12.15.2004

Firefox

Firefox 1.0 has a memory leak error on Windows XP. Do a search on Google for "Firefox memory leak". I've witnessed this myself as it consumes and consumes resources. There is an XP "fix" for this here: http://windowssecrets.com/041202/

In all honesty, I think FireFox is a great step forward and is a model for future Web browsers. But I don't plan to use it just yet based on the problems I see which are:
  1. Massive memory leak problems.
  2. Ability install any extension from any developer. I think there should be some kind of appoval process for these extensions to make sure they do not conflict. I've already seen extensions conflict with one another. And a lot of these extensions merit being built into the actual full release.
  3. The extensions manager doesn't work all that well. I can't simply deactivate or activate extensions as needed. They all run all at once. I make note of how extensions are managed for Macromedia Software. All be it, it's not perfect, but that system works much better.