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Reducing Firefox's Used Memory - ßeowulf - 10-17-2009
As we all know, Firefox is an incredible web browser for a computer specialist. It's fast, offers many useful add-ons, and best of all it's open source.
But despite these obvious pluses, Firefox does have one weakness: it just uses up too much memory. Take a look.
![[Image: beforeufo.png]](http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5035/beforeufo.png)
But that's before Firefox Ultimate Optimizer.
Firefox Ultimate Optimizer is a lightweight program that drastically reduces the memory used by Firefox. It runs on start-up (no, it's not malware), and you never have to worry about it, as the memory used is usually less than one megabyte.
![[Image: afterfuo.png]](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7499/afterfuo.png)
Download it here: http://firefox-ultimate-optimizer.en.softonic.com/
Thank you for your time.
P.S. I couldn't find a better place to post this in; maybe a moderator could help me?
RE: Reducing Firefox's Used Memory - DAMINK™ - 10-17-2009
about:config in the browser address bar and then go nuts editing
Prob should warn this can screw up FF if you dont know what your doing.
Could be a good link to check out.
Code:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9020880/Hacking_Firefox_The_secrets_of_about_configRE: Reducing Firefox's Used Memory - Viciousness - 10-17-2009
We have a browser section here. I reported it to be moved there.
Anyway, good post. My firefox is using around 100k at the moment I think, but that's because I have it set for optimum speed.
RE: Reducing Firefox's Used Memory - ßeowulf - 11-07-2009
Okay, thanks.
Hopefully this post will be helpful to more people