Noscript Whitelist (question)

[Tar_Ni]

Hi,

I've read that having a huge NoScript whitelist can slow down the addon over time, is it true?

Does the amount of whitlisted websites affect the performance of NoScript at some point?

Thanks.

[barbaz]

How big are you planning to make your whitelist?

I think you would have to have thousands of entries to notice anything; even at that, those who did have whitelists of that size would (IIRC) only complain about hangs in NoScript Options > Whitelist, which for NoScript 2.6.9 I helped redesign to be more efficient in such cases. Even in your case where you're using old hardware, I would think it'd take at least many hundreds of entries before you notice anything, probably more.

I can't speak for everyone or be sure, but I would think that if you have that many whitelist entries, it's possible you're not using NoScript in the most optimal way...

[Tar_Ni]

Thanks for your reply. Very appreciated.

How big are you planning to make your whitelist?

At this rate I may have a thousand entries in 3-4 years.

I am always on Google Search and discover new sites almost every day, I whitelist the necessery scripts for proper functionallity on the websites that I can trust, so that I won't need to do it again when I happen come back. Yes, I am that kind of guy who like to search for new stuffs on the web.

That was just my concern, that a big whitelist might slow down the addon while browsing. I won't mind hangs in NoScript -> Options -> Whitelist as long as I don't notice performance issues while browsing.

[barbaz]

You're welcome
(note that I'm not speaking from first-hand experience, just what I've seen others report on this forum)

(And as I said if you're using NoScript >= 2.6.9 the whitelist panel hang should be significantly mitigated.)