsers will start leaking memory if you've got a few tabs open and you're looking at a few flash heavy pages for a few hours. Try another browser all the same though.

    I don't see how adding ram defeats the purpose of having a net book.. ram is really cheap these days.


  • #3
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    I had similar issues with Firefox... just ditched it and moved to Chrome..


  • #4
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    I had similar issues with Firefox... just ditched it and moved to Chrome..

    Just getting used to Chrome now. Seems way faster on first impressions.


  • #5
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Just getting used to Chrome now. Seems way faster on first impressions.

    It won't last ;) Keep addons away and you'll be fine probably, I have a that exact netbook and went from Firefox to Chrome then back to Firefox! As said above its best to limit web browsers on slower hardware to only a few tabs, each tab that opens eats into the memory

    Nick

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