[OSM-talk] OSM Java Applet

[Raphaël Jacquot]

Kristian Thy wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, Marcus Bauer wrote:
>> I totally agree with you. But imho this stuff should be fixed by SUN or
>> mozilla in the first place like: "this plugin wants to eat more memory
>> and you still have plenty. shall we give it to him?".
> 
> After experiencing trouble with the applet when I could see Firefox
> neared 250MB of memory used, I increased the memory allowed for Java to
> 512MB (I have 1.5GB mem on my machine). Now, it just grows up to ~480MB
> and hangs. Does the applet not unload Yahoo imagery, or are there other
> reasons it might not free resources after continued browsing and
> editing? The current viewport covered no more than 500 by 500 meters, so
> that shouldn't be a problem in itself.

<troll>that's java for you</troll>