Originally Posted by d87
70-100mb is too high.
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Really? I've had UIs in the 100-120MB range before, and the game ran fine. Static memory vs. increasing memory due to poor code is key. Static memory does not effect your performance at all. Auctioneer databases, Gatherer databases, Atlas databases, textures/sounds.... All static memory. You probably have 2GB of RAM on your computer. 100MB is no problem.
That said, "lightweight" is a buzz word that is going around lately, which every addon wants to be and every user wants for their UI. Much like the "Make it use Ace2!" or "Ace this addon please!" cries a few years ago.
Whether or not an addon uses the Ace libraries really has no bearing on it being a good addon or not. Same with the term "lightweight". As long as an addon is coded well, it doesn't matter how much memory it uses. And some addons are just going to be CPU intensive no matter what, due to the functions they are trying to do.