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1,075,500 reasons I switched from FireFox to Chrome

September 11th, 2008, 3:57 pm · 10 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress

This image says it all:

FireFox is such a memory hog. Google Chrome? Not so much. I like!

Sure, a few other Chrome processes show up in my task bar, but compared to the 1 GB of memory used by FireFox? Unbelievable.

However, I’m still using FireFox to blog because Chrome eats up paragraph marks in WordPress. All the Register blogs just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress MU so I’m going to try again with this post.

For those contemplating a switch, check out the tales of others who have done the comparisons:

• Tested: Google Chrome vs IE8 vs Firefox 3.1 (TechRadar)
• Google Chrome vs. Firefox (Piggynap)
• Speedtest: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari (CNET)
• The browser battle: Firefox vs. IE vs. Chrome (PC World)

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 10 Comments

• Michael Doss says:

  September 11, 2008 at 4:40 pm

  Firefox 3.1 is supposed to fix a lot of the memory problems with the current version. This won’t change how the process-thread issue, but it’ll be an improvement.

  I’m currently running Firefox with 6 tabs, and it’s only taking up 200K — I’m still waiting for a little more secure version of Chrome.
• Gadgetress says:

  September 11, 2008 at 4:52 pm

  That was Firefox 3.1 !!– Gadgetress
• mike says:

  September 12, 2008 at 8:53 am

  Gadgetress,

  If that is Firefox 3.1 you’re running I would do what Mark suggested and check on the plugins you are running. How many tabs did you have open at the time of that screenshot? just curious. I have 4 tabs open and a second firefox window with another couple of tabs and I’m only using 137k - before I upgraded to Firefox 3.1 I was using as much ram as you posted…so i’m guessing it’s the plugins?
• Gadgetress says:

  September 12, 2008 at 9:04 am

  Thanks all. I’ll be monitoring the plug-ins, one of the best features of FF. Who knows? Maybe I’ll switch back one day. — Gadgetress
• Christina says:

  September 12, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  that’s convincing enough for me to switch. I usually run firefox behind video games and had no idea it was being such a resource hog!!!! Now that Google pulled their heads out of their butts and changed the user agreement I’m switching to Chrome!
• PG says:

  September 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm

  Yeah, I’m running multiple tabs, plugins, etc., and it’s only 150k.
• film fan says:

  September 16, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  there are so many advantages and features with Chrome, such as it’s speed, for example; now if only they would take care it’s quirky cookie management…