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Updated My answer to web store reviews where appropriate (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-04-11 10:32:50 -04:00
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@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ I can't answer to the review in web stores. It's unfortunate as sometimes I coul
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#### Kougeru ([AMO](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/reviews/696982/), 8 April 2015)
> Personal tests show ublock using 1.7 MBs after over 24 hours of my browser running. Adblock Plus was using 15 MBs. That may seem like a big difference, however it is not
This user's findings are flawed, for many reasons.
First, there is no way uBlock consumes only 1.7 MB. I suspect this user used [_about:addons-memory_](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/about-addons-memory/) extension to draw his conclusion.
Problem with _about:addons-memory_ is that it doesn't show all the memory used by an extension. uBlock has two counterparts listed in the `about:memory` results. The smallest figure is listed under
`add-ons`. The bigger figure is listed under `window-objects > resource://gre-resources/hiddenWindow.html, id=1)`.
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. 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. On the other hand, uBlock will typically inject from none to a handful of CSS rules.
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#### Earl Baugh (Chrome store, 25 February 2015)
> Prevents web sites from working properly, i.e. Capitol One 360, you can't login with this enabled. [...] If I turn off ALL the filters I can get some things to work. **But adding in ANY filters kills things like logging into Capitol One.**