Thanks, Steve. I'm not ready to make a move yet.................
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Clearly OT: Firefox 14.0.1 Churning
> Safari...?
>
>
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 10:19 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> I have done the same, though I usually have Firefox reopen with the same
>> tabs, because that serves me better.
>>
>> I took another approach last evening. Since FF wants to use memory, I
>> decided to give it all I could. Recalling that I had increased the
>> memory
>> to about 2.5GB, and now have large C and F drives, I decided to increase
>> the
>> Virtual Memory, which was still set at 4096K on the C drive. I found
>> instructions online that advised me to set the level at 1.5 times the
>> memory
>> card size, with a max of three times that level, and to place this
>> somewhere
>> other than on the C drive where the system files are located.
>>
>> I set up the larger Virtual Memory on my F drive, which is the one I use
>> for
>> photo images. After a restart, the system seems much more responsive. I
>> even installed the latest Flash Player and that is also working properly,
>> so
>> far.
>>
>> We shall see how this works out. I do not understand all of the ways
>> that
>> Windows uses memory, so this is somewhat a shot in the dark. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Clearly OT: Firefox 14.0.1 Churning
>>
>>
>>> Here's perhaps a simpler solution if you don't want to bother changing
>>> browsers (which may or may not resolve your particular memory problem).
>>> I suspect I don't see any of this due to the way I use Firefox. While
>>> running the browser I use lots of tabs. Most everything I open is done
>>> in a new tab. But after I get a bunch of tabs open I find that it's
>>> just easier to shutdown the browser than go close a bunch of tabs.
>>> Whether it's Firefox or some plug-in at fault killing Firefox should
>>> clear the memory that's being used... unless it's truly a bad memory
>>> leak. Just try it. It's easy enough and a Firefox restart doesn't take
>>> very long. If it doesn't help then bite the bullet and try Chrome. You
>>> don't have to abandon Firefox to install and try Chrome.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/20/2012 12:16 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> I am not too well informed of the options one has. I find that NOAA
>>>> weather
>>>> Radar sites will not present high quality tracking data without Flash
>>>> Player. Recently, when I have tried to play video offerings on the MSN
>>>> website, I get a message that they are not available unless I have the
>>>> LATEST version of Flash Player, which is the one that seems to cause
>>>> conflicts. They claim to have made some improvements, so I just
>>>> installed
>>>> it once more. We shall see.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ian Manners" <void@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:27 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Clearly OT: Firefox 14.0.1 Churning
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just read Scott's reply, I just say it nicer :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Flash plugin combined with some websites is a known offender.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since removing Flash many years ago my life is so much smoother,
>>>>> people use to tell me it's because I dont use Windows, I see what
>>>>> operating system you use doesnt make much difference anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not just Adobe's fault, other problem is they dont have control
>>>>> of
>>>>> how
>>>>> people create flash data, and sloppy coding/apps but even so, I dont
>>>>> think
>>>>> I'm missing anything important in my life.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can always use Media Downloader and watch a flash file in MPlayer
>>>>> if I really wanted to. Most utube content is available in HTML5 now,
>>>>> what isnt is normally the ad driven stuff, just for those odd times
>>>>> people
>>>>> send me a utube url (normally humor stuff anyway).
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Ian Manners
>>>>> --
>>>>> _________________________________________________________________
>>>>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>>>>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>>>>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> _________________________________________________________________
>>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>>
>
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|