![]() Although modern operating systems essentially run as if they have unlimited memory (thanks to swapping to and from disk storage), the amount of a physical memory in a machine (whether 2GB, 4GB, or 16 GB or more) still makes a huge impact on performance. ![]() MemShrink looked to improve Firefox’s overall performance - and make it a better neighbor with other applications - by reducing the amount of memory the browser used for many tasks. That’s a significant improvement, and comes directly from Mozilla’s MemShrink project. According to Mozilla, Firefox 7 should use between 20 to 30 percent less memory than previous versions on the same tasks in some cases, Firefox 7 uses just half the memory of its predecessors. The key new feature in Firefox 7 is completely invisible to users, unless they happen to use memory profiling tools. But hang on a second: These new capabilities might represent a victory for Mozilla’s much-criticized rapid release methodology, showing how new features can move quickly a mere concepts to real-world code in very short order. ![]() Memory? Usage statistics? Where are the cool new features that make surfing the Web easier? They’re nowhere. To many users, these additions to Firefox might seem unbearable geeky and barely meriting a decimal update, let alone a full version number increment. In this release, Mozilla promises Firefox uses significant less memory than its predecessors, and includes a new anonymous Telemetry feature that can optionally send performance and memory data back to Mozilla HQ so the developers can get a better handle on how to improve Mozilla’s performance and memory usage even more. It seems like just last month we were just writing about a major release of Firefox - oh, wait, we were - but Mozilla has now taken the wraps off its Firefox 7 Web browser.
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