Wednesday, April 18, 2012

How to control memory usage in Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is one of the best web browser ever made that is flexible and easy to customize , but the main problem is that it can eat away your computer memory, and not only that it can slow down the computer too. There is no instant solution for this issue, but there are 3 ways which are very helpful that can keep the Firefox memory consumption under control.




  • Memory Restart
  • Memory Fox
  • Check Add-Ons


Memory Restart :
 
Memory Restart is small add-on in the Firefox that will let you to set maximum memory limit, and not only that it allows to choose to set a warning point or restart the Firefox browser automatically. Actually Memory Restart Add-on is a simple and easy solution, and it help to a keep down the usage of memory which creeps up over the day.

Memory Fox :
 
Memory Fox is an another add-on which will help to monitor Firefox memory usage. This add-on for Firefox which seems to work in the short term, and it is found that it will creep back up again over the time. Just Like Memory Restart, it is not a perfect one, but it is helpful for a time period.


Check your Add-Ons :
 
This is the most important thing where the users need to take extra care. Mozilla Firefox  has got a huge list of add-ons in their websites and they are the biggest memory eaters . Here disabling the add-ons that is not useful is one of the best ways to keep the Firefox memory usage down. Not only that so many people has written in the Mozilla forum that by disabling add-ons, the memory usage can be easily reduced and also make the websites to load faster.

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