Firefox Memory Leaks

February 4th, 2006

Quite a few people have been complaining about memory leaks in Firefox 1.5. I’ve not noticed any problems with Firefox 1.5 myself. Jesse Ruderman lists memory leaks which have been fixed since 1.5 Final.

1.5.0.1 contained two memory leak fixes. Another 10 memory leaks have been fixed on the trunk and are likely to be fixed in 1.5.0.2.

Many popular extensions including Session Saver, IETab, Noscript and Flashgot also have memory leaks. Ensure your extensions are  up to date and/or try disabling them. This tool can allow you to find memory leaks. 

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