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why does safari hog so much ram ?
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eddiecatflap
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Jun 1, 2004, 01:36 PM
 
..two windows open and activity monitor tells me it's using 150 megs !

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Love Calm Quiet
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Jun 1, 2004, 02:44 PM
 
Try scrolling so that any animation (even animated smileys) are not visible.

I'm betting that if you just open a page with text html (or just drag any .jpg file into safari ) that you'll not see that RAM usage (if other safari windows are closed).
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Jun 1, 2004, 08:14 PM
 
Please read the forum descriptions, which explicitly list where ALL application thread belong.

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