Comments on: Firefox 3.0 leaves IE7 behind in memory usage http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/ Hot info about new scene releases! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:44:27 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: campy http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-2/#comment-275380 campy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:59:36 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-275380 @99 I use an e6750 clocked at 3.9 and I have 2Gb of ram. My system is fast and stable. FF2 is not... Leave it running for a few hours with multiple tabs open and it will grind to a halt. @99

I use an e6750 clocked at 3.9 and I have 2Gb of ram. My system is fast and stable. FF2 is not… Leave it running for a few hours with multiple tabs open and it will grind to a halt.

]]> By: idomagic http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-2/#comment-274946 idomagic Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:10:36 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-274946 @ 91 "You could do it manually too but that’s pretty flawed, you’d have to check the source and go for the script url." Uh, ever tried right-click -> "block content"? Opera's "block content" by far outperforms the ad-block extensions available to firefox in terms of usability. @ 91
“You could do it manually too but that’s pretty flawed, you’d have to check the source and go for the script url.”

Uh, ever tried right-click -> “block content”?

Opera’s “block content” by far outperforms the ad-block extensions available to firefox in terms of usability.

]]> By: Baris Akarsu http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-2/#comment-274667 Baris Akarsu Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:25:22 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-274667 When the secure sites, banking and such, stop supporting IE6, thats when I will have to find another browser. When the secure sites, banking and such, stop supporting IE6, thats when I will have to find another browser.

]]> By: dagger906 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-274295 dagger906 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:09:22 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-274295 It seems only spyware-ridden scam sites support IE6 those days. It's the browser they've always loved. It seems only spyware-ridden scam sites support IE6 those days. It’s the browser they’ve always loved.

]]> By: The Last Temptation of Wayne http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-274133 The Last Temptation of Wayne Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:35:02 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-274133 Why? I love IE6, I don't need extensions and crap just a simple browser, with 1 bar! For as long as websites support it I'll stick with it, I like that it's simple, everybody talks about it being unsafe, i never had a problem with it. Why? I love IE6, I don’t need extensions and crap just a simple browser, with 1 bar! For as long as websites support it I’ll stick with it, I like that it’s simple, everybody talks about it being unsafe, i never had a problem with it.

]]> By: DeXTR http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-274064 DeXTR Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:14:03 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-274064 @98 Please! Your computer must be a Pentium II with 64kB RAM or something!!! "Not even going to bother trying this release, switching back to IE which has always been light on features but PROPERLY CODED." As a web developer this comment makes my life sooooo much harder than it should be! And I'm reading the comments and people are still using IE6 for the love of god PLEASE STOP!! @98 Please! Your computer must be a Pentium II with 64kB RAM or something!!!

“Not even going to bother trying this release, switching back to IE which has always been light on features but PROPERLY CODED.”

As a web developer this comment makes my life sooooo much harder than it should be! And I’m reading the comments and people are still using IE6 for the love of god PLEASE STOP!!

]]> By: campy http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273890 campy Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:28:04 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273890 I have used FF for years and watched it grow from a fledgling lightweight to the hulking memory intensive resource hog it is today. What the hell happened to it? I switched to opera for a while and it was nice and lightweight, had no obvious memory leaks but was unstable. :( FF2 is terrible, open a few tabs and leave it running for a while and your troubles will begin! It's memory usage gradually climbs through the roof. Those damn full page ads on here make it crash 20% of the time. AHHH Not even going to bother trying this release, switching back to IE which has always been light on features but PROPERLY CODED. Oh yeah, and those statistics are absolute BS, FF2 eats memory up, uses far more than IE7, in truth it would be off the chart. Idiots. I have used FF for years and watched it grow from a fledgling lightweight to the hulking memory intensive resource hog it is today. What the hell happened to it?

I switched to opera for a while and it was nice and lightweight, had no obvious memory leaks but was unstable. :(

FF2 is terrible, open a few tabs and leave it running for a while and your troubles will begin! It’s memory usage gradually climbs through the roof. Those damn full page ads on here make it crash 20% of the time. AHHH

Not even going to bother trying this release, switching back to IE which has always been light on features but PROPERLY CODED.

Oh yeah, and those statistics are absolute BS, FF2 eats memory up, uses far more than IE7, in truth it would be off the chart. Idiots.

]]> By: YeahRight http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273797 YeahRight Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:18:50 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273797 So one company says that a competitor's product did poorly on their "unbiased" test, the methodology of which they do not reveal, and this is news? Wow. Just... Wow. No wonder Apple products are so popular on this site. So one company says that a competitor’s product did poorly on their “unbiased” test, the methodology of which they do not reveal, and this is news?

Wow. Just… Wow.

No wonder Apple products are so popular on this site.

]]> By: whoever http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273759 whoever Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:18:56 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273759 it's food for the crowd... i don't like IE but memory comparisons can be veryvery biased. although in this case i don't think it is. besides, if i have the memory i want my apps to use it. saves me some waitingtimes which i prefer than looking at the memstats half empty it’s food for the crowd… i don’t like IE but memory comparisons can be veryvery biased. although in this case i don’t think it is. besides, if i have the memory i want my apps to use it. saves me some waitingtimes which i prefer than looking at the memstats half empty

]]> By: dagger906 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273735 dagger906 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:35:49 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273735 It's only you l337 people that's changing browsers every few days for slightly better performance. Most people out there will stick with one until it's totally unusable. They switched from IE to FF because... IE was totally unusable back then. Why should they switch back to the new IE or something else when FF works fine? Opera or IE8 may be very slightly better in some aspects, but unless FF is broken, they're unlikely to make their own lives difficult by using an unfamiliar browser. FF is still one of the best, if not the, and that's good enough. It’s only you l337 people that’s changing browsers every few days for slightly better performance. Most people out there will stick with one until it’s totally unusable. They switched from IE to FF because… IE was totally unusable back then. Why should they switch back to the new IE or something else when FF works fine? Opera or IE8 may be very slightly better in some aspects, but unless FF is broken, they’re unlikely to make their own lives difficult by using an unfamiliar browser. FF is still one of the best, if not the, and that’s good enough.

]]> By: Edbrewer http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273583 Edbrewer Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:32:33 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273583 I can only assume the reason they didn't include the ie8 beta is because it performs substantially better than ie7. Not really surprising, considering mozilla has a bit of a vested interest in their browser looking good. That said, I'm reading these posts in ff3b4. I can only assume the reason they didn’t include the ie8 beta is because it performs substantially better than ie7.

Not really surprising, considering mozilla has a bit of a vested interest in their browser looking good.

That said, I’m reading these posts in ff3b4.

]]> By: Elvishfolk http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273426 Elvishfolk Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:45:50 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273426 I've never found such a good browser until I got Opera... I like firefox, but Opera is so much better. As for IE7 or any, for that matter, I stopped using that stuff back in 2000... that shows how much they suck!!! I’ve never found such a good browser until I got Opera… I like firefox, but Opera is so much better. As for IE7 or any, for that matter, I stopped using that stuff back in 2000… that shows how much they suck!!!

]]> By: Avett Brothers http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273399 Avett Brothers Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:19:19 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273399 Thanks for the pics, Opera's looking good, this might be an option when websites stop supporting IE6, until then I hold on to it, no problems with it whatsoever. Thanks for the pics, Opera’s looking good, this might be an option when websites stop supporting IE6, until then I hold on to it, no problems with it whatsoever.

]]> By: Ba4ka http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273383 Ba4ka Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:50:07 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273383 @90 There's a built in ad-blocker in Opera, just throw in some ad blocking list into the file taking care of those and you'll rarely see any ads again. Did it about 10 months ago and i haven't really felt the need to update it yet. You could do it manually too but that's pretty flawed, you'd have to check the source and go for the script url. But no, there's no automatic way of disposing of ads, you'll have to invest a few minutes to get rid of them. @90
There’s a built in ad-blocker in Opera, just throw in some ad blocking list into the file taking care of those and you’ll rarely see any ads again.

Did it about 10 months ago and i haven’t really felt the need to update it yet.

You could do it manually too but that’s pretty flawed, you’d have to check the source and go for the script url.

But no, there’s no automatic way of disposing of ads, you’ll have to invest a few minutes to get rid of them.

]]> By: halosuckss http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-273372 halosuckss Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:32:26 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/mozilla-says-firefox-30-beta-4-leaves-ie7-in-the-dust-no-word-on-ie8-in-terms-of-memory-usage/#comment-273372 what is a good ad-blocker for opera.. I would use that browser more if I could find a free ad-blocker for it. what is a good ad-blocker for opera.. I would use that browser more if I could find a free ad-blocker for it.

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