[tombrossman]

Firefox has a couple options which may help you get by. I can't guarantee these will fix everything but they are worth experimenting with.

about:memory has various options, including a 'minimize memory usage' button and profiling tools.

about:preferences has Privacy & Security > Cached Web Content > Override automatic cache management (select and set at 500MB, 1GB, or whatever works best).

[javitury]

Yep, you can adjust the max amount of cache it will store in ram and disk(separately).

[vanderZwan]

I don't see any option to separate that in the settings page, is it hidden behind a flag somewhere?

[javitury]

In about:config search for browser.cache.memory.capacity and browser.cache.disk.capacity.They are in kilobytes. To enable or disable any of those caches use browser.cache.disk.enable and browser.cache.memory.enable.

[vanderZwan]

Thanks!

[nicklaf]

Thank you, I had not known about about:memory. Interesting.