High Memory Usage 2.53.3 64 bit

I noticed today while running FaceBook and trying to turn off Messenger Active Status the screen went slightly blurry, the "X" in upper right corner turned RED and the pointer became a spinning circle. Everything froze. I was able to open Task Manager via the "Control-Alt-Delete" and checked SeanMonkey. Memory was just running up the scale. Was a little over1GB whenopened Task Manager and was increase like crazy. In about 30 seconds it was almost to 3GB. I then 'stopped' SeaMonkey.

I tried this again - same results. Then I disabled JavaScript. Tried again - same results.

Anyone else experience this with FaceBook? Sending SM into a loop? SeaMonkey or FaceBook or (heaven forbid) my problem?

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Mister Ed

Yes. Same with YouTube, LinkedIn, Gmail, Twitter, etc. :(

Sometimes, it can be the web site causing this. I found the Yahoo home page causing SeaMonkey memory usage to go beyond 1Gb.

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Netscape -> Mozilla Suite -> SeaMonkey. User. Since 1997.

Unfortunately this is my experience, too (on 64-bit linux)

I typically keep 8-10 tabs open, which a t the end of a day typically means SM2.49.5 uses about 1-1.2 GB RAM.

With SM2.53.3 this balloons to 2.5-3GB - much higher.

There are also perceivable delays to switch between tabs.

I am not complaining - i have been using the Mozilla suite since before its 1.0 release and am very thankful to the developers who have kept SeaMonkey alive.

Perhaps if I (and other users) spent more time with betas, things would be better but the trend is worrying.

I have exactly the same experience (just on 64-bit Windows).

Slowdowns start to happen around Seamonkey reaching 2GB of RAM usage and they extend for me not only to tab switching but all, site scrolling, mail sending etc.

"about:memory" + GC seems to help a little bit but honestly the only option that really helps me is brutal kill of process and my beloved "restore previous session" functionality - that does the trick for few next hours.

You can't do a normal quit? Sometimes I can do that if it lets me and still save my sessions.

I use the "restart Application Button" add-on here for this.

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Dave

What is the difference between than regular exit (I use its default ctrl-q hotkeys)?

The restart application button closes SeaMonkey and then launches it again. With the hot key you must start SeaMonkey manually.

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Dave

Ah. I wonder what command it is using to tell it to automatically relaunch. Does it work when SM is stuck and automatically tell its startup's prompt to force exit the stuckage and relaunch? I get those once in a while with seamonkey.exe process stuck even though I quit SM earlier.

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to either of your questions. The one I am using is:

Restart Application Button 53.0

By Baris Derin

Restart Application Button lets you restart your Firefox and SeaMonkey
application by a quick toolbar button click.

This is in my list of extensions and it should be easy to find it and
try it for your problems.

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Dave