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Finally - I happen to know that the current release of Waterfox has a weird quirk/bug which has nothing to do with RAM, and while the program works fine (as it always has), it tends to spike on CPU usage (this has been noted I believe on the dev page) for some reason that I can't figure out. Java threads, flash instances, the program's own plugin container, the OS/program memory management (infamously problematic in ALL browsers, Chrome/Safari/Opera/IE/Firefox, etc.), and a few other things I'm not well versed in, all WILL affect how the program performs, regardless of RAM availability.ĥ.
#WATERFOX BROWSER REVIEW SOFTWARE#
Many elements of the program's software architecture come into play in this problem - simply increasing the RAM availability then, simply won't be able to compensate for performance degradation that is actually a fundamental architecture problem. The reason is actually very simple: The program (most programs for that matter) doesn't simply scale linearly with more memory - it's not as if each 'tab' uses a certain amount of RAM and that by simply increasing RAM usage you can therefore maintain the same program stability/performance that you would see if you were using it more in line with its design specs (which, I suspect, are probably something like <250tabs open, ceteris paribus). However, whether this will allow the stable running of so many tabs - more than say, a few hundred, I'm very suspect about. As to answering the OP's actual question - YES Waterfox will be able to use more of your RAM, and won't be limited to the 2GB or so that I believe Firefox instances tend to clock out at. I suspect anyone saying this just doesn't know anything about Waterfox, or similar browsers (e.g. are very unfounded it has a fairly active userbase, and indeed, there are those that claim that IE is susceptible enough to to malware to qualify as 'having a virus' just by using it. The concerns of Waterfox having "viruses" etc. The reasons I do that aren't really relevant either.ģ. I see absolutely no reason why OP shouldn't be able to open 3000 tabs if he/she so desired, so I'm not sure that just because his usage case is foreign to you, means that it's not a valid question - it is I myself tend to do a combination of 4 different browsers open at the same time, bookmarking tabs I close, or suspending them using a few suspension addons, but I'd say I have a few hundred open across the browsers at any given instant in time.
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The main advantage of 64bit programs (any programs) is that they are able to use more memory (more then 3 or 4GB depending on who you ask/how you think about it) than the implicit register limit imposed by 32 bit programs, like Firefox.Ģ. Waterfox is the 64bit version of Firefox built and maintained by a separate community independent of Mozilla. This has been a fairly clueless discussion:ġ.