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Firefox 15 reduces memory consumption

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The new beta version of Firefox 15 promises to use significantly less memory than its predecessors. The developers say they have improved the way the browser handles memory allocated to add-ons, potentially eliminating many memory leaks

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The new beta version of Firefox 15 promises to use significantly less memory than its predecessors

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By now, it should be at almost Zero. FF has always had nasty memory leaks....and sure they get patched eventually but sheesh.....you'd think by now they'd have a handle on this.
For that matter, Netscape had memory leaks.

It's one of the few features to have been continuous through all iterations.
Psuh, Firefox' memory usage is now so awesome, you actually GAIN memory by running it.
FF15 and FF16, as I recall, have specific features added to deal with leaky/badly-written addons (which seem to be the worst cause of memory overuse nowadays) - this isn't just another "no, really, it'll be a little bit better again this time" announcement.

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