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		_skel on Jan 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 51.0 Chrome is a resource hog for me, on macOS and Windows. But Firefox is only slightly better in my experience. I last tried it about 3 months ago.

scholia on Jan 25, 2017 [–]

You can clear out memory use in Firefox by restarting it. It doesn't create a firestorm of reloads that cripple your PC because it only reloads tabs when you click on them.

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