FireFox plus adblock rocks!

[GrimJack]

I've been using FireFox for a long time now - less popups, less spyware, etc, etc. I've known about adblock for a long time, but I just installed it today. Holy crap, it makes the internet useable again! Check out the two screenshots below - which one would YOU like to use?

 

[SupraMario]

yep i got a ton of plugins for firefox, its the shit.
sad thing is it eats CPU like a mother

 

[GrimJack]

Gee, like, worse than IE? (snicker) No such animal!

 

[swaq]

I just modified my hosts file to block ads. That way it doesn't matter what browser you use. I love Firefox though. You can get a modified hosts file here: http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

 

[SupraOfDoom]

link

 

[mkiii222]

Firefox isn't that much of a resource hog. It runs fine on my p2 300Mhz laptop w/160 MB under Ubuntu linux. I have to drop out of X to get smooth video playback, but other than that it runs fine.

 

[GrimJack]

Link to Firefox?

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Link to Adblocker?

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10&application=firefox

 

[SupraMario]

Firefox isn't that much of a resource hog. It runs fine on my p2 300Mhz laptop w/160 MB under Ubuntu linux. I have to drop out of X to get smooth video playback, but other than that it runs fine.

yea it is, when or if you leave it in the background when playing a heavy resource game like F.E.A.R. or BF2, you really can tell a difference. now if your just running FF then yea it runs smooth as hell.

 

[GrimJack]

Dead, I think there is something wrong there. I run multiple FireFoc windows in the background while playing FEAR with no slowdowns at all. I have more system resources free when running FF than I do when running IE.

Are you running a bunch of plugins? Custom skins?

 

[SupraMario]

naa just 2 plugins
but i only have 512memeory
im getting gig soon

 

[SupraMario]

Hey for the ones that said firefox isnt a resource hog, heres proof.

 

[swaq]

And how did you manage to get it up that high? What extensions are running, any applets/flash, how many tabs, etc.? That number means nothing without knowing what you were doing with Firefox. Under regular use for me Firefox rarely breaks 70 M. I've seen it as low as 20 M before.

 

[GrimJack]

Heh... 20MB isn't low at all. Check this out - notice what is taking more memory?

 

[SupraMario]

hey grim so u want ur sig back
Lol
and the pic was from running firefox for 2 days without closing it, MEMORY LEAK.

 

[GrimJack]

I can get the memory usage to pop up pretty high if I work at it, sure. Like browsing and downloading 1600x1200 wallpapers... especially if I open a bunch of tabs. But whatever, I'd rather buy more memory than put up with cleaning spyware off my machine every few days.

 

[SupraMario]

I can get the memory usage to pop up pretty high if I work at it, sure. Like browsing and downloading 1600x1200 wallpapers... especially if I open a bunch of tabs. But whatever, I'd rather buy more memory than put up with cleaning spyware off my machine every few days.

lol, I am a tab whore, i have like 30 tabs in FF, :biglaugh: