Gmail often uses over 1GB. Some google sheets do too after being open for some time.
With 10 windows and a handful of tabs each, I'm close to using up 16GB of ram and sometimes run out.
With 10 windows and a handful of tabs each, I'm close to using up 16GB of ram and sometimes run out.
Even if you use blank documents, the contrast is striking.
For this, honestly I'd start with something simple. So, right off, no. A script that just periodically dumps whatever ps or friends could give would be a start. If you have a suggestion on what you'll try, I can run a similar experiment on some of my computers. Warning, I don't really have easy access to MS products. :(
Browsers should really add checks for memory leaking pages.
I just tried Edge and with 50 emails per page I'm seeing 398MB used by that process. Setting it to 100 emails increases it to 405MB.
Of course, then again, I technically have multiple presences from Google's perspective as I'm technically a student at the moment too. The school's e-mail is handled by Google Apps. Handling that all through a client is easier than trying to flip between browser pages that I can't keep straight.
Yes. That also lets you use multiple mailboxes with no extra overhead.
Another option is to keep a separate browser for Google sites, and close it after scanning Gmail. That also helps you limit email to three or maybe four sessions per day, which means you can do real work without the mostly pointless interruptions.