SteveMart.in

I have just installed Firefox 3.0 on my computer. I used Firefox back when IE didn’t have tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing is an absolute must in a browser. My problem with Firefox back then was its memory hogging issues. It would use a ton of a system’s memory and had to be restarted to free it up. Once Internet Explorer 7 came out and had tabbed browsing, I switched back. IE7 had much the same issue with memory. The two browsers seemed to stockpile memory and just keep adding to the amount they would steal with each new tab you opened. A big part of the problem was that they didn’t give the memory back even if you closed tabs. So, Firefox 3 claims to have made great changes to the way they use memory. I have set Firefox as my default browser and will use it for a while to see if it really has improved. If it has improved, Firefox will be my new browser (for now). I am betting that IE8 will improve its memory consumption as well and by that time I may switch back. Either way, I find it very useful to keep the two browsers installed and use whichever one serves me best.

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