Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory

Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by lukeschlather on Thursday August 11, 2011 @11:58AM (#2873405)

I've got six virtual desktops with two monitors. When I'm doing web development, I have one window per screen, which usually means one window of tabs connected to my dev server, and one window of tabs for each framework/language I'm working with. For example, I was working on a WordPress plugin with JQuery, so I had a dozen tabs open on the WordPress function reference, and another dozen tabs open with JQuery stuff. Then I've got a virtual desktop with my email on one screen and Hacker News, etc. on the other one.

Finally I have two blank desktops that tend to get eaten up by tabs that I use when people come into my office asking questions that I don't know the precise answer to off the top of my head.

But yes, on a single desktop about 12 tabs is my limit. And when I get over 4 full browser windows I start to get antsy and know that I can't possibly keep focused on everything I'm doing.

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by MatthewPhillips on Thursday August 11, 2011 @12:18PM (#2873499)

> Finally I have two blank desktops that tend to get eaten up by tabs that I use when people come into my office asking questions that I don't know the precise answer to off the top of my head.

Why do you keep the tabs open after you've answered their question?

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by lukeschlather on Thursday August 11, 2011 @01:50PM (#2873950)

I'm in a remote area with limited Internet - 364 kbps down 128 kbps up shared among 20-30 office workers and over 100 residents. My computer can handle keeping tabs open in case I didn't properly solve the problem before, or if something similar crops up.

So, I have a lot of reference materials open on my desk, and I keep them open because finding the page I was on takes a long time, and loading that page takes even longer.

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by jamesgeck0 on Thursday August 11, 2011 @03:42PM (#2874416)

I've used Firefox under similar conditions.

Some people might not know that it actually includes a feature specifically for this use case. If you start to type in a URL or page name similar to one already open in a tab, the awesomebar dropdown menu lets you jump to the already-opened tab.

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by lukeschlather on Thursday August 11, 2011 @08:12PM (#2875392)

That feature is actually broken on Ubuntu 10.10 / standard Gnome with multiple desktops - it tries to switch you to the appropriate tab but can't switch you to the appropriate desktop.

And I'm not sure I really like it anyway - when I re-type a URL I'm usually looking to reload it to grab a fresh copy. I tab-complete the address of my development server and Hacker News very often; anything else I don't usually know the URL off the top of my head, I just remember that I have such and such doc on such and such desktop.

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by nfm on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:12PM (#2875243)

You can also prefix your URL/page title search string with '% ' to exclusively search open tabs :)

eg: % Firefox 7 memory

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by simcop2387 on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:37PM (#2875318)

Happen to know where you can find out shortcuts like those? I had no idea it was there.

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by dailycavalier on Friday August 12, 2011 @01:49AM (#2876146)

http://jonoscript.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/firefox-keyboard-...

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by coob on Thursday August 11, 2011 @08:49PM (#2875493)

HTTP Proxy?

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Re:Firefox 7 will use up to 50% less memory by lukeschlather on Friday August 12, 2011 @12:49AM (#2876019)

It's on my to-do list. (After implementing a disaster recovery plan, cleaning up after an intrusion, and a half a dozen more important things.)

Meantime being careful about what I close does a decent job, and I don't have to maintain a proxy server.

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