Firefox at 1.8 GB of RAM

One of the reasons why I hate Firefox is the memory that it uses. It needs about 100MB - 200MB for 10 tabs, or even more if one of these is Gmail or Google Reader. If you open more tabs and switch quickly between them etc, the browser just slows down and needs a restart.

But this is actually nothing compared to what Firefox managed to do today. I was navigating Google maps with about 10 other tabs opened at the same time, when this happend:


My box has 'only' 2 gigs of RAM. I guess Firefox would have used even more if there was more to use ...

Luckily, I didn't have to restart my box, just the browser ;-)