Chromeplus memory usage

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hi all,

i noticed that the memory usage for chromplus is rather high...
I am currently running some extensions along with it.

Is it normal?

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each tab i opened..... another chromeplus process inserted...

[funkydude]

How is that high? That's standard for browsers these days. To be honest with you, it's kind of low!

Testing Iron 5 beta, the base browser uses 20-40mb, and every consecutive tab (process) uses about 20mb.

[prius04]

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I agree. Try using IE8 for comparative purposes and see what kind of numbers you get (probably **considerably higher** than what has been posted here).

[bellgamin]

The number of processes for Chrome+ = number of tabs + 1. Each tab uses Ram. The fact that each tab is an independent process causes higher memory use, but it is *more secure & stable* than browsers that do not follow this procedure.

The browsers that follow the same procedure as Chrome+ include Chromium, Iron, & Google Chrome.

The browsers that do NOT follow the same procedure as Chrome+ include Firefox (FF) & Kmeleon. I have heard that FF plans to switch to the Chrome+ setup at some future date. But I'm not sure of that.

Unlike Chromium, Iron, & Google Chrome, you can RESET Chrome+ so that it does not use as many processes and, hence, uses less memory. To do so...

>Hit Shift-Ctrl-C > Left click Startup Options > at top of page see "Process Mode" . . .

>The 1st item "Process per site instance" is the default. Three other choices are listed as well.

>The second choice (Single Process) uses the least number of processes & the least amount of Ram. It is, in fact, the "old style" still used by many other browsers.

>I use the 4th option "Process per site". It's my compromise between *safety* & smaller impact on system resources.

[doktornotor]

Well, that's absolutely normal (in fact, that's below usual stuff after leaving Chrome-based stuff running for a while).

[TOMxEU]

1 extension = 1 chrome.exe process as well, it is good for stability, so 1 extension will not crash the whole browser. I get 9 processes at start, that is 1 tab and 8 extensions.

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thanks all for their valuable inputs.

[renegade08]

Try with and without extensions(uninstall them temporarily) and see the difference in usage.

[doktornotor]

Well, you can see extensions memory usage by pressing Shift+ESC keys which launches the built-in Chrome "task manager" ;)

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wow ...cool..thanks pal