Firefox 15 remembers to forget old memory

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    Firefox 15 remembers to forget old memory


    Posted: 28 Aug 2012
    As with many tech code-names, MemShrink doesn't sound particularly exciting. And yet, the memory leak-managing project at Mozilla finally sees some of its biggest changes reach the vast majority of people using Firefox with today's major update.
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    Firefox 15 remembers to forget old memory | The Download Blog - CNET Download.com
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    28 Aug 2012



  2. ignatzatsonic
    Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       New #1

    Firefox 15??

    I upgraded to what I assume was the latest and greatest, 10.0.1, maybe 6 or 8 months ago.

    So they are grinding out new versions every month or two. Lovely. The Mozilla death spiral appears intact. I haven't checked the recent Firefox market share, but it was not looking good a year or so ago.

    I'm glad I don't deliberately keep track of new versions and updates obsessively. It would wear me out.

    I have not noticed any memory issues, but I am long since sick of the entire "add-on/extension" thing.

    Backsliding to Internet Explorer looms as increasingly likely.
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  4. z3r010
    Posts : 52,120
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       New #2

    FFS mine only auto updated to 14.0.1 a few days ago, i've just done a check and it updated to 15
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  5. COMPUTIAC
    Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
       New #3

    Thank's for the post. On FF 15.0

    Also Thunderbird Mail is now 15.0
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  7. JonathanV
    Posts : 178
    Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 32-bit Build 7601
       New #4

    Yes, I have Mozilla Firefox 15.0 (Beta).
    Thank you for the news.
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  8. DirtRider
    Posts : 627
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       New #5

    These updates are starting to get a bit much now. Just noticed now I was upgraded now my addons are not compatible again ......... Sigh.
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  9. x BlueRobot
    Posts : 7,235
       New #6

    Does anyone think Firefox is better than Google Chrome yet?
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  11. lehnerus2000
    Posts : 4,053
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       New #7

    Lost The Plot


    ignatzatsonic said:
    Firefox 15??

    I upgraded to what I assume was the latest and greatest, 10.0.1, maybe 6 or 8 months ago.

    So they are grinding out new versions every month or two. Lovely. The Mozilla death spiral appears intact. I haven't checked the recent Firefox market share, but it was not looking good a year or so ago.
    "Chrome Version Number Envy."

    Since the "idiots-in-charge" decided that they must outdo Chrome in the "update race", FF's market share has gone down.

    IMO, the orange button didn't help either.
    "One button to rule them all."

    Still, Firefox is my preferred browser.
    Opera seems to be OK (I have it in a VM that I use for my Web Design course)

    IMO:

    • IE9 and IE10 are awful (can't be customised).
    • I won't use Chrome (Google are too untrustworthy).
    • Maxthon can't be customised.

    I can't find a Chromium installer for my PC.
    The one I did find had an unethical "mass crapware" installer (with cunningly altered buttons).
    After I battled through it, it was the 32 bit version, which refused to install on my PC.
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  12. bigcitycat
    Posts : 186
    Windows Seven, Ubuntu
       New #8

    x BlueRobot said:
    Does anyone think Firefox is better than Google Chrome yet?
    Only since forever.
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  13. JerometheGiraff
    Posts : 925
    Windows 10 Pro
       New #9

    I'm using FireFox 15 Beta 2. All I receive is Flash Stopped working and FireFox locking up for 10-20 seconds. What has happened to FireFox, what has happened. I don't want to go back to Chrome, because I have FireFox setup, finally, exactly the way I want it.
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