Updated µBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2014-08-04 14:14:10 -07:00
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Now keep in mind this is the added footprint for a very simple web page which has no embedded frames. You can multiply the added footprint on the main page by the number of frames embedded on a page, so page with frames can end up consuming a _lot_ more memory than they would have otherwise. For instance, a very simple web page with a couple of `iframe` in it, [The Acid3 Test](http://acid3.acidtests.org/):
![uBlock](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/acid3test-mem.png)
![uBlock](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/acid3test-mem.png)<br>
<sup>Added memory footprint: Left = no extension. Middle = Adblock Plus. Right = µBlock.</sup>
A good stress test which further demonstrate this is the [infamous vim test](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/Adblock-Plus-memory-consumption).