Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream... | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:11:46 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 05:01 +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > > Mozilla / Firefox / Opera in particular. 300MB is not funny on a > > > laptop which cannot be expanded beyond 192MB. Are there any usable > > > graphical _small_ web browsers around? Usable meaning actually works > > > on real web sites with fancy features. > > > > "Small" and "fancy features" are not compatible. > > > > That's the problem with the term "usable" - to developers it means > > "supports the basic core functionality of a web browser" while to users > > it means "supports every bell and whistle that I get on Windows". > > As both a developer and user, all I want is a web browser that works > with the sites I visit, and performs reasonably well on my laptop. > > I know there are fast algorithms for layout, for running scripts and > updating trees, and the memory usage doesn't have to be anywhere near > as much as it is. > > So it's reasonable to ask if anyone has written a fast browser that > works with current popular sites in fits in under 256MB after a few > days use. > > Unfortunately, the response seems to be no, nobody has. I guess it's > a big job and there isn't the interest and resourcing to do it. >
What's wrong with Firefox?
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND rlrevell 6423 6.7 16.7 167676 73804 ? Sl Jan25 79:41 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
73MB is not bad.
Obviously if you open 20 tabs, it will take a lot more memory, as it's going to have to cache all the rendered pages.
Lee
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