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The only add-ons I use are ones to remove ads. If I didn't have them those ads would easily make the my overall performance much, much worse. I have a custom b
by RandyRanderson 10y ago
The only add-ons I use are ones to remove ads. If I didn't have them those ads would easily make the my overall performance much, much worse.
I have a custom blank page loaded from SSD that has only a small amount of html5/pure js and it takes maybe 1000ms on an intel i5/3xxx. If I open a new tab without any other windows/tabs open it's very fast, maybe 100ms. A new private tab (doesn't load add-ons or my custom new tab) opens quickly but not as quickly as a fresh restart w/ no windows/tabs.
- Klathmon 10y agoActually some adblockers were found to increase CPU and memory usage significantly.
- wtallis 10y agoIn particular, ad blocking rules that match CSS selectors instead of URLs are a challenge, especially when the the CSS rules apply to any domain and thus have to be loaded for every page. IIRC uBlock's primary advantage over AdBlock Plus was in ensuring that the CSS rules were being shared between tabs instead of requiring memory proportional to the number of tabs. Popular third-party filter sets like EasyList have grown in recent years to use a really incredible number of broad CSS rules.
- flukus 10y agoAnd some scripts eat cpu with adblock, I never looked into it but it's like they are trying over and over again to reach a host. Try opening 50 tumblr tabs with ad block on.
- josteink 10y ago> Actually some adblockers were found to increase CPU and memory usage significantly. And then it was fixed. No reason to assume it still applies, unless you have new data.