firefox vs. IE in memory usage

[howhao]

Ok we all know firefox has this tab-browsing feature. here is my question.

i have A LOT of browser windows open constantly, in fact, it is very common that I have 20+ windows open. so my question is:

20 browser windows as tabs in 1 instance of firefox
vs.
20 instances of IE

does firefox necessarily use less memory?

also, since i use so many tabs in firefox, it crashes once a day, which causes me to lose all tabs.
i have since uninstalled firefox and gone back to IE, any ideas?

thanks for the help

 

[kamper]

Keep in mind that 20 IE windows doesn't necessarily mean 20 instances of IE, one process can have more than one window.

To combat the firefox crash maybe you could run 2 instances of it and split your tabs between the two. Or would that lead to profile conflicts? Anyways, maybe the newest release will fix your issues.

 

[howhao]

i ran the preview 1.0, isn't that the newest?

is firefox really that good:?

 

[zodder]

It's still officially in beta, so you might have discovered a bug for them. Do you have the option turned on to send issues back to Mozilla?

 

[CTho9305]

It's still officially in beta, so you might have discovered a bug for them. Do you have the option turned on to send issues back to Mozilla?

You're implying that bugs will disappear when it is out of beta. That's highly unlikely.

Anyway, if you have Talkback IDs for crashes, pm me and I can take a look.

 

[n0cmonkey]

This happens to me all of the time with firefox (not so much with mozilla). I don't have a lot of ram in the machine I use it on (512MB), and constatly have a bunch of things going. Mozilla seems to handle it better than FF. I _VERY_ rarely get crashes with Moz, but I can generally get ff to do it daily.

Try out Mozilla, despite the extra software I think it's a bit easier on systems than ff.

 

[Sunner]

I must be the luckiest guy in the world when it comes to FF and crashes, or rather, the lack of crashes.
I can't remember the last time FF crashed on me...0.7 maybe?

 

[rh71]

here's a question ... why do you have to run 20 windows at the same time ? Even when I'm doing hardcore comparison shopping or something, I have 5 open max...

Just curious.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: rh71
here's a question ... why do you have to run 20 windows at the same time ? Even when I'm doing hardcore comparison shopping or something, I have 5 open max...

Just curious.

I think it's an attention deficit thing. Maybe you only have 5 tabs open on a single subject area but have multiple things you're trying to do at once. For instance, I have 9 tabs open right now. One for my email, 4 for s@h, one for the forums, and the rest for what I'm actually trying to do right now (which is get cvs installed on linux). I switch back and forth between areas as my attention drifts (and occasionally I drift off to sleep) and generally get less done than if I concentrated on what I'm doing 😕

 

[howhao]

Originally posted by: rh71
here's a question ... why do you have to run 20 windows at the same time ? Even when I'm doing hardcore comparison shopping or something, I have 5 open max...

Just curious.

easy...

 

[howhao]

Originally posted by: rh71
here's a question ... why do you have to run 20 windows at the same time ? Even when I'm doing hardcore comparison shopping or something, I have 5 open max...

Just curious.

easy, i play in 3 fantasy leagues (2 bball, 1 football) - 3 windows
2 fantasy advise window
1 yahoo mail window
2 google mail window
2 CL window (people who know know, people who don't don't)
3 online forums window, including AT
1 nba.com
1 nfl.com
1 ebay.com
1 cnn.com for election coverage
2 windows to manage my servers on the web interface
1 citysearch window
1 movies.com window
1 howard forum

oh wait, and this one i am posting with the java script window!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: rh71
here's a question ... why do you have to run 20 windows at the same time ? Even when I'm doing hardcore comparison shopping or something, I have 5 open max...

Just curious.

At home:
Anandtech forums
/.
osnews
undeadly.org
mailing list archives
google
history of halloween (haven't finished reading it yet 😱)
bsdforums.org sometimes
easynews
arstechnica
dictionary.com
various sites for stuff I'm researching or stuff that's linked to from one site or another that I'm interested in

Except for the history of halloween, everything else is fairly normal for me. Sometimes it's more, sometimes less.

 

[fs5]

FF crashes for me also 🙁 But probably once a week... This in linux too!
here's what I have open right now at work.. One firefox window per virtual desktop, everything open in tabs

Desktop 1:
-Database Schema
-Development environement application 1
-Test Enviornment application 1
-Production Enviornment application 1
-Development environement application 2
-Test Enviornment application 2
-Production Enviornment application 2
-MySQL Docs
-Python Docs
-Google
-Google
-Google
-Google


Desktop 2
-Gmail
-Y! mail
-CNN
-ESPN
-Y! Finance
-Y! Fantasy Sports
-eBay
-ATOT
-/.
-Google News

It will crash if I open another window, I won't get the menubar, icons, bookmarks etc.. .just the html and window decorations, I'll take a screenshot next time it happens..