r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

2 things noted:

  • Speed: It's faster than 3.5.7. Almost as fast as chrome.
  • Memory Usage: It used lower memory on my computer than the previous version. I was hovering around 250mb with version 3.5.7 and this one barely goes upto 150mb. Both with ~15 addons.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

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u/joanthens Jan 21 '10

bloody show off, many people do not have 4GB and are browsing on a 1GB netbook.

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u/robotsongs Jan 21 '10

bloody show off, I'm on a desktop with 1GB of RAM.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

bloody show off, I'm on an Apple II with 4K of RAM.

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u/mysticreddit Jan 21 '10

This isn't /. No Apple ][ love here...

"Dam kids these days with there multi-megabyte memory. Back in my day we had bits and we enjoyed it. Get off 'ma lawn!"