Work done to plug Firefox’s memory leaks and reduce its RAM profile has paid off, two of Mozilla’s engineers said Friday, as they claimed that the newest beta of their open-source browser uses less memory than rivals such as Internet Explorer and Opera.
According to Mozilla software engineer Stuart Parmenter, who was instrumental in managing the memory reduction work, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 uses less memory than IE7, Opera 9.5 Beta 1 and Firefox 2.0.0.12 while it opens multiple pages. Just as importantly, the newest beta of Firefox 4 does a much better job reclaiming memory when tabs are closed than its predecessor, Firefox 2.0.0.12.
Source: Computer World AU
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