AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
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AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
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Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#2I use the program Ad Muncher for Windows, and I've found that it sometimes becomes a humongous bandwidth hog, when I'm watching video.
So it's not just memory that can be at risk of hogging.
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#3The first thing people complain about with browsers is probably memory usage. I doubt that many people actually understand what a browser actually does with that memory. I sure don't.
100mb sounds like a lot of memory for a webpage. Where does all this memory go to?
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#4I'm surprised AdBlock is so popular. I tried it a few years ago and noticed the sluggishness immediately. I know it's not a feasible alternative in everyone's opinion, but if you're running a low end machine and want to block the most pernicious ads (flash, multiple external javascript, etc.) then Firefox + NoScript is the way to go.
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#5Anyone knows if this also affects Chrome? I have Chrome saying Adblock is using 126MB of memory, but if there are giant stylesheets injected elsewhere that might no be reported fully in the Chrome task manager.
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#6Some sites have tried gimmicks to block adblock users. I wonder now if they'll make thousands of empty iframes.
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#7Some sites have tried gimmicks to block adblock users. I wonder now if they'll make thousands of empty iframes.
Heh, not sure slowing down your own site for a reason unknown to most visitors is going to help your bottom line.
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#8The first thing people complain about with browsers is probably memory usage. I doubt that many people actually understand what a browser actually does with that memory. I sure don't. 100mb sounds like a lot of memory for a webpage. Where does all this memory go to?
Great question. Does that encompass the assets on the page? The recent cache, lookahead?
I'm always staggered on the flip side that serving a web page using something like XYZ CMS can use a staggering 50MB or more for one page load without caching.
Bizarre when you consider that you could get a small encyclopedias worth of text on a floppy disk.
Too many websites are drowning polar bears...
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#10I'm surprised AdBlock is so popular. I tried it a few years ago and noticed the sluggishness immediately. I know it's not a feasible alternative in everyone's opinion, but if you're running a low end machine and want to block the most pernicious ads (flash, multiple external javascript, etc.) then Firefox + NoScript is the way to go.
The killer feature of ABP is: no Youtube ads. Is there any other way to achieve that?