Firefox Extensions!

Shayne · January 10, 2007, 12:17:54 PM

Alright, we haven't done this in a little while...

What Firefox extensions are you currently using?

Shayne · January 10, 2007, 12:18:39 PM

DownThemAll!
Fasterfox
Firebug
FireFTP
IE Tab
Tab Effect

..those would be the ones I have running.

Lazybones · January 10, 2007, 12:24:57 PM

At Work
FireFox 2.0.0.1

Adblock Plus
DownThemAll!
Drag de Go
Google Browser Sync
IE View
PDF Download
RSS Ticker

Mr. Analog · January 10, 2007, 01:37:59 PM

None at work

I also didn't install Flash at work.

Melbosa · January 10, 2007, 03:22:51 PM

Firefox isn't very Vista friendly, so not even using it.

Mr. Analog · January 10, 2007, 04:14:43 PM

Quote from: Melbosa on January 10, 2007, 03:22:51 PM
Firefox isn't very Vista friendly, so not even using it.

There's a shocker eh? Vista isn't very Firefox friendly

haha.

Shayne · January 10, 2007, 04:18:24 PM

http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6109455.html ...not much must have come of that meeting then

Tom · January 10, 2007, 06:59:21 PM

I stopped using Firefox a while ago when it tended to eat up most of my ram, (I have 1.5GB) for no good reason (no, not talking about the page render cache, I turned that off to test).

Mr. Analog · January 11, 2007, 12:59:24 AM

Quote from: Tom on January 10, 2007, 06:59:21 PM
I stopped using Firefox a while ago when it tended to eat up most of my ram, (I have 1.5GB) for no good reason (no, not talking about the page render cache, I turned that off to test).

I have 1 GB of RAM, Firefox is currently consuming 60 MB with three tabs open. What version of FF were you on? You may want to check out this little guide posted on mozillaZine, it talks about ways of reducing memory consumption if it is a problem for you.

Shayne · January 11, 2007, 09:16:55 AM

I have found FF to also be extremely memory heavy, however its not uncommon for me to have a dozen tabs open.

Lazybones · January 11, 2007, 09:56:41 AM

Quote from: Shayne on January 11, 2007, 09:16:55 AM
I have found FF to also be extremely memory heavy, however its not uncommon for me to have a dozen tabs open.

I never have that many tabs open my self, so I haven't found it to be a problem..

Mr. Analog · January 11, 2007, 11:19:39 AM

Quote from: Shayne on January 11, 2007, 09:16:55 AM
its not uncommon for me to have a dozen tabs open.

I do that a lot when I'm surfing place like deviantArt I'll have a lot of tabs open (15-25 easy). It used to be a real problem in FF 1.x but they really cleaned it up in 2.0 (for me at least).

Shayne · January 11, 2007, 11:27:27 AM

Oh its not like my browser crashes, but it will use 200MB or memory no problem at all, however I dont see the worry in that, its not like im doing other stuff, besides, what is the problem with large memory usage anyways? *shrug*

Darren Dirt · January 11, 2007, 04:09:07 PM

Quote from: Shayne on January 11, 2007, 09:16:55 AM
I have found FF to also be extremely memory heavy, however its not uncommon for me to have a dozen tabs open.

I second the observation.

That's (sadly) why I often use IE for quick lookups of stuff (IMDB, Wikipedia, UrbanDictionary.com) but my serious research/reading/Youtubing is usually in FF cuz of the tabbing.

But doesn't IE7 have tabbed browsing built in now? (dangit, don't want more reason to use it

)

Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 11, 2007, 11:19:39 AM
Quote from: Shayne on January 11, 2007, 09:16:55 AM
its not uncommon for me to have a dozen tabs open.

I do that a lot when I'm surfing place like deviantArt I'll have a lot of tabs open (15-25 easy). It used to be a real problem in FF 1.x but they really cleaned it up in 2.0 (for me at least).

I guess my 1.5x needs to be updated here at work... But I coulda sworn at home I am up to date... /me reminds self to check tonight

Darren Dirt · January 11, 2007, 04:46:10 PM

WOW!

2.0 launches a *lot* faster, and the memory consumption appears way more reasonable.

I just opened about 8 or 9 tabs as a quick test: went from 28MB (no tabs) to about 48MB at the end.