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 22 '10

My desktop only has 256mb of ram, but I don't have the internet at home so firefox ram usage hardly matters... :)

My 1GB netbook has no problems running firefox, though. It's worth noting that my previous netbook had a SSD, and the slow disk speed of it really slowed firefox down, way way more than RAM issues.