Firefox Memory Leak

Ah, crazy Firefox. There’s apparently a known bug that causes a slow but sure memory leak with Firefox. The basic solution is:

  1. Type about:config in the address bar
  2. Right click the page and add a New->Integer
  3. Name: enter browser.cache.memory.capacity
  4. Value: enter 16000
  5. Close Firefox completely.
  6. Fire it up again and enjoy 🙂

Discussed at greater length on the mozillazine forums.

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Written by Ben Strackany -- January 19, 2005

Ben worked for a variety of tech startups in Chicago before moving to Portland and starting DevelopmentNow in 2005. When he's not herding cats, stirring pots, and taking names, he enjoys drinking coffee while irritating the studio audience with bad puns.