Fennec/Features/mem

Feature	Status	ETA	Owner
Memory Reductions	Concept	2011-07-01	Thomas Arend

Summary

Reduce memory consumption of Fennec to save system resources and to prevent it from being killed when running in the background.

Related Bugs & Dependencies

• bug 617115 - Build with Android NDK r5 or later
• bug 627868 - Create a way to zombie-ify tabs after a threshold number of open tabs
• bug 631058 - Avoid decoding 10 video frames up front for preload="metadata" videos
• bug 632177 - Full chrome causes android to use more RAM
• bug 661843 (FIXED in Fx7)- GeckoSurfaceView may double memory requirement for painting
• All mobile footprint bugs

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	Healthy: feature is progressing as expected.
	Blocked: feature is currently blocked.
	At Risk: feature is at risk of missing its targeted release.
ETA	Estimated date for completion of the current feature task. Overall ETA for the feature is the product release date.