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History Fan

2007-04-06, 1:12 pm

I'm using FF 2.0.0.3 on a XP SP2 desktop PC.

I found an extension that allows you to add a 'Clear Cache' button to
the Firefox toolbar. Would periodically cleaning out the cache while
Firefox is still open have any impact on reducing the browser's memory
usage? Mine gets up to 160K after several hours.


History Fan

2007-04-06, 1:12 pm

>Mine gets up to 160K after several hours.
>



I meant 160,000K after several hours.


Moz Champion (Dan)

2007-04-06, 7:13 pm

History Fan wrote:
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> I meant 160,000K after several hours.
>
>



talk about aggessive snipping, there is no question at all!
Moz Champion (Dan)

2007-04-06, 7:13 pm

History Fan wrote:
> I'm using FF 2.0.0.3 on a XP SP2 desktop PC.
>
> I found an extension that allows you to add a 'Clear Cache' button to
> the Firefox toolbar. Would periodically cleaning out the cache while
> Firefox is still open have any impact on reducing the browser's memory
> usage? Mine gets up to 160K after several hours.
>
>



yes
History Fan

2007-04-06, 7:13 pm

"Moz Champion (Dan)" <moz.champion@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> History Fan wrote:
>
>
> yes



I installed the extension a few hours ago. If anyone is interested,
here is the link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1801


History Fan

2007-04-07, 1:12 pm

"History Fan" <UnknownplacesonEarth@unknown11.com> wrote in message
news:5bb1f$4616654b$48311160$1365@FUSE.NET...
> I'm using FF 2.0.0.3 on a XP SP2 desktop PC.
>
> I found an extension that allows you to add a 'Clear Cache' button to
> the Firefox toolbar. Would periodically cleaning out the cache while
> Firefox is still open have any impact on reducing the browser's memory
> usage? Mine gets up to 160K after several hours.
>



Would lowering the cache size that Firefox can use to something like
50MB also help with the memory usage issue?


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