Firefox/4.0b9pre SeaMonkey/2.1b2pre   
   .os2.apps:1294 comp.os.os2.networking.www:7   
   From: Dave Yeo    
      
   Pierre Jelenc wrote:   
   > FireFox (3.6.13 and several prior versions, as well as 3.5.xx) seems to   
   > devour memory: some 300-500 MB just to load, on a blank page! After   
   > loading a couple of MySpace pages (it's about the only thing I do with FF,   
   > as SeaMonkey has great difficulties with them) I am down to no memory, a   
   > freeze, and usually a mangled .INI that must be restored from backup.   
   > Curiously, there is no crash reported in popuplog.os2.   
   >   
   > I start FF with a routine batch file:   
   > set LIBPATHSTRICT=T   
   > set BEGINLIBPATH=E:\Utilities\Net\firefox-3_6_13   
   > E:   
   > cd E:\Utilities\Net\firefox-3_6_13   
   > firefox.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9   
   >   
   > Is that huge memory demand normal? By comparison SeaMonkey, which does a   
   > lot more things, takes up about 100 MB at startup, and gobbles additional   
   > chunks much more slowly: an SM-only session can last up to 3 days before I   
   > run out of memory, while a FF-only or FF + SM one lasts an hour or two at   
   > most.   
   >   
   > Pierre   
      
   In theory SeaMonkey and Firefox should use about the same amount of    
   memory. At least when built with the same version of Gecko. There are no    
   SeaMonkey builds that are equilavent to Firefox 3.6.x (Gecko 1.9.2).   
   You might want to test with a new profile to see if that works as well    
   as going into the preferences and turning various updating, blacklisting    
   and such preferences off. (Can't remember the proper names right now).   
   Even better you should go to ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla and try    
   out one of the Firefox 4 betas and/or SeaMonkey 2.1pre's. Rich has fixed    
   quite a bit of the memory wastage in these builds.   
   Dave   
      
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