Computer killing memory suck
At random intervals, for no apparent reason, my Firefox starts eating memory at a prodigious rate.
At some point, my computer slows to a crawl.
The only solution I have found is to kill Firefox, start again, and wait for the next instance.
The attached image shows what the resource use looks like while I have the barest minimum open in the browser.
I've been fighting this for a long time. I'd prefer not to go with the dark side browser. But my wife uses that browser and has no problems at all.
At some point, one must question whether supporting open source is really worth fighting with zero functionality.
Thanks.
Wšě wotmołwy (1)
About how long before the problem shows up? What were you doing at the time? surfing, watching a clip, reading something . . . .
Is this with all websites/pages, some, a few?
Start Firefox using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding