As so many people don’t seem to know how to reduce Firefox RAM usage I thought I’d post it here.
- Go to about:config (in URL bar)
- Find browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers
- Change the value from -1 to something more like 1,2 or 3
Info from Ben Goodger
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M. · March 4, 2006 at 10:36 am
Thanks for the tip. It’s a pity that config utility doesn’t allow keys to be removed. There’s a lot of stuff in there left over from extensions I’ve uninstalled.
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All Tests · April 11, 2006 at 10:49 am
What does these parameter (browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers) mean?
And what is 1, 2, 3 for?
Anonymous · April 11, 2006 at 4:17 pm
1,2,3 is the number of pages to cache. -1 automatically calculates the pages based on your RAM
Car Shippers · January 26, 2011 at 7:33 pm
This is really a great tip.