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> I ran across discussions of how Firefox (1.5, 2?) keeps using more and
> more memory.  Suggestions are to clear history list frequently.
> And change various settings.  Set memory cache to a fixed (small)
> amount using about:config (you can adjust only disk cache size with
> preferences).  4MB if you have 256MB memory, and if you have less get more
> memory, it suggests.  Plugins take up memory (don't use them on an old
> laptop, or disable when not in use).  Don't use themes.
>
> Set it to release memory when firefox is minimized (see various websites
> for how).

Apparently only for WIndows.

browser.cache.memory.enable - change from TRUE to FALSE so as not to store 
decoded images and secure pages in RAM

browser.cache.memory.capacity - default is -1 auto, which means for 32MB 
total RAM it uses 2MB, for 128MB 6MB, etc.  You can set it to 0 to disable 
caching.

Set General, History to save less than 9 days of files and clear the 
history if things get slow.  Or Clear Private Data.

Sindi