Is it just me or does the Firefox 3 Beta 4 splash site look somewhat sad?
Maybe it’s the background, the cheesy “Welcome to” header or the sci-fi nipples hanging off the bottom box that I don’t like…
Agree or disagree?
Tag Archives: browsers
Firefox Memory Usage on Windows Is Ridiculous
22 Aug 07
After a few hours of steady usage of Firefox in Windows it begins eating up all of the RAM.They call this a feature:
What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature.
To improve performance when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited < 10 pages ago, usually using the back button), Firefox 1.5 implements a Back-Forward cache that retains the rendered document for the last few session history entries. This can be a lot of data. It’s a trade-off. What you get out of it is faster performance as you navigate the web.
Screenshot taking from my work machine.
I feel that 475mb of memory usage is more ridiculous than a “feature” should be. However, I do not plan on leaving Firefox anytime soon. I currently use it on Windows, Mac and Linux. Sidenote, Outlook is awful too.
I Hate Having to Code for IE6!
07 Apr 07
Luckily the only time I really have to take IE 6 into account is when working on projects for my “day job.” Aside from that I test in Firefox (Mac & Windows), Safari, and IE7.
John Resig on Testing Prototype With Firefox 3
20 Mar 07
John Resig of jQuery and Mozilla fame, has posted a follow up to his post on future-proofing JavaScript libraries with a post on testing Prototype with Firefox 3. Mozilla is working to include popular JavaScript library test suites directly inside the Mozilla test system. This is another great step in the right direction for an already amazing browser, developers, and JavaScript Libraries.
