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I love Firefox as a browser but when surfing a lot and using it long time it becomes a memory sucker (using a lot of necessary memory).
I applied the following tweaks and my memory miss usage was much lower.

• Assign Memory Cache on Firefox
• Release Memory when Firefox is minimized

Assign Memory Cache on Firefox

Firefox doesn’t use memory cache and uses system memory by default, it is good to assign a fixed memory cache to reduce the usage of memory.

1. Open the Firefox browser.
2. Key in about:config in the address bar.
3. Key in browser.cache.memory.enable in the Filter field.
4. Ensure the value of the above item is set it true, if not, double-click on it to set it to true.
5. Right-click in the browser and select New -> Integer from the pop-up.
6. Key in, browser.cache.memory.capacity, click OK.
7. You need to enter a value here and that value depends upon the RAM your computer has.
8. if you have:
   1. 256MB RAM – Enter “4096“.
   2. 512MB RAM – Enter “8192“.
9. Note: If you have 128MB or less RAM then you need to upgrade your RAM. It is not very expensive.

Important: If you want to restore to default settings then change browser.cache.memory.capacity value to -1 (minus 1).

Release Memory when Firefox is minimized

1. Open the Firefox browser.
2. Key about:config in the address bar.
3. Right-click in the browser and select New -> Boolean from the pop-up.
   
4. In the popup box enter config.trim_on_minimize. Click OK.
   
5. Select True and then click OK.
   
6. Restart Firefox.

I found these tweak on Zolved.com, if you need more tips concerning Firefox Memory Optimizing visit Zolved.com

Today I installed a tool “Companion JS”, which is a javascript / HMTL tool that is based on Firebug for Firefox with the main difference that it works in IE.

This tool is absolutely a “must-have” for all the webdesign IE users.

You all know the yellow alert sign when a javascript error occurs in IE.

When you double click it, you will get an window telling you what whent wrong and where the error is located.

But the default error handlers is totally wrong and incorrect.

This is why the Companion JS is so easy.

It provides much more detailed Javascript debugging details and it works perfect with IE.

It gives you the correct error on the right line and you can even click the error to go to the code view of the code.

You can find all info here: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/CompanionJS/HomePage