Javascript memory leaks after unloading a web page

Question

I have been reading up to try to make sense of memory leaks in browsers, esp. IE. I understand that the leaks are caused by a mismatch in garbage collection algorithms betwe

Answer 1

The best thing I ever read about Javascript memory leaks was written by Doulgas Crockford.

To answer your question, yes, the browser absolutely should unload all the objects (and most importantly, event handlers) at the appropriate time. If it did, it wouldnt have leaks :)