What about some of the spinoff projects? I stumbled onto Pale Moon because I was tired of FF-natural somehow spending 15 seconds doing cleanup after I closed it, forcing me to keep getting "Firefox is stuck open in a process and can't launch your new copy" errors. Pale Moon is supposedly tightened for Windows, so at least for me it now behaves properly. (Your Mileage / Kilometers May Vary).
My usability factor went up 25% from that alone. Not sure if it actually fixes the "memory leak" proper, but I haven't seen it crash as much either.
Edit: Cometbird is another FF Spinoff, I think with their own attempts to fix some problems. I'll leave it to my betters to evaluate this statement on their website. All I know is that it, too, doesn't need to spend 15 sec cleaning up after closing.
"Improved Memory Management
With all new management functions in place, Cometbird keeps memory usage under control. The XPCOM cycle collector continuously cleans up unused memory. Plus, hundreds of memory leaks are now remedied."
My usability factor went up 25% from that alone. Not sure if it actually fixes the "memory leak" proper, but I haven't seen it crash as much either.
Edit: Cometbird is another FF Spinoff, I think with their own attempts to fix some problems. I'll leave it to my betters to evaluate this statement on their website. All I know is that it, too, doesn't need to spend 15 sec cleaning up after closing.
"Improved Memory Management
With all new management functions in place, Cometbird keeps memory usage under control. The XPCOM cycle collector continuously cleans up unused memory. Plus, hundreds of memory leaks are now remedied."
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