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First of all, this is a really interesting thread.
One of things people should be aware of when discussing Firefox and its memory usage is that is has to "load" a lot of the functionality each time it runs. IE, being part of the OS, already relies on some of the code that is preloaded each time Windows starts.
In other words, the reason IE uses less memory is that a lot of it is already used in background services (like services.exe) etc. This is another reason IE loads so much quicker than FF.
This is what I've heard from those more technically familiar with the Win32 environment than me.
I stopped using FF, as I simply didn't like the download manager, and I went back to Opera. I'm amazed no one here has mentioned it yet. But Opera has its problems too, just like FF.
I'll check out this slimbrowser. Thanks for the suggestion.
Mr Mephisto
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