Comments on: Fix High Memory usage in Mozilla Firefox [ How To ] http://webtrickz.com/fix-high-memory-usage-in-mozilla-firefox-how-to/ A Blog where Technology resides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Champz http://webtrickz.com/fix-high-memory-usage-in-mozilla-firefox-how-to/#comment-267 Champz Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:28:21 +0000 http://desinote.com/2008/08/fix-high-memory-usage-in-mozilla-firefox-how-to.html#comment-267 The config.trim_on_minimize setting (Windows only) does not reduce the amount of memory used, it just swaps memory from RAM to disk. This may make Firefox slow to "wake up". If config.trim_on_minimize is left set at the default value (false), the memory will be swapped to disk only if it is needed by another application. Therefore, for most purposes the default value is recommended. taken from -- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak The config.trim_on_minimize setting (Windows only) does not reduce the amount of memory used, it just swaps memory from RAM to disk. This may make Firefox slow to “wake up”. If config.trim_on_minimize is left set at the default value (false), the memory will be swapped to disk only if it is needed by another application. Therefore, for most purposes the default value is recommended.

taken from — http://kb.mozillazine.org/Memory_Leak

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