Must be me then! On Sunday 09 January 2005 19:26, John McGuire wrote: > Mine came through as just 'firefox vs mozilla' > > John McGuire > BlackLight Systems > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mikey > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 7:12 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: ***SUSPECT SPAM*** firefox vs mozilla > > now I don't know if it is me who starts the subject line. Did anyone > else get > this from Bart with the ***SUSPECT SPAM*** in the subject line or was I > the > only one? > > On Sunday 09 January 2005 17:14, Bart Garst wrote: > > I've asked this before, I just can't seem to find the thread in the > > archives. > > > > I had been under the assumption that firefox is a lightweight browser, > > where mozilla is an entire suite of Internet apps (mail, browser, > > chat, > > > etc...). > > > > I want to focus on "lightweight". Does this refer to the resources > > firefox uses? I remember being told firefox has a smaller memory > > footprint than mozilla, however, my findings show the opposite. > > > > Versions are (deb packages): > > Mozilla - 1.6-5 > > Firefox - 1.0-4 > > > > Here's what I did: > > Only firefox open, single tab, simple html page displayed from my > > local > > > apache installation. > > `pmap -d pid_for_firefox-bin` > > Final line of output reads: > > mapped: 83516K writeable/private: 52808K shared: 768K > > > > Then, with only mozilla open, single tab, same page. > > `pmap -d pid_for_mozilla-bin` > > Final line of output reads: > > mapped: 78656K writeable/private: 50440K shared: 768K > > > > Mozilla has less mapped as well as less private memory usage. > > > > So the questions are: > > Is my testing methodology flawed? > > Is my original understanding of firefox incorrect? > > > > I'd appreciate any clarification I can get. > > > > Thx, > > Bart > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss