Re:AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
by __david__ on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @03:20PM
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> the point for me is the visual noise…
Yes! And the cognitive noise. I find it literally impossible to read text if there's some blinking ad nearby. Before Adblock I'd have to put my had up to the screen to block the animation so that I could read the article text in peace.
Re:AdBlock Plus’s effect on Firefox’s memory usage
by vacri on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:36AM
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You used to be able to hit ESC to stop animated gifs from cycle, but they took that functionality out (it was a benign side-effect that 'wasn't in the spec', so it was removed) :/
Yes! And the cognitive noise. I find it literally impossible to read text if there's some blinking ad nearby. Before Adblock I'd have to put my had up to the screen to block the animation so that I could read the article text in peace.