oldcarguy Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Hi I have been trying to find which of my open windows in Firefox are the memory hogs ! I found one (on another computer) in MS Edge that was over 2GB ( OUCH ) , but I cannot figure out a way to get of list of FireFox open windows memory usage , it does not come up in Task Manager , is there another Firefox extension I can add ? Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) There's a lot of useful info about each open tab if you enter about:performance into Firefox. Edited December 20, 2017 by Digitalbanana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarguy Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Hi thanks for the reply I tried about:performance and it shows all the windows but you have to open each one to see the stats , and that does not include memory useage so is there another way to get the list with memory usage next to the name ? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavoTheGun Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 It used to be good, not any more, I have gone back to Chrome. you can not fix the Memory Issues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazinoz Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Old age is hogging mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanrchase Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I remember reading that some websites will use your computer to mine bit coin. Could that be your problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 get off the porn sites, that will solve the memory problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, DavoTheGun said: It used to be good, not any more, I have gone back to Chrome. you can not fix the Memory Issues! Off course you can. Uninstall Firefox. Remove Mozilla in %appdata% folder . Reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 The latest iteration of Firefox - Quantum - is claimed to be far quicker and less of a memory hog. So far, after a few weeks' use, I've found it far superior, and my Macbook agrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanrchase Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 This may help.https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-data/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 You can install System Explorer to view processes. (http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/system_explorer.html) Firefox spawns a number of processes called Web Process that can be CPU and memory hogs. Chrome is easier to view as the processes are clearly marked as 'Chrome'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, PerkinsCuthbert said: The latest iteration of Firefox - Quantum - is claimed to be far quicker and less of a memory hog. So far, after a few weeks' use, I've found it far superior, and my Macbook agrees. Agreed, a vast improvement. Quite why it took them so long to fix the memory bleed issue.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 5 hours ago, alanrchase said: I remember reading that some websites will use your computer to mine bit coin. Could that be your problem? Apparently streaming sites such as Pirate Bay are hiring out to cryptohackers in lieu of advertising revenue. We think these sites are free, but you pay one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedsada3 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I never liked to use Microsoft IE. And Chrome... it shouldn't be Google everywhere, should it be? I was a fan of Mozilla Firefox from their beginning until a few weeks ago. When they updated their browser to Quantum a lot of add-ons didn't work anymore and the one still working didn't have the same functions as their old versions (for example : "Clippings" Grrrr!). So I decided to look for something fast, light, open source and where the old addons would work as they used to do. I found "Waterfox" and since then I enjoy again every minute on the net. Waterfox is based on Firefox and IMO is faster and lighter than its "big brother". The old add-ons are working as they used to work on FF56 and all the features of FF are present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 11 hours ago, Jedsada3 said: I never liked to use Microsoft IE. And Chrome... it shouldn't be Google everywhere, should it be? I was a fan of Mozilla Firefox from their beginning until a few weeks ago. When they updated their browser to Quantum a lot of add-ons didn't work anymore and the one still working didn't have the same functions as their old versions (for example : "Clippings" Grrrr!). So I decided to look for something fast, light, open source and where the old addons would work as they used to do. I found "Waterfox" and since then I enjoy again every minute on the net. Waterfox is based on Firefox and IMO is faster and lighter than its "big brother". The old add-ons are working as they used to work on FF56 and all the features of FF are present. Waterfox was being panned early last year (2016) by some, who alleged very slow loading & some freezing. Presumably that's ancient history by now. "Heavy users" seem to benefit more from the speed advantage than light users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 14 hours ago, Jedsada3 said: I never liked to use Microsoft IE. And Chrome... it shouldn't be Google everywhere, should it be? I was a fan of Mozilla Firefox from their beginning until a few weeks ago. When they updated their browser to Quantum a lot of add-ons didn't work anymore and the one still working didn't have the same functions as their old versions (for example : "Clippings" Grrrr!). So I decided to look for something fast, light, open source and where the old addons would work as they used to do. I found "Waterfox" and since then I enjoy again every minute on the net. Waterfox is based on Firefox and IMO is faster and lighter than its "big brother". The old add-ons are working as they used to work on FF56 and all the features of FF are present. 2 Agreed. I'm using Waterfox now and I like it. Not as fast as Quantum but faster than the old Firefox and all the old extensions work. I mentioned this recently in another thread. On 12/17/2017 at 4:09 PM, JSixpack said: Anyone unhappy w/ all the changes in Quantum but still like Firefox + extensions (e.g., Tab Mix Plus and Classic Theme Restorer) should consider one of the alternatives still being updated. It appears Waterfox is in the lead. I'm using it now and it's quite nice--faster than the old the Firefox, too. Besides that you have IceDragon and Pale Moon. Pale Moon's great (I use it on Linux) but not all extensions are compatible, though most are. There's been another one, Cyberfox, but it's giving up the ghost. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ https://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/icedragon-browser.php https://www.palemoon.org/ As a side note, you expats who are tired of Google giving you the Thai version and making you select English (if you can find it) should try this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-no-country-redirect/ Previous similar extensions have either stopped working or don't work w/ the omnibar. This one's brilliant. Chrome has something similar. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/google ncr?_category=extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarguy Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 On 12/20/2017 at 8:12 PM, alanrchase said: This may help.https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-data/ I tried that Add on , it looked like it was what I wanted but just froze up when I tried to use it.... seems like this would be something many people would want to know , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorriedNoodle Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 18 hours ago, oldcarguy said: I tried that Add on , it looked like it was what I wanted but just froze up when I tried to use it.... It doesn't work with latest Firefox does it? That what is says when I check the addon. You should be using latest Firefox, probably will fix your memory problems anyway as its fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Have been using Firefox long time, when it was Netscape. It indeed got bloated over past 5 or so years. Glad to see it got serious about reducing memory and CPU draw finally. Sent from my [device_name] using http://Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavoTheGun Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/21/2017 at 10:11 AM, PoorSucker said: Off course you can. Uninstall Firefox. Remove Mozilla in %appdata% folder . Reinstall. Did all that, but over the next few days back to normal, memory gone, again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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