Is NoScript Better Different in Respect 2 Mem Usage Then ABP

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Is NoScript Better Different in Respect 2 Mem Usage Then ABP

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Is NoScript Better Different in Respect to Mem Usage Then Adblock Plus?

Does NoScript affect things similarly?

If both NoScript & ABP are in use, as it is now, I believe ones filter does not have precedence over the other?

If NoScript behaves "better", & if NoScript's blockings could preempt ABP's blocking, would that be better for us, overall, & for ABP too, making less work for ABP?

AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball NoScript FlashGot AdblockPlus
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.26
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Re: Is NoScript Better Different in Respect 2 Mem Usage Then

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therube wrote:Is NoScript Better Different in Respect to Mem Usage Then Adblock Plus?

Does NoScript affect things similarly?
about:addons-memory can give you a rough sense of the proportions of each addon's memory usage.
therube wrote:If both NoScript & ABP are in use, as it is now, I believe ones filter does not have precedence over the other?
That's mostly correct, but the order in which they apply is inconsistent and can give weird results sometimes.
therube wrote:If NoScript behaves "better", & if NoScript's blockings could preempt ABP's blocking, would that be better for us, overall, & for ABP too, making less work for ABP?
No, because ABP would load the filters anyway.
You could try replacing all content blocking/whitelisting ABP rules with NoScript ABE rules and observe the effect in about:addons-memory...
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26
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