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  • Mozilla to reduce Firefox memory usage to less than 14 GB per tab

    From LundukeJournal@1337:1/100 to All on Sat Jul 10 17:45:04 2021
    Mozilla to reduce Firefox memory usage to less than 14 GB per tab

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    Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:35:47 +0000

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    In response to skyrocketing DRAM prices, Mozilla Corporation has pledged to significantly reduce the memory usage of the Firefox web browser to less
    than 14 GB per tab. Firefox is the most important piece of software ever written, stated Continue Reading

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    In response to skyrocketing DRAM prices, Mozilla Corporation has pledged to significantly reduce the memory usage of the Firefox web browser to less
    than 14 GB per tab.

    Firefox is the most important piece of software ever written, stated Tom Renard, Mozilla Corporation CEO. From adding closed source DRM modules to providing users with super important, forced tie-ins to the popular
    television series Mr. Robot the greatness of Firefox cannot be disputed. And, lets be honest, software this important deserves a heck of a lot of RAM. But in these dire times of DRAM shortages, even Firefox needs to tighten the belt a little.

    According to Mozillas published roadmap, starting in Q3 of 2021, Firefox will begin a phased, multi-year plan to reduce total RAM usage by over 50%.

    The plan states that, by Mid-2024, Firefox will use a total of less than 14
    GB of RAM per tab.

    Thats for an empty tab, of course, clarified Renard. Loading a website that uses Javascript such as critical tracking scripts, banner ads, or code that moves a link to an article just before you click it will require loading of the SpiderMonkey Javascript runtime engine, which utilizes a svelte 7 GB of RAM.

    Upon hearing about these ambitious plans, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator and ruler of the Internet, and part-time Knight for the Queen of England, had
    this to say while sitting astride his noble steed: What Mozilla is doing here is nothing short of technical wizardry, worthy of Merlin himself. Theyre basically saving the world.



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    Link to news story: https://www.lunduke.com/2021/07/mozilla-to-reduce-firefox-memory-usage-to-less -than-14-gb-per-tab/


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