Tabs and extensions in Firefox are great functionalities. But when both are used thorougly, Firefox memory usage grows in an exponential way: Firefox Memory usage can be several hundred of MB and growing quickly. I listed below some tips taken from a ThinkTechno post that can help to reduce and control Firefox memory consumption. 1. [...]
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Some Tips to reduce Firefox memory usage
Published by December 9th, 2007 in Software and Web. 0 CommentsHow to check if your computer is connecting to INTERNET without your acknowledge?
Published by September 22nd, 2007 in Network and Software. 0 CommentsDigital inspiration published a useful tip to check if your computer is connecting to the INTERNET without your knowledge. Of course in most case a firewall properly configured should notify any unexpected connection to the INTERNET. But in some special case, the method proposed by Digital inspiration is useful to track what’s going on in [...]
New dictionary/thesaurus information available on New York Times
Published by August 12th, 2007 in Web. 0 CommentsI noticed today a new useful feature on New York Times’s web site: The ability to double click on any word to get definition and thesaurus information. See the tips in the screeshot below:
Another set of tips against memory leak in Firefox
Published by October 14th, 2006 in Software and Web. 0 CommentsElement14 blog published some settings that should reduce memory usage in Firefox. I’m currently testing those settings, So I don’t know yet if they work or not. I like Firefox as it’s a very stable application. But it’s frustating sometimes, when you look at process memory usage: sometimes Firefox end using about 200 MB. This [...]
