Slow Firefox - I can't stand it

Caintommy

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My Firefox is SO slow! I can't stand it any more.
I have to find a solution or leave it behind. :(
Please help!

I usually have between 15-20 tabs open in Firefox at any given moment.
I know that's a lot but it shouldn't drive my CPU up to 80-98% and take 300 000Mb memory, should it? :ouch:

At the same time I also have IE7 open with 10 tabs and it only takes 3% CPU and 42Mb.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.8 in Win XP.
These are my plugins:
■British English dictionary 1.19
■del.icio.us 1.2
■DOM Inspector 1.8.1.8
■Google Gears 0.1.54.0
■Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.2007525W
■Skype extension for Firefox 2.2.0.70
■Svensk ordlista 1.4
■Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6
 

danmarhk

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most plug-ins are more than necessary
they seldom bring convenience
you can use them as convenient by opening separated programmes
a lot of shortcuts and icons create nothing but annoyance