Firefox - Minimize Memory Reduction

[Innes]

Ok

go to about:config

right click

Go to New -> Boolean

For the name input:

config.trim_on_minimize

Select True


Restart FireFox.

Now press Ctrl + alt + del.

Go to process and highlight your Firefox process.

Look at the Mem Usage Column.

Now minimize Firefox and you will see a huge reduction in mem usage.


Innes

[Demon]

Nice one, done it, reduced Mem usage by about 13k - What does it exactly do to Firefox though? :p

[Pirate Balloon]

I'll try this later, because Firefox is a heffer when it comes to eating memory.

[DinnyHoon]

Excellent tip. Firefox's usage goes down at least 50% when I minimise it :D

[zcaliber]

This will slow firefox down as it minimizes/maximizes, and reduce stability. If you have sufficient memory to do whatever you wanna do, don't bother.

[Cackhandedchimp]

How do you reverse this exactly?

[Innes]

type about:config

look for "config.trim_on_minimize"

and delete it or change it to false, each works

[Cackhandedchimp]

OK thanks.