Why does firefox take 50% of memory when not running?

[Lisa Kachold]

Firefox has always been a memory hog:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28970933-FireFox-Firefox-is-STILL-a-Memory-HOG



On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:31 AM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:

> Why does firefox take 50% of my system's memory
> when it is not even running?
>
> http://www.upquick.com/temp/firefoxmemory.jpg
>
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