Curbing the browsers hunger of RAM

Firefox often occupies some 100 MB of working space, thus slowing down- depending on the amount of RAM you have-the entire system.

As an avid fan of Mozilla Firefox I always advice old nothing special IE users to shift to Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is a smooth-running browser as long as it does not rip over it's own feet. You can help it get back up by carrying out a few maintenance tasks, namely verifying the add-ons, optimizing the configuration, and deleting redundant data.

Check ADD-ONS:- However if add-ons were programmed poorly, they can be the reason that Firefox uses so much RAM.

Update:- To update Firefox, open 'Tools--->Add-ons', click on 'Extensions', select the ones you want to update in the following dialog box and then click on 'Update'.
For automatic updation, open 'Tools--->Options' and click on 'Advanced'. Then, switch to the 'Update' tab. In the 'Check for updates automatically' tab, select the
options 'Firefox' and 'Installed Add-ons' and confirm by clicking 'OK'.

Trace the memory glutton:- Open Firefox in safe mode and test whether the add-ons are the actual reason that excess memory is being occupied. Right-click on the program icon, select 'Properties' and type '-safe-mode' at the end of the link in the Target field. Confirm it and open the browser. In the startup dialog box, select 'Deactivate all add-ons' and click on 'Continue working in safe mode'.
Check the Task Manager to find out to what extent the memory usage has reduced. A difference of a few megabytes is normal because the add-ons take up space and must reserve some space for additional functions. In the difference is considerably large, then it implies that an add-on was the cause of the problem.
Restart Firefox in the normal mode. Open 'Tools-->Add-ons-->Extensions', select an add-on, click on the 'Disable' button and restart Firefox. Check whether the memory situation has improved. Then 'Activate' the add-on again and repeat the process with the next one. In this manner, you can find out the add-on that is causing the problem and deactivate it. Likely candidates for memory-related errors are those add-ons that are known memory guzzlers, including Adblock, Fasterfox, Forecastfox, and Tab browser extensions.

Optimize the configuration:- The cache accelerates the browser. But if it shifts to the swap file due to lack of free memory, the effect is reversed. Therefore, you must adjust the cache according to the amount of RAM you have.

Adjusting the cache:- Type 'about:config' in the address bar and hit [Enter]. In the 'Filter' field, enter 'browser.cache.memory.enable' has been set to the value 'true' and if not, reset it with a double-click. Now double-click on the 'browser.cache.memory.capacity' setting to customize it. If you have 4 GB RAM, leave the value proportionally, ie ; to 16384 for 1 GB RAM. For that, double-click on the setting, enter the new numerical value in dialog box and click on 'OK' to confirm the change.

Free some RAM:- Another configuration setting ensures that Firefox releases a large amount of memory when minimized. Right-click on any blank space in the Firefox window and select 'New-->Boolean'. Then, enter 'config.trim_on_minimize' and confirm with 'OK'. In the next dialog box, select 'true' and 'OK'. The setting will take effect after restarting Firefox.

Delete redundant data:- Firefox saves downloads and retains all visited websites in the history. To delete this data, open 'Tools-->Options' and click on 'Privacy'. Under 'History' , set the value of 'Remember pages last visited for the past__days' to '1' so that Firefox retains the data only for one day. Additionally, you can deactivate the option 'Remember what I've downloaded'. Click 'OK' to confirm the changes. Now click on 'Tools---Downloads'. In the list, each downloaded can be deleted individually by clicking on 'Remove' on each entry. By simply clicking on 'Clean up' , you can clear the entire list.

Upload articles on forums and websites

Being an Internet Fan, you often communicate through web mail and post many contributions on forums. Since you often use similar text to identify yourself to identify on a lot of website, you would prefer to work with auto-complete in Mozilla Firefox.


Equip Firefox with an auto text function with free extension 'Clippings'. This saves, for instance, the effort of typing in forums or complicated copying.
Installation:- The XPI file for installing this update is available on 'http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1347'. Click in the website on the 'Install' link or open the XPI file with Firefox if you have downloaded it. Start the integration by clicking on 'Install now'. Also select the 'Restart Firefox' command to complete the installation process.

Create Clippings:- You need to first create the text before using it. Select a desired text in the browser and right-click on it. The context menu displays the update. You can either set the selected text as a clipping with 'Clippings-->New entry with selected text' or start the main dialouge with 'Clippings--->Open Clippings manager'. Further possibilities: double-click on the new text symbol on the right side of the status bar or pull the selected text to this position by drag and drop.

Managing Fragments:- After you have created the text fragments , organize them in folders in the Clippings Manager. Each folder later represents a sub menu--this gives you a quick overview. Use the 'Options-->New entry from clipboard' command to use copied texts in the quickest possible way. At this point, you can also save your data in an RDF file with 'Options-->Export'. Now close the dialog.

Using the Auto Texts:- To use these texts, right-click on the entry field of the the opened website. You can now access the hierarchy arranged folders with the sorted texts through 'Clippings' and insert them with a click.