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4 Tips on How to handle Firefox Memory Usage

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As we know, Firefox has problem with the memory usage. It makes the Firefox load slow, use too many resources and drag our computer down. Here are 5 tips on how you can use to handle and improve Firefox memory usage.

1. Reduce memory usage when minimize
This tip will reduce the memory usage when each time you minimize your Firefox. Actually what it does is, Firefox will let Windows to claiming back the memory used when it minimize.

  1. Start up Firefox
  2. Type in about:config in the address bar and hit Enter
  3. Right click and choose New > Boolean
  4. Type config.trim_on_minimize in the pop-up box and hit Enter
  5. Select True and hit Enter.
  6. Restart your Firefox

2. Fixed cache capacity
Every time new page is loaded, Firefox will cache the page so it doesn’t need to load again to be redisplayed. By default, this setting was set to -1 which mean, Firefox use the cache memory depends on your RAM size. Here is how to fix the cache capacity use for your Firefox.

  1. Start up Firefox
  2. Type about:config in the address bar and hit Enter
  3. In the filter, enter this string browser.cache.memory.capacity
  4. If you set to 0, Firefox will not cache any pages. If you want to customize to other value, read here.

Note: browser.cache.memory.enable must be True if you decide to change the integer.

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Firefox gone wild with 101 Extensions

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Wonder what your lovely Firefox will looks like if you use so many extensions? See the pic below.

This is sure crazy. What this guy doing with all of those extensions in his Firefox? Beside it will takes so long to open the Firefox, it also will eat the ram (read here: how to reduce firefox memory usage) so much. Unless this guy has 2Gigs of ram in his comp. But…it still eat the ram right? 😕

Digg [via Tech-Buzz][tags]firefox, entensions, plugins[/tags]

Cypher: I only use 13 extensions for my Firefox.

Firefox and IE Vulnerable to Password Theft

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A software security researcher has warned that the password manager features of Mozilla’s open source, Firefox 2.0 and Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT), Internet Explorer (IE) Web browsers could be exploited, placing unsuspecting users at risk.

Users of Firefox or Explorer, both of which may be vulnerable to the attack known as “Reverse Cross Site Request” (RCSR), are not fooled directly by the password theft exploit. Instead, it provides a fake login site that fools a browser’s saved password feature into automatically providing the information, Robert Chapin, president of Chapin Information Services, reported.

Microsoft and Mozilla acknowledge about this probem. While waiting for the next update for this security issue, please disable Passwod Manager in your Firefox.

[via TechNewsWorld][tags]firefox, ie, security, vulnerable[/tags]

Cypher: Btw incase you don’t know yet, you also can discover saved passwords in Firefox. It is really dangerous if your computer use by multiple users.

Microsoft Firefox 2007 – We’ve Made it Better

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msff

Check this out, Microsoft Firefox 2007 Professional Edition.

At first when I look at this site, I can see that it is not a website from Microsoft. And why should Microsoft use Google AdSense on their site. Want to generate more incomes? Lol… Btw they offer free @msfirefox.com email account. If you want, you can signup at their site but beware, I’m not sure whether this website belongs to Microsoft or not.

Cypher: I like watching the video. Funny! Lol… :)) I have downloaded the video for my collection. :d [tags]microsoft, firefox, internet browser[/tags]

[via InfoMalaya]

Reduce Firefox Memory Usage when Minimize

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We knew that Firefox has problem with the memory usage. Sometimes it can reach to hundreds of megabytes. But here is a tricks on how to reduce the memory usage when you minimize your Firefox.

  1. Type about:config in Firefox address bar and press Enter.
  2. Right click in the page and select New > Boolean.
  3. Type config.trim_on_minimize in the box that pops up. Press Enter.
  4. Select True and then press Enter.
  5. Restart Firefox.

What it will do is, when each time you minimize your Firefox, the memory usage will dramatically drop down to 10Mb (this is what happen on my PC) but then it will slowly increase up to 50Mb. When you maximize it back, it will stay on 50Mb or maybe 70Mb.

Note: This is only to reduce the Firefox memory usage when you minimize it. Not to fix them. 🙂

r9studio.com [via Azmie.net][tags]firefox, tricks, memory, software[/tags]