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Firefox RAM Cache versus SL

Nefertiti Nefarious
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05-18-2007 06:43
From Slashdot: "'Firefox's page-cache mechanism, for example, introduced in version 1.5, stores the last eight visited pages in the computer's memory. Caching pages in memory allows faster back browsing, but it can also leave a lot less memory for other applications to use. Less available RAM equals a less-responsive computer."

This may explain a lot of problems. I notice that SL expands to fill the available RAM, and if FF is doing the same, they might get into a shootout over memory space that locks up your computer.

I could not find a setting in FF to tell it to cache less, but I'll keep looking.
Melissa Yeuxdoux
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05-18-2007 08:51
From: Nefertiti Nefarious

This may explain a lot of problems. I notice that SL expands to fill the available RAM, and if FF is doing the same, they might get into a shootout over memory space that locks up your computer.
Might, but shouldn't. Programs should be able to deal with not being able to allocate RAM a bit more gracefully than that.
Dnali Anabuki
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05-18-2007 11:20
In Options/Privacy you can set Fire Fox to clear the cache every time you quit FF. Would that help?
Strife Onizuka
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05-19-2007 04:55
From: Nefertiti Nefarious
I could not find a setting in FF to tell it to cache less, but I'll keep looking.


If you install Tab Mix Plus you can change it (pretty sure I saw a setting for it in there... or was it MR Tech Local Install?).
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Gareon Newman
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05-20-2007 15:55
From: Nefertiti Nefarious
...I could not find a setting in FF to tell it to cache less, but I'll keep looking.

The memory cache is the browser.cache.memory.enable setting under about:config. It's a boolean value, meaning that the value "true" turns it on and "false" turns it off.

Type "about: config" in the address bar.
Nefertiti Nefarious
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05-21-2007 14:09
From: Gareon Newman
The memory cache is the browser.cache.memory.enable setting under about:config. It's a boolean value, meaning that the value "true" turns it on and "false" turns it off.

Type "about: config" in the address bar.


Thanks, I'll try it and see if it's faster.