IE7 takes up 130megs memory?! Normal?

[JEDI]

The only page i have open is Slickdeals.

Is it normal for Ie7 to take up so much memory w/just 1 page open?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

No, normally its about 35mb for me...

 

[pcslookout]

The only page i have open is Slickdeals.

Is it normal for Ie7 to take up so much memory w/just 1 page open?

This is a problem with most internet browsers. Worst in Firefox though. Opera and Chrome don't seem to have the problem quite as bad. Opera being the better of the two. Not sure why. Makes no sense.

 

[MrChad]

Are there Flash ads on the page? How many add-ons do you have installed? Why are you using IE 7 instead of IE 8?

 

[pcslookout]

Are there Flash ads on the page? How many add-ons do you have installed? Why are you using IE 7 instead of IE 8?

So is flash the cause of most of these problems? What happens if I never install flash will it fix these kind of problems?

 

[0roo0roo]

depends on the amount of flash and adverts and stuff. are you really worried about 100mb?
and yes, time to stop using ie7 and get 8

 

[postmortemIA]

if you had opened previous pages, then 130MB can be deceiving. Also are you talking about 130MB of virtual memory or something else?

 

[JEDI]

Are there Flash ads on the page? How many add-ons do you have installed? Why are you using IE 7 instead of IE 8?

When IE8 first came out, i had problems moving the addreess bar and google bar to fit on the same line. (i want to conserve space.)

has that been fixed?

 

[0roo0roo]

its that way default here

 

[corkyg]

If you have your Temporary Internet Files (TIFs) stored in the same folder, then it is not uncommon to have 130-140 MB being used. I keep my TIFs in a separate drive and periodically purge them.

 

[Fox5]

This is a problem with most internet browsers. Worst in Firefox though. Opera and Chrome don't seem to have the problem quite as bad. Opera being the better of the two. Not sure why. Makes no sense.

Since opera is the only browser that lacks a JIT compiler for javascript (or at least doesn't have a very good one), that could be it. It's a space versus performance trade off.

 

[teneriffa2005]

If you have your Temporary Internet Files (TIFs) stored in the same folder, then it is not uncommon to have 130-140 MB being used. I keep my TIFs in a separate drive and periodically purge them.

Great solution - I will try this out - tx

 

[jkroeder]

It's not uncommon for browsers to use over 100mb of memory nowdays especially if you're on flash intensive sites. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a genuine memory leak where the memory use doesn't stop increasing.

As long a the browser releases the memory properly, it's not a problem.

 

[Zensal]

Heh. In Firefox, I'm up to 280MB right now with 5 tabs open. With a few more tabs, I can get Firefox up to 800MB. It has to do with caching or something.

130MB in IE7 is not a problem, it's a feature.

 

[0roo0roo]

thats nothin, i got 80 tabs and 426mb tabs build up if you just keep running the same session.
but thats with flash/noscript etc running.
if i let websites run wild it would probably be hundreds of megs more.

As long a the browser releases the memory properly, it's not a problem.

depends, chrome loves to release memory. this can be very annoying. i use it as a secondary browser, so it can be minimized for a while. problem is when it is brought back up and i bring up an old tab, it thrashes the drive and stalls the system to bring it back, taking its %^#@ time. firefox doesn't do this. with auto tab session restore built in now days its easier to close the entire browser to save memory if you want to game or somethin. super aggressive memory saving like chrome when ram is plentiful and cheap these days can be counter productive.

 

[Ika]

Heh. In Firefox, I'm up to 280MB right now with 5 tabs open. With a few more tabs, I can get Firefox up to 800MB. It has to do with caching or something.

130MB in IE7 is not a problem, it's a feature.

How is that possible? I have 19 tabs open in four windows of Firefox and my memory usage is only 400mb. I've never understood why people get such enormous memory usage with FF...

 

[JimKiler]

Your Browser memory usage is normal if you use one session and visit a lot of pages. It is saving all those pages so you can go forward or backwards. At work if I do not close and reopen I can easily use 100MB or 200MB since i work in a web browser application. This has been the case for 9 years and countless browsers even if you limit your temporary files.

 

[konakona]

thats nothin, i got 80 tabs and 426mb tabs build up if you just keep running the same session.
but thats with flash/noscript etc running.
if i let websites run wild it would probably be hundreds of megs more.




depends, chrome loves to release memory. this can be very annoying. i use it as a secondary browser, so it can be minimized for a while. problem is when it is brought back up and i bring up an old tab, it thrashes the drive and stalls the system to bring it back, taking its %^#@ time. firefox doesn't do this. with auto tab session restore built in now days its easier to close the entire browser to save memory if you want to game or somethin. super aggressive memory saving like chrome when ram is plentiful and cheap these days can be counter productive.

so I guess I wasn't the only one doing that - opening up tons of tabs to the point where you can't read or even see the icons at the top Kinda lucky that it's mostly jpg/png images in my case, so I am yet to experience the problem you noted. One thing I liked about IE8 is the "tabs map" at the very left (for the lack of a better term) which helps you see what you have open and navigate to a specific one when you have a whole lot of shit open. Just recently I learned with chrome it gets much easier if you befriend yourself with chrome's own task manager.

 

[Zensal]

How is that possible? I have 19 tabs open in four windows of Firefox and my memory usage is only 400mb. I've never understood why people get such enormous memory usage with FF...

It seem excessive to me also. IIRC, Firefox has a built-in feature that downloads links before you click them to save time at the expense of memory and bandwidth.

This is also after days of browsing without shutting down FF.

Right now I have 7 tabs open and 440MB of memory used.

 

[0roo0roo]

so I guess I wasn't the only one doing that - opening up tons of tabs to the point where you can't read or even see the icons at the top Kinda lucky that it's mostly jpg/png images in my case, so I am yet to experience the problem you noted. One thing I liked about IE8 is the "tabs map" at the very left (for the lack of a better term) which helps you see what you have open and navigate to a specific one when you have a whole lot of shit open. Just recently I learned with chrome it gets much easier if you befriend yourself with chrome's own task manager.

heh tabs mixplus saves the day, the drop down menu at the right lets you scroll through all open tabs easy. and of course adjust the minimum tab size so it never squeezes down too far.

 

[konakona]

heh tabs mixplus saves the day, the drop down menu at the right lets you scroll through all open tabs easy. and of course adjust the minimum tab size so it never squeezes down too far.

thx, I will look into that

 

[F1N3ST]

Chrome seems to be taking around 80 megs, not worried about it.

 

[0roo0roo]

thx, I will look into that

yup its far superior to a massive tab layout, the drop down is mouse wheel scrollable with full length names so navigation is a snap. no need to crunch tabs down to illegibility or waste space with rows, generally the ones you are currently working with are close together, or you can simply rearrange them.

chrome on the other hand gets pretty useless once you get a ton of tabs.

 

[pcslookout]

Since opera is the only browser that lacks a JIT compiler for javascript (or at least doesn't have a very good one), that could be it. It's a space versus performance trade off.

What exactly is the JIT compiler and what is it used for? Can it be turned off in firefox to make it behavior like Opera with memory usage?