Prime Cut

There have been complaints written about Firefox's (Fx) memory usage. Some say it's a multi-platform issue, so Mac and Linux users, listen up! :-)

If you notice Fx taking a lot of memory, try running in safe mode. I love Fx's extensions. I use 13 of them myself. However, not all extensions are the same. Some might leak memory. Run in safe mode and see if things change. I feel memory usage will be heavily scrutinized in the next point release.

So what extensions am I running? Here's a list:

Last updated: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:35:24 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Extensions (enabled: 24, disabled: 13):

* About site 0.1.1 [disabled]
* Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.2
* Adblock Plus 0.6.1.2
* All-in-One Gestures 0.17.4
* BlogThis 0.3
* Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.0
* Bookmarks Synchronizer 1.0.1 [disabled]
* BugMeNot 1.3
* Copy Plain Text 0.3.2
* CuteMenus 2 0.6.3
* DOM Inspector 1.0 [disabled]
* DOM Inspector 1.8.0.1
* DictionarySearch 1.5
* Disable Targets For Downloads 1.0.1
* Download Embedded 0.1 [disabled]
* Download Manager Tweak 0.7 [disabled]
* Extended Statusbar 1.2.4 [disabled]
* GooglePreview 1.3
* Greasemonkey 0.6.4
* Header Monitor 0.3.4 [disabled]
* IE Tab 1.0.8
* Image Zoom 0.2.3 [disabled]
* InfoLister 0.9c
* JavaScript Debugger 0.9.85 [disabled]
* Live HTTP Headers 0.10 [disabled]
* LiveLines 0.4.4.1 [disabled]
* Mass Installer 0.3.1
* OpenNewWindowFromHere 0.2
* PasswordMaker 1.4.3
* Paste and Go 0.4.3
* ReloadEvery 1.5.1
* Screen grab! 0.6
* Slim Extension List 0.3.1
* Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.3 [disabled]
* Talkback 1.5.0.1
* TinyUrl Creator 0.7.1 [disabled]
* Tweak Network 1.1

Themes (5):

* Charamel 1.0.5
* Firefox (default) 2.0 [selected]
* Qute 3.0.1
* SkinPlant 2005 1.0
* iCandy Junior 1.5

Plugins (16):

* AOL Media Playback Plugin
* Adobe Acrobat
* Adobe ESD Manager Plugin
* Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 6
* Microsoft® DRM
* Mozilla Default Plug-in
* PCMan's IE Tab Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox
* QuickTime Plug-in 7.0.3
* RealJukebox NS Plugin
* RealNetworks Rhapsody Player Engine
* RealPlayer Version Plugin
* RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
* Shockwave Flash
* Windows Genuine Advantage validation plug-in
* Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
* Yahoo Application State Plugin

A number of these extensions are disabled because I have not went out to find a compatible 1.5 version yet. The Update function is nice. But if an author's update feed isn't working correctly, you have to go find the latest the old fashioned way, go to the extension's home page and find out.

Two other places I go to find the latest extensions is The Extensions Mirror (my favorite) and of course Mozilla's Add-ons site.