It's nice, but it seems to be a bit overly aggressive. As an example, it's removing the "Share to Twitter" button on my TT-RSS install.
Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
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Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#72I've been using http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ for almost a year now and it works very well. No need for adblock.
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#73Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
uMatrix is new and improved, and I use it sometimes, but it is still rough around the edges. Some websites don't work and there's no work-around. Edit: To clarify, the above is in comparison to HTTPSB.
From the doc: "µMatrix does not guarantee that sites will work fine: it is for advanced users who can figure how to un-break sites, because essentially µMatrix is a firewall which works in block-all/allow-exceptionally mode out of the box: it is not unexpected that sites will break" Workaround is to un-block whatever net requests which are causing a site to break. I can't make sense of "no work-around": unblock every…
Hi, I am well aware of the matrix and a fan (have been a HTTPSB user and now test uMatrix sometimes). I am also a contributor to https://gngr.info which has a Request Manager inspired by the matrix.
I was referring to a few issues I encounter in uMatrix which are not present in HTTPSB. I probably should log them; was not sure if uMatrix is ready for full-time use yet.
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Together with umatrix ( https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/ ) are the best chrome extensions Since I went back to firefox those are the only extensions I really miss, there is policeman ( https://github.com/futpib/policeman/ ) but it's not as good as them yet To whoever develop extensions, please don't focus only on chrome, firefox during the last months has become must better that it was before, if developers only c…
> Even though chromium is open it won't be good for the ecosystem. You didn't mention how or why. Personally, I hope Mozilla goes away and some other group comes along to fill the void because I don't think Mozilla consists of the right group of people to make anything worth using. I'm not using any Mozilla browser until they learn how to respect the native operating system UI guidelines. Instead they're trying to bu…
Awww, looks like I have an unpopular opinion. You should totally censor it and make it disappear so that your world can be sterile and comfortable once again!
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#76I uninstalled right after hearing from Mozilla [1] about the effects of AdBlock Plus on Firefox. Since, then I'm blocking things manually.
First I was using this [2] hosts file by Dan Pallock. But now I've switched to this Neocities [3] hosted site. I don't know who manages this site, but the entries are uniquely sorted from various sources, which includes entries from Dan Pallock's hosts file.
Apart from this, I use Privacy Badger [4], Self-Destructing Cookies [5], HTTPS-Everywhere [6] and Disconnect [7].
[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/05/14/adblock-plus...
[2] http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
[3] https://hosts.neocities.org/
[4] https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
[5] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct...
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Together with umatrix ( https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/ ) are the best chrome extensions Since I went back to firefox those are the only extensions I really miss, there is policeman ( https://github.com/futpib/policeman/ ) but it's not as good as them yet To whoever develop extensions, please don't focus only on chrome, firefox during the last months has become must better that it was before, if developers only c…
> Even though chromium is open it won't be good for the ecosystem. You didn't mention how or why. Personally, I hope Mozilla goes away and some other group comes along to fill the void because I don't think Mozilla consists of the right group of people to make anything worth using. I'm not using any Mozilla browser until they learn how to respect the native operating system UI guidelines. Instead they're trying to bu…
> learn how to respect the native operating system UI guidelines
Your comment is almost worthwhile just for the irony in this.
Tabbed browsing basically hijacks window management away from the OS. Tabs are always implemented customly in-app (UI break) - and break the UX of window finding, switching, etc. (doubly annoying in a tiling WM, btw). That's all browsers.
> Personally, I hope Mozilla goes away and some other group comes along to fill the void [...]
> No, I much prefer that Mozilla just go away and die.
Yeah, they're just squatting on that cyberspace and not letting other people through.
Plus, FF is bundled/pre-installed everywhere nowadays; sickening! Your hatred is well placed.
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#78I'm using Ghostery as a privacy and ad-blocking extension. Does anyone have data on the impact Ghostery might have on the browser memory usage?
I don't have data on Ghostery memory/CPU usage, but I would offer this warning: Ghostery is proprietary software, and is "calling home" on your usage when you enable Ghostrank.
Ghostrank is used to build profiles on who is blocking what, and when, so they can sell this data to advertisers and trackers. Which just seems hypocritical to me. To be fair, Ghostrank is disabled, and opt-in by default.
Instead, I think you may be better protected by running Privacy Badger by the EFF. It's Free Software and it isn't tracking you.
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know about aesthetics. I've found that AdBlock actually destroys a lot of the symmetry since the page was designed with ad elements in place.
That could actually be a novel technique against ad blocking. Make the website dysfunctional if the ads can't be displayed.
Yeah, having an option to pay for the site instead would just be crazy.
Re: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
#80I use a modified hosts file instead which is much better. See http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Remember the web is pull not push.