Alright, not too tech savvy but not a newb either (I did take Pascal/Fortran 10 years ago =) )

Windows XP SP2
Firefox 2.0.0.14 (Addons in Use: *******, NoScript, FoxyTunes, DownloadHelper, Flashgot)
1gig RAM
1.73ghz 2mb L2Cache, 533 mhZ

Alright, so I boot up my computer. First program I open is Firefox. I hit
CTRL+ALT+DEL and see the process taking up 30,000K under the Memory Usage.

After about 30 minutes, I notice when opening up new tabs there is a consistent and noticeable delay, which is annoying as hell. I do CTRL+ALT+DEL, and now see it taking 420,000K under Memory Usage. I have 6 tabs open, just forum pages. I've closed any tabs with Flash/Video etc. I google "Firefox Eating too Much Memory", and it seems I am asked to mess with about:config. I've done something with the boolean settings awhile ago, but I'm recalling bad memories.

Has anyone had any experience with this. I never want to go back to IE. Thanks.

Wait for Firefox 3 to come out. Or you can download the beta. the bad thing is that the plugins will not work. That is the easiest solution.

Alright, let me just step in my cryo chamber.



The Future...

Must - Be - Betttahh....

If you're using ******* then I assume you're using Filterset.G. There is a known memory leak when Filterset.G and Flashgot are used together. Foxytunes also has a known memory leak.

My recommendation: Uninstall *******, Filterset.G, and Foxytunes. Replace it with ******* Plus with EasyList.

You can use ******* plus and noscript in firefox 3 beta 5. Not sure about the others.

Go with firefox 3 beta 5 or Opera 9.5 beta 2, I'm trying out both of them and there both quite a bit faster than there predecessors, for speed especially the new Opera is damn fast, Review:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-features.html