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

[Michael Havens]

I think firefox is one of those programs that once you start it it stays
partially in memory to make it quicker to load.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
wrote:

> Firefox has always been a memory hog:
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> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28970933-FireFox-Firefox-is-STILL-a-Memory-HOG
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> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:31 AM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
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>> Why does firefox take 50% of my system's memory
>> when it is not even running?
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>> http://www.upquick.com/temp/firefoxmemory.jpg
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