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Updated Firefox version: benchmarking memory footprint of the early preview (markdown)

gorhill 2014-12-22 05:38:59 -08:00
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Firefox-version:-benchmarking-memory-footprint-of-the-early-preview.md

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Ok so here is a test. #### Setup
1. Ensure click-to-play (or whatever equivalent) is enabled before launching the benchmark
1. Select the following filter lists in the benchmarked blocker:
- EasyList
- Peter Lowe's Ad server list
- EasyPrivacy
- Fanboy's Social Blocking List
- Malware domain lists
- ABP-specifics: _"Acceptable ads"_ disabled
- uBlock-specifics: uBlock's filters enabled (+80 filters), extra malware domains (+1,459 filters)
#### Steps #### Steps
1. Ensure click-to-play (or whatever equivalent) is enabled before launching the benchmark
1. Have only the "new tab" opened 1. Have only the "new tab" opened
1. Quit Firefox 1. Quit Firefox
1. Launch Firefox 1. Launch Firefox
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#### Notes #### Notes
Tested on Firefox 34 64-bit and Chromium 39 64-bit on Linux Mint. No other extensions were present. The filter lists for ABP and uBlock: Tested on Firefox 34 64-bit and Chromium 39 64-bit on Linux Mint. No other extensions were present.
- EasyList
- Peter Lowe's Ad server list
- EasyPrivacy
- Fanboy's Social Blocking List
- Malware domain lists
- ABP-specifics: _"Acceptable ads"_ disabled
- uBlock-specifics: uBlock's filters enabled (+80 filters), extra malware domains (+1,459 filters)
Click-to-play **enabled** or equivalent in both browsers.
I chose the _"Explicit Allocations"_ figure because as per Firefox, it is "the single best number to focus on" with regard to memory usage. I chose the _"Explicit Allocations"_ figure because as per Firefox, it is "the single best number to focus on" with regard to memory usage.