Firefox is undoubtedly one of the best browser out there. Be it the speed, the security or the extend of customization, Firefox leads the pack. But one complaint, that all users of this great browser have in common, is the huge memory usage by it. In my 248 MB of memory, it uses up about 100 MB for itself, which roughly translates to about 40%. So here is a great add-on that will help you in this regard.
Memory Fox is a new add-on for firefox that considerably reduces Firefox’s memory usage. You can check out the below screen-shots taken by me.
Indeed its, good. Nearly 33 MB or 13 % of RAM recovered! Memory Fox primarily operates by flushing for memory recovery. As the developer stats:
“Memory Fox”, focuses on two ( 2 ) types of memory usage and with flushing for memory recovery. When resource requirements ( Stack and Heap ) have been reached, according to the user’s preset option settings, the memory will be flushed and recovered from Fragmented Orphaned ram memories.
You can read more about the add-on from here. The add-on is available for download at the Add-ons for Firefox site, here.
Once installed you can activate the add-on by going to Tools => Memory Fox => Activate Memory Fox or alternatively use the short cut Alt+A. Note that this add-on is still experimental and user discretion is advised.
First Image Credits: Orcon.net.nz. Technorati short code 7VFEZM729PBK.
[b]Reality[/b]
Memory Fox’s purported Memory leak and freeing capabilities are a lie. Memory Fox uses a standard windows function to flush the process’s memory to the page file RESULTING IN WORSE PERFORMANCE.
Any windows developer with an ounce of free thought will realise in an instant that the claims made by the extension author are bogus and the experiences of its users are placebo. Firefox’s stability and memory use will differ from session to session, and even between reloadings of the same session, and especially differ between Windows sessions.
The only extension which actually effects real memory usage is the ramback extension which flushes the System memory allocated caches.
Anyone seeking to verify this, can enable the Commit column in task manager or use about:memory.
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