Another (related) popular extension that I've noticed negatively affecting Firefox's performance is HTTPS Everywhere.
AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
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Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#52I'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.
Many of the sites with the most pernicious ads require JS to function, so NoScript isn't really that effective if you're going to, say, stream the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
That's why you only allow the CDN hosting the videos to run JavaScript and disallow the ad network hosts from running JavaScript. Best of both worlds - you get your video stream but never have to run the ad network JS.
Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#53Same issue appears in chrome as well. Got the site they linked to ~ 2.4GB before the browser stopped responding.
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#54http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
I switched from ABP to this hosts file a few months ago and I have zero regret. My browser's faster, lighter and ads are blocked just as well as with ABP. I actually even started splitting my hosts file: the layout is /etc/hosts ('compiled' version) /etc/hosts.d/ /etc/hosts.d/aaa-warning (warning reminding me to run `update-hosts` instead of modifying /etc/hosts. Appears atop the compiled file) /etc/hosts.d/adblock (…
Have you been able to block stuff like Tynt, and other copy/paste triggered JS stuff?
Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
"The first thing people complain about with browsers is ..." They changed the browser UI, either the browser devs or the site devs via stupid javascript tricks (messing with scrolling, etc). I got driveby download powned and my CC info stolen and five spam toolbars in the UI I can't get rid of. There are too many spammy ads. They make is as hard as humanly possible to use bookmarks to encourage the use of a search en…
> They make is as hard as humanly possible to use bookmarks Chrome has a "star" button right in the address bar, FF and IE have Ctrl+B to create a bookmark. And both Chrome and FF have a pretty good auto-complete in the address bar (I just have to type "ne" to get Hacker News, "ma" for google mail, "youp" and "yout" for video streams, etc pp). People vastly underestimate the power of keyboard shortcuts. I work as a f…
I use mostly the same functionality that you describe here, with the exception of "youp". What does that autocomplete to... Ohhhh, I see what ya did there.
Two words for you: Incognito Mode
Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#56The 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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Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#57Some 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.
At the risk of stating the obvious, if your site is ad-funded then annoying users who don't see your ads so they go away and don't come back is a win. If they bitch about it to their friends who also wouldn't see your ads and those friends don't visit in the first place, it is an even bigger win.
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#58http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
That doesn't hide the blocked elements though.
Re: AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
#59> Many people (including me!) will be happy with this trade-off — they will gladly use extra memory in order to block ads. Well, for me the whole point of blocking ads is because they are often big flash things that hog cpu and memory. If ABP is no better, then most of the reason is gone. I'd actually like to view ads to support more sites.
the point for me is the visual noise, not the memory that ads consume. Actually, normal users are used to the lag, they don't see it as much as we do. You can take a look at consoles that have run games at 30fps for decades and nobody complained.
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#60http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/
I'd tried this in the past but my machine slowed to a crawl. I guess it was to do with the algorithm used for handling the list of hosts (this sounds like a job for a bloom filter).
I've just tried the list you provided and it seems to be ok. Will try it for a while to see how I get on.