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Firefox To Let Users Control Memory Usage (bleepingcomputer.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Mozilla engineers are working on a new section in the browser's preferences that will let users control the browser's performance. Work on this new section started last Friday when an issue was opened in the Firefox bug tracker. Right now, the Firefox UI team has proposed a basic sketch of the settings section and its controls. Firefox developers are now working to isolate or implement the code needed to control those settings [1, 2, 3]. According to the current version of the planned Performance settings section UI, users will be able to control if they use UI animations (to be added in a future Firefox version), if they use page prefetching (feature to preload links listed on a page), and how many "content" processes Firefox uses (Firefox currently supports two processes [one for the Firefox core and one for content], but this will expand to more starting v54).
You can reduce memory usage by using a custom host file to control malware and advertising. They are the biggest usage of memory.
This is confusing. Whenever somebody pointed out that FF uses a lot of memory, FF supporters would come along and tell those people that they're wrong and that FF doesn't use unreasonable amounts of memory. But now they're putting in ways to limit the memory usage! So those FF advocates were wrong: FF can use too much memory!
Should not use any more than 50mb of ram
I would've voted for fixing the memory leaks, but I suppose this is an option too...
#DeleteChrome
Nor do I care. I switched to Chrome years ago because FF flat out got slow, so much so I decided "hmmm, FF, IE, or Chrome. Let's try Chrome".
Chrome was much faster. 2.5 years ago I got a new laptop with a much faster processor and a lot more RAM. I kept Chrome. It works, usually.
I fire up FF once a week. My supermarket website (Vons) doesn't work with Chrome (could be the add ons, don't really care). But until Chrome starts to suck I don't feel any need to return to FF as my daily browser.
TLDR; piss off your long term users, they turn into long term users of something else
Cool, Opera had that feature 10 years ago.
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Fuck you.
This is a very good step in the right direction. There are non-majority but very valid use cases where one might need to limit memory and especially CPU usage and threading when wanted. For example, on hosted or application servers that serve thin clients. Please give as much control to users and system administrators as possible.
This also holds just as important for single-user systems. One thing I hope they especially pay attention to is some way to quell the rampant misuse of local resources by websites that throw more and more meaningless "fancy" effects at us. Barely a site remains that doesn't fade in and out every single element, loads endlessly, creates tight busy loops, presents continuous animation for no real reason, etc. It just chews through CPU and on battery powered devices, it unnecessarily decimates stored power, it presents never ending barriers and distractions to getting to useful information on sites. Give us tools and settings to slow and limit such nonsense. Return control of our resources to us.
In the past, Firefox was all about CHOICE and CONFIGURABILITY. For years as Firefox has become "Chrome-ified" in look and mission, user choice has wrongfully and systematically removed in favor of "simplicity". Stop trying to be Chrome, it is not helping anyone!
Firefox stands as the only remaining main-stream, completely open source, multiplatform browser developed by a community model. Here is a last chance to prevent it from become totally obscure.... EMBRACE USER CONTROL. Differentiate yourself based on that. It is something Chrome sorely lacks. We need real choices and real competition, not a world left with one browser controlled by a single information overlord who lives based on tracking, capturing, and sharing information about us. Been there, done that.... Mozilla set us free once. Please be there to prevent us from sliding back into it again :)
1) How about give me an option for my tabs on the bottom without a userChrome.css hack
2) How about stop making requests to servers when I hover over a link:
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...
3) How about rethink the rewrite the extensions - No Noscript = No Firefox
4) How about be bold and listen to your users that made firefox as popular as it is today.. (or whatever year it had its most users). Don't forget it is where it is because it was us telling everybody to use it. With us gone firefox will probably become another skin of Chromium.
After two to three days, my firefox memory runs out of control and then I have to restart it.
And then things are fine for two to three days.
Right now I have 12 tabs open and it's using 923 mb of memory and 2.7% of cpu (on an i7).
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Leela: "Is all the work done by children?" Alien: "No, not the whipping."
i gotta hand it to you guys that do all this fancy Hosts file tampering and have access to their router. Just dandy if you dont mindvall that comprehensivevtraining to identify every domain and IP address of advertisement services and all their go-betweens like Google-Analytics.
For those of us that start with the domain we visit FIRST, and unblock to see what comed alive as we enable each content block; that is NoScript and every reversion of Firefox and Chrome just breaks the simpledtvof real-time non-setup tasks as NoScript.
Did you know NoScript has a Whitelist that you decide what may run from where? No root or Admin privileges necessary: click of a pointer. tada.
A few years ago, Opera could also tell you how much memory each tab and extension was using. Ahhh the good old days.
Facebook is a monster. It can easily use over a gig.
Yeah I know many Slashdotters pretend not to use it, and some actually don't.
Also, this sounds like 80s memory management eg turn off prefetching forever. Why can't we tell our browsers what to let go of first eg:
1. Prefetching
2. LRU tabs.
3. Hi-res images.
4. Bloated JS sites eg FB.com. Heck, worth putting in special rules for this monster.
Have a default then allow it to be accessible and changed for the rest of the session. Also, a box to ask it to return memory before the OS starts swapping like crazy.
was what those engineering geniuses were always responding when people complained that FF was using 10~50 times as much memory compared to any other mainstream browser. Somehow I still don't believe them.
remove useful features and then add this not so useful feature... go Mozilla. I still use Firefox but some decisions that they make ....
I've got 16 gigabytes on this laptop and I want to use all of it.
N1 was by today's standards was 20 years ahead of its time!
Ha ha Ja ja
UBlock/Adblock (the latter 'souled-out' to advertisers letting ads thru by default) are inefficient on RAM & slower usermode. NoScript has to parse tags to block ads (here is how ads really work (downloading scripts you run to render them on web pages) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10221859/ & hosts does it before NoScript even begins to work & in 1 step blocking them as part of the IP stack itself operating in FAR faster kernelmode - NoScript by comparison works in slower usermode & has to parse page tags (far more expensive & complex process in steps etc.)
Routers have TONS of security issues galore (partial list shown here only of MANY types from many manufacturers) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/
APK
P.S.=> None are native to your OS & IP stack - hosts are (bonus)... apk
DNS efficiency & security issues https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ & ROUTERS security issues https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/ = SECURITY NIGHTMARES. Addons are inefficient & don't do DNS resolution like hosts (faster than routers & dns - no network traversal & straight from LOCAL system RAM).
DNS also is a FAR bigger memory hog. Routers also cost money, hosts don't (you have them natively in fast kernelmode, NOT slow usermode).
APK
P.S.=> For the best hosts file builder bar none (better vs. hostsman stuck in 32-bit & doesn't do hardcoded favorites that bypass DNS security issues & hosts resolve faster) APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ ... apk
Reminds me of all of those RAM-doubler products a while back. Mozilla lost the plot a long time ago, and this proposal simply confirms what they have become.
Could preloaded links be exploited? What if the link has malware at the destination?
See subject: Opera, TRUE Opera (not the Joogle Chrome advertising machine engine) does all of this & tons more!
APK
P.S.=> It had features like this & TONS more back as far as, oh (iirc) version 4x... apk
Or just avoid wasting your time and learn about cgroups
zAParKie, take your pills and go to bed, stop with your misinformed comments that do more harm than good to regular people.
If you can't manage a router, blow some steam, calm down and learn how to do it. Not everyone needs to run Windows, and definitely they don't need to waste their time managing individual computers.
Nice try, APK. Nice to see you can almost post coherently when you don't sign off with your initials, but unfortunately it doesn't make the content much more credible.
I guess you don't use a router to connect to the 'net then? Just hook that public IP right up to your PC and hope for the best... Seriously mate, nobody does that any more. No-one. Everyone already has a router, so why not manage it there? Cover the whole network in one go. My router handles millions of host records just fine (I've extracted quite a few out of your app in fact), and it's just consumer-grade hardware.
Android is just as highly used as Windows for browsing, and while Apple's ecosystem is smaller it's still a big chunk of the market. Many families I know of have many devices on the Internet with only one (or none) of them a PC running Windows.
You app may have a GUI, but 'GUI' doesn't automatically imply 'easy to use'.
The 1990s were a long time ago...
Why don't any desktop browsers utilize it?
Hey, Mozillians: on the one hand you say that the users are too stupid to give them a "disable Javascript" checkbox ("telemetry has proven..."), and then you give them knobs to tune memory management. You are not credible, you see?
Look, I am for knobs. The more the merrier. And I am for teaching users how to use those. After all, this is what free software is about, isn't it?
Give us the "disable Javascript" checbox back already!
Can't handle I point out hosts are good security? Yes obviously. I'm not apk either. Routers cost money and are a single point fail in an attack and they have bugs/security issues listed by 100's by apk. Routers than can contain millions of entries are expensive. Hosts do resolution faster than a dns or router since there is no network traversal and access to local memory on a system is unquestionably faster and yes hosts do get cached there once loaded. You use the typical 'everyone's doing it' and from posts I see here that's not true. Poor tactic. Not even a nice try with that crap. Get a clue. You're not everyone so don't speak for everyone and I don't see apk on that post. He signs his posts.
it seems my preferred settings are the exact opposite of what the default ones are.
I became a Palemoon user a while back simply because Firefox stopped being worth a damn about half a year ago. It's too slow to open and uses WAY too much RAM. It even runs like crap on a new MacBook (dodges thrown vegetables). I think they put too much eye candy work into it rather than in performance. But, computers aren't actually getting much better as far as RAM and Gz are concerned in the last decade and probably won't if everything goes to cloud computing. You're going to pay outrageous prices for a 1.2 Gz 4 GB RAM tablet. Oh wait....lol.
Fingers crossed this for both mobile and desktop,Firefox was good,but then they just had to copy bloody poxy chrome and now every tab is an app,that might be fine on high spec mobiles with 3-4 + gb of ram,but on anything with limited ram,it's a craps experience if you want/need more than a few tabs open..+ ff now seems to take ages loading pages that use to open in seconds..
I only use it now because ff can do one trick that I just cannot get opera to do.
Open new tabs in the background,opera insists on opening the full app then you have to minimise it again,then go back into the first app you wanted to open the link from..
I have asked on opera forums before,but no joy,, if anyone knows how to set up opera to stay minimised when opening new tabs,please post how here..
My router cost nothing - ISPs hand them out like candy. Like many cheap consumer routers it has 128MB RAM. I have over 1M hosts entries on there and it's still under 50% memory usage. Obviously it's not running stock firmware, but either way it's just dnsmasq under the hood. It's plenty fast - fast enough not to bother measuring and I bet even yourself wouldn't be able to tell the difference in day-to-day use using that versus a local hosts file.
And yes, everyone does have a router. I never stated or implied that everyone is doing hosts filtering in their router, just that they have a router to get on the 'net in the first place, so it makes sense for those interested in hosts filtering to make use of that resource seeing it's there for using anyway. So the whole "it costs more" mantra is completely moot.
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
Ads/script & malware rob speed/security/privacy
Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).
Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!
Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirects (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + lightens DNS load & resolves faster from local system RAM!
* Via what u NATIVELY have in the IP stack in FASTER kernelmode!
APK
P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/
Routers don't do name resolution. Hosts do faster than remote DNS or dns your router points to which has network traversal time. Hosts don't. That stops entire classes of threats in DNS security issues apk pointed out and entire classes of ROUTER issues apk also pointed out. People's ISP modem doesn't run dnsmasq and has stock firmware that probably isn't patched for security issues that came up from when it was put out. You pay a rental fee for that router from your ISP you know. That's a cost apk did not cover that comes with them.
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
Ads/script & malware rob speed/security/privacy
Hosts add speed (via hardcodes/adblocks), security (vs. bad sites/malware/poisoned dns), reliability (vs. dns down), & anonymity (vs. dns requestlogs/trackers).
Less power/cpu/ram + IO use vs. DNS/routers/addons/antivirus + less security bugs/complexity & faster vs. addons/routers/remote dns!
Avoids DNSChangers in routers/IP settings & dns redirects (99.999% of ISP DNS != patched vs. it) + lightens DNS load & resolves faster from local system RAM!
* Via what u NATIVELY have in the IP stack in FASTER kernelmode!
APK
P.S. - Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/
I was able to get PrefBar working on Pale Moon and the ESR release of Mozilla. Not sure how/if the developer can get it to work with WebExtensions dreck, but this may be of interest: https://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/
My ISP (like all others) charge the same whether I take their modem or not, so once again, it's moot. It draws the same amount of power whether I use it for DNS resolution or not.
Off the shelf SOHO and ISP-supplied 'routers' definitely do name resolution (normally using dnsmasq); that's why their default DHCP config sets option 6 to their own internal IP address. I challenge you to find one that doesn't.
The person who doesn't know how to replace their stock firmware is not going to have a clue who to use a hosts file app either. Those who do know how can manage it once on the router and write a short shell script to automagically keep it updated from various sources online. No junk like HFE to run on endpoints so they stay nice and clean.
What hosts do addons can't (or as well):
PROTECT vs.:
1.) bad sites (past ads)
2.) fastflux C&C
3.) dynDNS C&C
4.) DGA C&C
5.) DNS down
6.) poisoned dns
7.) trackers (dnsrequestlogs/ads/transparent ISP proxy)
8.) spam/phish payload
9.) dns blocks
10.) slowdown 2 ways: adblocks & hardcodes
11.) Multiplatform
12.) Ez data edit
13.) Efficiency (cpu/ram/I-O)
14.) UBlock no DNS bennys = poor imitation = "sincerest form of flattery"
15.) NoScript tag parses. Hosts block ad script before it downloads!
APK
P.S.=> AB+ 151mb http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/adblocker-memory-consumption.jpg/
UBlock 64MB http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/adblocker-memory-consumption.jpg/
(hosts ~6mb)
ClarityRay defeatable
Don't work http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboola-pay-adblock-plus-to-stop-blocking-their-ads-2015-2/
SLOWER: http://superuser.com/questions/686041/which-leads-to-faster-browsing-an-ad-blocker-or-an-edited-hosts-file/
ROUTERS = SECURITY NIGHTMARE non-defense in depth single point of failure https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & cost money (hosts don't): For the best host file builder bar-none APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
In my third world country where internet rates are high
1. Hate prefetch, since it eats my data quota. Make it OFF by default and user settable.
2. Advertisements eat 65 percent of my data quota. I want a checkbox "Do not autoload media". Interaction should be, I will select a media object on webpage and click option "download this". Human beings are good at guessing if an image is related to the topic based on its position.
Nicer to have set timeout to block slow ad sites.
I don't care if the ad did not load or if the site broke.
An easy to use slider at the bottom or top somewhere to slide and adjust the threshold per tab.
Routers don't do name resolution themself. They point to DNS so they're slower than hosts in local system memory with no network traversal lag. Apk's program does hosts data gather gui easy on the most used OS there is in Windows on PC's and servers combined. Much simpler and better than some hacked up probably buggy script that's ugly tty/dos window code nobody wants to use over gui.
This is just another bandaid that will break, and that won't address the root cause of the problem at all.
JUST FIX THE GODDAMN MEMORY LEAKS.
I want a firefox like in those old days back. What i don't want is a Chrome wannabe.
But it's already too late. I switched away from Firefox, GUI change bullshit and all.
A long time ago on an internet far far away, there was a setting in crusty old browsers like Netscape Navigator that allowed you to control whether you wanted images to load automatically. It's the new old thing!
We'll make great pets
Developer Tools > Advanced settings > Disable JavaScript ???
Or use NoScript
Cost money? Or power? A $100 used chromebox and a USB3 network adapter needs 7W of electricity and runs pfsense (FreeBSD) or Linux and can route 800+Mbps. Has 2gb of ram, and an AC wifi. A router some guys want you to buy is 300 and can't do half that, but it is your problem you don't know what to chose.
Question: Is it Firefox's Javascript engine that sucks like a tornado or is it NoScript? The majority of the time that Firefox has to recover from a crash, I get a tab announcing a new version of NoScript. I could live with allowing Javascript to run in my browser if it didn't perform so badly when using Firefox. Enabling Javascript in other browsers doesn't seem to be the problem that it is in Firefox.
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UBlock can't do these as well as (or @ all) hosts do 4 speed, security, & reliability:
Protection vs.:
1.) Bad sites (past ads)
2.) Fastflux botnet C&C's
3.) Dyndns botnet C&C's
4.) DGA botnet C&C's
5.) Downed DNS (reliability)
6.) DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) DNSChangers in IP stack OR routers
8.) DNS requestlog trackers
9.) Spam payloads
10.) Phish payloads
11.) Bandwidth caps
Additionally:
12.) Get past dns blocks
13.) Speed up 2 ways (adblocks/hardcodes)
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data edit
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu/ram/I-O use
* UBlock now uses hosts (no DNS benefits vs. dns issues) - poor imitation = "sincerest form of flattery"
Hosts = native vs. illogically "Bolting on 'MoAr'" & not ClarityRay blockable like addons.
APK
P.S.=> Hosts (1st resolver) do MORE w/ less in fast kernelmode & before slow usermode addons
Hosts ~3mb vs. UBlock = 64MB -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
Hosts do more vs any 1 other solution 4 less & natively (not illogically "Bolting on 'MoAr'") & aren't sold out to allow ads (adblock). My program allows you to turn hosts on/off w/ ease from a tooltray icon (your flexibility right there) APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ AND it protects the hosts file while it operates vs. corruption by malware (nothing in usermode can bust thru, & I've tried).
APK
P.S.=> See subject - it's the truth... apk
I avoid it 96% of the time via hardcoded favs @ TOP of hosts for fastest possible resolution (avoiding ALL of DNS' numerous security issues) & my APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ does that & resolves LOCALLY from system RAM (fastest possible).
Depending on routers & dns alone != good layered security/defense in depth.
Smartphones = dumbphones they're so compromised & bug ridden.
APK
P.S.=> I do the same in my router (OpenDNS) & also IP stack settings (you seem to miss that & shouldn't if the router is compromised) & ROUTERS https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/ + DNS https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ have MASSIVE SECURITY & INEFFICIENCY... apk
See subject: A hosts file is free & does more than any other 1 solution does by itself for less (especially adblock sold to advertisers letting ads in) & nothing builds a custom hosts file as well as my APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ which is free & Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/
Routers are SECURITY NIGHTMARES full of security bugs (by the 100's from reputable sources) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/
Depending on them alone = a FOOL's game & it's not defense in depth either.
APK
P.S.=> This works too & for less costs in power, actually money to buy routers etc. @ ZERO cost all the way around... apk
See subject: A hosts file is free & does more than any other 1 solution does by itself for less (especially adblock sold to advertisers letting ads in) & nothing builds a custom hosts file as well as my APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ which is free & Safe https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/e01211ca36aa02e923f20adee0a3c4f5d5187dc65bdf1c997b3da3c2b0745425/analysis/1433430542/
Routers are SECURITY NIGHTMARES full of security bugs (by the 100's from reputable sources) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/
Depending on them alone = a FOOL's game & it's not defense in depth either.
APK
P.S.=> This works & for less costs in power, actually money to buy routers etc. @ ZERO cost all the way around & is good layered security (most threats use host names not IP addresses)... apk
Most folks don't know regex (coders do). Hosts are like phonebook entries (easy) & native not illogic logic "Bolting on 'MoAr'" & in PURE faster kernelmode (not slower usemode with a zillion parts room for exploit/breakdown) on a 50 yrs. proven IP stack (iirc, hosts since 1973?). DNS = a SECURITY NIGHTMARE https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ , no questions asked - depending on it alone OR ROUTERS (another security nightmare) https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/ = a FOOL's game & is NOT good layered security!
APK
P.S.=> The entire "ARMY" of fake names online for fake lives can't take me down as you suggest utter illogic logic spending money on "so-called 'solutions'" that are full of security bugs & COST MORE + USE MORE - hosts = free (so is my program vs. most prevalent threat & ads (use hostnames not IP addy))... apk
I would rather have a fix so i wouldn't have to restart firefox once every few days because it eats 25%-35% of CPU without any tab running videos or animations. And this is with ublock installed.
Open Source Java Web Forum with LDAP authentication
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
(APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
I like your host file system by Karmashock
I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech
* My code's recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!
APK
P.S.=> See subject: You're a no talent menial that can't code! Hosts do a form of whitelist (hardcodes) & my prog does all the work (you make us work more) & routers ARE a security nightmare full of bugs suggesting slow usermode addons (hosts = kernelmode) - easily detected & blocked... apk
You're using crude far less used Linux on pc's + servers combined that doesn't run as many wares or games + devices that don't support hosts files good layered security illogically spending more money on routers that are known to be full of security issues https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/
APK
P.S.=> By comparison I use what is already native & proven since 1973 (hosts intro to IP stack iirc) minus all those security bugs, free, & does more w/ less vs. ANY other SINGLE "so-called 'solution'" out there bar-none... apk
I'm going to continue using the Host File Engine. Your software is well written, functional by mmell
his hosts program is actually pretty good by xenotransplant
his hosts tool is actually useful for those cases in which one does indeed want to locally block stuff outright while consuming minimum system resources by alexgieg
(APK's) work, I've flat out said it's good by BronsCon
APK is kinda right. I've tried his hosts file generating software. It works by bmo
I like your host file system by Karmashock
I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech
* My code's recommended & hosted by Malwarebytes' hpHosts!
APK
P.S.=> Advertisers don't trust site counts: /. doesn't serve ads from slashdot.org & Adblock's sold out to advertisers default letting ads in, Routers = security bugs https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/ I block hosts as needed easily via a point & click gui others here like (malwarebytes too)... apk
See subject: Prove you code - you can't, can you? Nope. No testimonials for your work I see Mr. projectionist. You wouldn't know what to do w/ the code & I do NOT put it out for a VERY GOOD REASON: Google Chrome EFast (so much for "OpenSORES") a doppleganger version of chrome that was malicious.
I don't do work for "your kind" no talent OPEN SORES menials either. Learn to do it yourself (you might get excellent testimonials as I do instead of suggesting routers & dns full of security issues & easily detected + blocked slower less efficient & less capable browser addons).
APK
P.S.=> Truth hurt? It's all facts - you're welcome to prove you can code (& get great testimonies as I do)... apk
Crap can't work w/ easiest most used network & desktop combined OS + suggest router security bugs https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9995967&cid=53488785/ & DNS is the same https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ & addons are less efficient, easily blocked & detected (clarityray), don't do as much as hosts yet use FAR more!
APK
P.S.=> You're tossing names, illogical spending money & "Bolting on 'MoAr'" + missing the layered security value of hosts @ THE ENDPOINT (which I have tons of respected famous security pros espousing, wanna see 'em? Ask)... apk
See my subject: My mom just reminded me take my meds; turns out I had forgotten them this morning.
Sorry for the off-topic shitpost, won't happen again!
APK
P.S.=> I really am trying to be less obnoxious: you can tell by the lack of boldface.... apk
Thanks for showing you FAILED & resort to attempting to impersonate me w/ an illogical off topic ad hominem attack chumps!
* It's EXACTLY how I know I've destroyed you publicly & EASILY in front of all of /. (& you KNOW it).
APK
P.S.=> As per my usual inimitable style you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it: This?
This was just "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is vs FAKE NAME for FAKE LIVES /. trolls &/or UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous trolls here too, lol... apk
One setting that I always use is to disable the tabs animation. In about:config, search for browser.tabs.animate and toggle to false.
See subject: That piece of openSORES bs imitated my work in hosts & doesn't do DNS local fastest possible name resolution adding weight that's not needed (especially maintaining it in regex etc. - STUPID).
BETTER SOLUTION = APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/ & it protects hosts (Shit UBlock doesn't) vs. corruption (nothing in usermode can get thru, I've tried).
APK
P.S.=> You're creating MEMORY BLOAT that's unecessary buying into /. BULLSHIT - Proof? Ok: UBlock uses 63++ MB -> http://www.ghacks.net/2014/06/...
Proof-> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte...
ClarityRay defeats it via native browser methods!
Hosts ALONE don't consume that much & eat less (default ! 3-16mb tops)... apk
See subject: Show you did better in /.ers saying so about your work (that doesn't exist) & /.? Doesn't serve ads from slashdot.org, ok?
APK
P.S.=> Are you being paid to be a disgusting troll or what? apk
See subject: "... there's 1 man w/ a vision" & "A man must also have the power"-> "In my cabin there is a device that will make you invincible..."-> APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
* You've begun what I call "The Halken Phazer revolt"
(1 man can change the present - good observation on your part by the way)
APK
P.S.=> For your entertainment & reference to the quotes above: (since the world is ASS backwards) "THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w/ Capt. Kirk @ ending "Who told you that?" YOU DID... apk
The thing that seems to be slowing down firefox more than anything for me is the bookmarks toolbar at the top. I love my bookmarks toolbar but as it get filled up with more and more links it really bogs down Firefox. If you right click on one of you links in the horizontal bookmarks bar at the top > properties > delete the name = nice simple icon in the bookmark bar. I've go nearly 50 of them now running along the top of firefox and its just sooo handy but you feel it when it comes to performance. This needs heavy optimization imo.
See subject (the matriarchal YOOD empire is illogical): "In every revolution, there is 1 man w/ a vision" APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
* FOR YOUR REFERENCE AS TO THAT QUOTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJf2ovQtI6w/ because your 'empire' IS back-assward illogical (people don't want it & will not tolerate it - so I give them what they want in the link above - you & "yours"? Can't win on that alone...)
APK
P.S.=> "Who told you that?" well, "YOU DID" https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10476859&cid=54218965/ ... apk
Using Firefox no extensions no Flash plugin I have much bigger issues with Firefox consuming CPU cycles at incredible amounts than memory issues. Playing any kind of html5 video I hear my laptop fan ramp up all the time with Firefox. Same video playing in any other browser no problems. This is on a clean install Windows 10 with a core i5 Skylake CPU. Clearly Firefox is passing the buck on its own problems blaming everyone but themselves.
The page on caniuse.com about srcset states that IE 11 does not support srcset, and Edge will display distorted images until the majority of Windows 10 users install the Creators Update. Is it considered acceptable to show distorted images to users of pre-Creators Edge and force users of IE 11 to gulp data transfer allowance while allowing Chrome, Firefox, and Safari to sip it?
See subject: You can get them ALL @ once or optionally pick & choose (such as ones you don't like OR that haven't updated) via APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-7 32/64-bit https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=%22APK+Hosts+File+Engine%22+and+%22start64%22&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1/
* Enjoy & it's FREE + /.ers like & use it, testimonials here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10476859&cid=54222849/
APK
P.S.=> It's easily hands-down the BEST hosts building program out there (even vs. hostsman its nearest competitor stuck in 32-bit & using potentially problematic 3rd party libs in SQLite + it doesn't do hardcoded properly reverse DNS verified sites where you spend most time online, placing them @ TOP of hosts for fastest resolution as hosts caches into local system RAM... apk
UBlock can't do these as well as (or @ all) hosts do 4 speed, security, & reliability:
Protection vs.:
1.) Bad sites (past ads)
2.) Fastflux botnet C&C's
3.) Dyndns botnet C&C's
4.) DGA botnet C&C's
5.) Downed DNS (reliability)
6.) DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) DNSChangers in IP stack OR routers
8.) DNS requestlog trackers
9.) Spam payloads
10.) Phish payloads
11.) Bandwidth caps
Additionally:
12.) Get past dns blocks
13.) Speed up 2 ways (adblocks/hardcodes)
14.) Work on anything webbound multiplatform.
15.) Ez data edit
16.) Block ads more efficiently in cpu/ram/I-O use
* UBlock now uses hosts (no DNS benefits vs. dns issues) - poor imitation = "sincerest form of flattery"
Hosts = native vs. illogically "Bolting on 'MoAr'" & not ClarityRay blockable like addons.
APK
P.S.=> Hosts (1st resolver) do MORE w/ less in fast kernelmode & before slow usermode addons
Hosts ~6mb vs. UBlock = 64MB -> http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/adblocker-memory-consumption.jpg
http://arewefastyet.com/
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