<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Nathan Cerny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncerny@gmail.com">ncerny@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>My work computer is a fresh install of Windows Vista (it's 2 weeks old today). So I'm running on an IE7 profile/Firefox profile that is 2 weeks old. And a chrome profile that's a day and a half old. With a single tab open, IE7 is in the 60MB range of memory usage. Under my normal load, it's closer to 140MB. Firefox was at over 120MB (with multiple tabs open...since I've since uninstalled firefox I can't give you better numbers than that). Chrome was sitting at 25MB with 2 tabs open. Now in Linux it's completely different - I swear by firefox.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, in Linux you don't have many other options. ;-)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">
But, numbers aside...when I say IE7 outperforms Firefox 3, I'm referring to overall feel and speed. The same site would load faster in IE7 (or so it felt due to the feel of the browser). I have browser windows open for weeks at a time usually - Firefox's footprint would continue to grow and get to the point where my computer was unusable until I closed it. IE7 doesn't have this same type of leak (or it's much smaller). I haven't had chrome installed long enough to know if it has any major memory leaks or not...I would assume so, but hope not. But so far I really like the lightweight feel to it.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, every benchmark I've seen says that your experience is anecdotal. I'm also wondering if you're talking about Firefox _2_, and not 3. You've said "weeks at a time", and Firefox 3 hasn't been out very long.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Firefox 2 would bloat up, memory-wise, after extensive use. One of Firefox 3's biggest improvements is in the area of speed and memory management.</div></div><div><br></div>Jeffrey.<br clear="all">
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