Microsoft to Set IE8 Apart From Chrome by Giving It Twice the Bloat

[Pat]

Here's something you don't want to hear describing your latest browser: "epically porcine." Yes, that's exactly how software research firm Devil Mountain CEO Craig Barth described it. Just how bad is the bloat on the latest beta? Well, on a 10-site scenario test, Firefox 3.0.1 consumed 159MB of memory. IE7 consumed a heartier 250MB. IE 8? A whopping 380MB of memory. Yikes.

Read More: http://gizmodo.com/5044967/microsoft...wice-the-bloat

[gxsaurav]

How dare a beta Software from a company called Microsoft give Memory Leak error????

[iMav]

Firefox 150MB? A bit of googling on how much of a memory hog Firefox 3 is will put thing sin perspective. I am a full time Firefox 3 user on OS X; Ubuntu & Vista and it has even clocked 250MB + for 2 tabs.

And consumes around 1GB virtual memory on OS X.

[CadCrazy]

Its Internet Exploder yaar

[axxo]

wasn't 640K enough for IE??

[Gigacore]

Opera FTW!!

[iMav]

Originally Posted by Gigacore

Opera FTW!!

shoo tommy

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by iMav

shoo tommy

One More. Kutte main teri ek core kha jaunga

[narangz]

^^ Hum nahi sudhrenge.

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by narangz

^^ Hum nahi sudhrenge.

To mat sudharo. Jis din Police pichwade pe dande maregi apne aap sudhar jaoge

[MetalheadGautham]

WTH ? I am using Chrome comfortably without any issues on my Pentium 4 2.66 GHz Machine with 256MB DDR 400MHz RAM.

Infact, its due to chrome that I am resuming use of windows. Till chrome comes to linux, I wouldn't be booting to arch . All current browsers on Arch, namely Firefox (uber hanger), Midori (uber alpha state), Kazehakase (uber crashing), Konqueror (uber memory usage), Epiphany (uber bloated gnome libs), Opera (uber unusable) are bad.

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

WTH ? I am using Chrome comfortably without any issues on my Pentium 4 2.66 GHz Machine with 256MB DDR 400MHz RAM.

Infact, its due to chrome that I am resuming use of windows. Till chrome comes to linux, I wouldn't be booting to arch . All current browsers on Arch, namely Firefox (uber hanger), Midori (uber alpha state), Kazehakase (uber crashing), Konqueror (uber memory usage), Epiphany (uber bloated gnome libs), Opera (uber unusable) are bad.

Arey Metaaaaaaaal. The thread is about IE8 being bloated, not Chrome.

[Charan]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

WTH ? I am using Chrome comfortably without any issues on my Pentium 4 2.66 GHz Machine with 256MB DDR 400MHz RAM.

Infact, its due to chrome that I am resuming use of windows. Till chrome comes to linux, I wouldn't be booting to arch . All current browsers on Arch, namely Firefox (uber hanger), Midori (uber alpha state), Kazehakase (uber crashing), Konqueror (uber memory usage), Epiphany (uber bloated gnome libs), Opera (uber unusable) are bad.

WTH!!! ??? are you trying to use opera to watch 1080p Videos?

[goobimama]

Could it be that our Mr. Metal needs an upgrade in RAM? 256MB is waaaaaay back in time.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by kraazy

Arey Metaaaaaaaal. The thread is about IE8 being bloated, not Chrome.

Well, I was replying to people claiming that Chrome uses over 100MB of RAM.

Originally Posted by Charan

WTH!!! ??? are you trying to use opera to watch 1080p Videos?

Nope. Opera has a rather LARGE interface, occupying most of my screen, and its toolbar and widgets look plane and there are no mouse over items effects (I use the QT4 compile). Along with this, it HANGS. When I open 5 tabs or so.

Originally Posted by goobimama

Could it be that our Mr. Metal needs an upgrade in RAM? 256MB is waaaaaay back in time.

Well, anybody can ditch their ram for a new one, or throw their old system for a new one. There is nothing great in doing so, except for the fact that you need to save some cash. BUT, its a skill in itself to KEEP the old system and pull on with it.

[axxo]

my video ram itself is 256MB, I hope many would even have more than this..and my physical ram=4GB(256x16)
btw chrome is near perfect except for no addons.

[ray|raven]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Midori (uber alpha state),Opera (uber unusable) are bad.

Wtf? Dude , seriously , how about you lay down the issues and not blames?
Midori's waay better than chrome , it is alpha but it still got regular features that the ingenious devs @ google managed to miss.

Like RSS feeds or Managing bookmarks for example.
And whats your issue with Opera? IIRC , i solved almost all your problems with Opera in the browser war thread?

Dont just throw crap on stuff without actually having any solid evidence.

[narangz]

^^ Shanti bacha shanti, I see a fan of Opera in you.

Me too loves Opera.

Ontopic- Well IE8 Beta 2 is pretty good. I actually liked it. Will do some shootouts when the final version is out.

[ray|raven]

^I aint angry , not even close

And about IE8 Beta2, i installed it on my office machine , but i dont see a 'Open in New Tab' on right-clicking links. Is it an issue with my system or did MS really miss it?

[narangz]

There is 'Open in New Tab' option in IE 8 Beta 2. Here's a screenie:

[ray|raven]

^Thanx , i knew smthin went wrong when the install was stuck and i killed it

[narangz]

Oh. The setup couldn't update the registry properly, I guess.

[naveen_reloaded]

Isnt unfair to compare a released version vs beta version?

Anyway opera is very light compared to firefox or ie8 beta...

And i thing its time we appreciate the work of ms for giving something good rather than more bloated version...,

Opera ftw

[Krazy_About_Technology]

I donno should i post it here or not, but did anybody noticed that in IE8B2, if you right click the toolbar (any one) and select customize, you get an option to move the stop and reload button to the left of address bar?

[Charan]

^^ Already there in Opera

[MetalheadGautham]

@ray|raven: Well, atleast on MY system, midori is not at all as nice in performance as expected. It hangs when opening multiple tabs, it has a horrible interface, and its only as fast as firefox.

As for opera, try installing the Opera QT4 version from the KDEmod-extragear repository in Arch linux and tell me how it feels. And yeah, use a rig with 256MB DDR RAM and a 2.66GHz Pentium 4

[comp@ddict]

Originally Posted by iMav

shoo tommy

looooooooooooooollllllllllllzzzzzzzzz

[hellknight]

To hell with these all GUI browsers.. Lynx and W3M, here I come

[chesss]

I donno should i post it here or not, but did anybody noticed that in IE8B2, if you right click the toolbar (any one) and select customize, you get an option to move the stop and reload button to the left of address bar?

WOW WHAT AN AMAZING FEATURE!!!
THIS IS PROOF THAT INTERNET EXPLORER IS THE BEST BROSAR EVAR!! SOO CUSTOMIZABLE AND FULL OF INNOVATIVE FEATURES.
NOW I JUST HOPE THEY REINTRODUCE IE5 FEATURES LIKE AUTOINSTALLING TOOLBARS AND FREE PORN POP-UPS

Opera has a rather LARGE interface,

Use This Slim skin
If you want more try these steps:
disable status bar && enable progressbar to popup at bottom.
U can disable the menu bar & Grab a menu button
Heck its possible to use a single toolbar config in Opera.

[krates]

^^^ lol