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Thunderbird/Firebird releasing ram


Mike Healan

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When I minimize Firebird, Thunderbird, or Mozilla (which I don't use anymore) for too long, it releases a large part of the RAM it normally uses for display. This is extraordinarily annoying, because it takes it longer to redraw than if I had started it fresh. I appreciate that they're trying not to be a RAM hog, but I have more than enough and it would be more convenient to leave these things open, especially Thunderbird. Is there some way to make them stop doing that?

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AFAIK this is supposed to be a "feature." B) I agree, there are times I wish it wouldn't do that, but for the most part, it's not a huge deal to tme. It's kinda nice when I hop into a video game and forget to actually close firebird that it doesn't take up the ram...I keep T-bird open all the time, but minimized, so I enjoy that it doesn't take up the RAM when it's minimized.

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