Quite the opposite in my experience. Let me give you an example. Right now, I have the same set of tabs open in Safari. It is using 248.4MB of RAM. Right now, Chrome itself is only using 80.8MB but has spawned 8 processes which mean that Chrome is responsible for using 455.7MB. So if bloat is a concern, Chrome is probably not your best bet in terms of memory usage. In terms of how it performs though, I find the application quite responsive (I assume that this is partly because the app itself is only using 80.8MB).From what I've heard Chrome uses a different process for every tab, which means that it doesn't get bloated during extensive browsing sessions. If one page causes trouble, it doesn't bring everything down.
Yeah, memory sure does creep up quite a bit. I'll have to do an experiment when I get some free time (actually, I guess I can have these open while I do work). I'll compare it to Firefox 5 (while it only goes final next week, the final build is up now) and see how they are after a bit.Van, Agreed except for one thing. Watch Safari in say 24 hours. I keep this system on a few pages open all the time. Over time Safari's memory usage climbs to sometimes 1GB in 1-2 days. Chrome does not seem to and stays more consistent even if you have a few tabs open.
Quite the opposite in my experience. Let me give you an example. Right now, I have the same set of tabs open in Safari. It is using 248.4MB of RAM. Right now, Chrome itself is only using 80.8MB but has spawned 8 processes which mean that Chrome is responsible for using 455.7MB. So if bloat is a concern, Chrome is probably not your best bet in terms of memory usage. In terms of how it performs though, I find the application quite responsive (I assume that this is partly because the app itself is only using 80.8MB).
One thing I learned today that is worth noting is that if a tab is opened from a current tab (say you click a link that opens a new tab), it runs in the same process as the original. It's only when you create the tab yourself that it runs in a separate process (more here if you're interested).