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Firefox has been terrible for disk access for many years. I remember I had a post install script (to follow, I never actually automated) that I would run through in my linux boxes back in about 2003 that would cut down on this and speed up the whole system. Basically chattr +i on a whole bunch of its files and databases, and everything's fine again...
Chrome was also pretty crappy in 2003. /s
Putting aside how this may not be all that bad for most SSD's, does anyone know when this behavior started? Firefox really started to annoy me with its constant and needless updates a few months back; the tipping point being breaking almost all legacy extensions (in 46, I believe). This totally broke the Zend Debugger extension, the only way forward would be to totally change my development environment. I'm 38 and no…
source: http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/09/change-the-session-store-in...
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So even with a cheap drive, if you leave your browser open with tons of tabs, and the PC on 24/7, it'll still easily handle it? Real lifetimes are often a multitude of the endurance rating, BTW.
You're still using 1/4 of your write unendurable for your fricking web browser. And exceeding the endurance rating can make you ineligible for warranty service/replacement of the drive.
Putting aside how this may not be all that bad for most SSD's, does anyone know when this behavior started? Firefox really started to annoy me with its constant and needless updates a few months back; the tipping point being breaking almost all legacy extensions (in 46, I believe). This totally broke the Zend Debugger extension, the only way forward would be to totally change my development environment. I'm 38 and no…
If you're intentionally running very old versions which by now have published exploits, then I can see that these are not things you would consider important.
Putting aside how this may not be all that bad for most SSD's, does anyone know when this behavior started? Firefox really started to annoy me with its constant and needless updates a few months back; the tipping point being breaking almost all legacy extensions (in 46, I believe). This totally broke the Zend Debugger extension, the only way forward would be to totally change my development environment. I'm 38 and no…
It's exactly the opposite of this. Have you read through the FF update notes? The web standards are a moving goalpost - constantly evolving.
On top of that they've been slowly landing incremental improvements to Electrolysis that have allowed them to turn it on for more and more users without big risks to stability. You can't do that for a browser with "big bang" releases every year.
In the last years I think it's been shown that the only model that works for browsers is "evergreen".
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Replace Browser Crash with: Accidentally pressing Ctrl-w And yes, there are browser crashes without Flash
Who really cares about restoring browser state? Maybe I lose part of an HN or Facebook post I'd been writing, but that's it. The feature should be opt-in, IMHO.
Serious question: Is 12GB a day really going to make a dent in your SSD's lifespan? I was under the impression that, with modern SSDs, you basically didn't have to worry about this stuff.
Samsung's low cost line is under warranty up to 40TB/year. Tests have shown that the actual drive lifetime is several times that. So basically, no, you don't have to worry about this. Essentially, people are complaining that the disks they bought are being used for their intended purpose: making sure your data doesn't disappear on a power loss.
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You're in good shape. I'm at 337 tabs. ;-)
I made a simple firefox/chrome extension for people like you and me that horde tabs. You might find it useful to find tabs and quickly navigate to them by clicking on the link in the list. It's free and open source. The github page has a gif showing usage. Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabist/hdjegjggiog... Firefox Extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabist/ source…
Anyway I used an extension like this for awhile, called session buddy. But now I just use control+D and bookmark all my tabs. Then you get bookmark syncing, and you can save your tabs when you export bookmarks, or wget them to have a local archive, etc. It's just more convenient, and one less extension I have to worry about stealing my personal information or bugging and corrupting my data.
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So even with a cheap drive, if you leave your browser open with tons of tabs, and the PC on 24/7, it'll still easily handle it? Real lifetimes are often a multitude of the endurance rating, BTW.
You're still using 1/4 of your write unendurable for your fricking web browser. And exceeding the endurance rating can make you ineligible for warranty service/replacement of the drive.
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My home desktop is an i5-1620 with 64G RAM running Ubuntu 16.04, and Firefox just hiccups and lags, period. It is sad. I need to find time to experiment with Chrome while blocking all the Google chatter to see how functional it remains without being able to tattle to the mothership (otherwise I won't use it).
Why not Chromium?
I'd imagine someone like the above poster would be concerned about that. At least I know I am