From 6305467204dc4d7828dd3ea864fa9067ebd17e34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:06:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated My answer to web store reviews where appropriate (markdown) --- My-answer-to-web-store-reviews-where-appropriate.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/My-answer-to-web-store-reviews-where-appropriate.md b/My-answer-to-web-store-reviews-where-appropriate.md index 69d618b..d2d9c8c 100644 --- a/My-answer-to-web-store-reviews-where-appropriate.md +++ b/My-answer-to-web-store-reviews-where-appropriate.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Problem with _about:addons-memory_ is that it doesn't show all the memory used b Still, taking this into account, uBlock has a smaller memory footprint than ABP, even when using many more filter lists (something else to take into account). -But the biggest problem with this user's conclusion is that he doesn't take into account the [contributed memory footprint to web pages](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benchmarking-memory-footprint). This is where ABP [suffers the most](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988266#c6). ABP will inject 14,000+ CSS rules into every page **and** into every `iframe` on a page. The count can easily reach 21,000+ CSS rules if using more than just EasyList (i.e. Fanboy's Social). +But the biggest problem with this user's conclusion is that he doesn't take into account the [contributed memory footprint to web pages](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benchmarking-memory-footprint). That memory is not counted as being used by an extension, but rather as being used by web pages thenmselves. + +This contributed memory is where ABP [suffers the most](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988266#c6). ABP will inject 14,000+ CSS rules into every page **and** into every `iframe` on a page. The count can easily reach 21,000+ CSS rules if using more than just EasyList (i.e. Fanboy's Social). On the other hand, uBlock will typically inject from none to a handful of CSS rules.