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DLS: Mozilla publishes name and shame list of slow Firefox add-ons
app103:
I have found it best to use different profiles for different purposes. You don't need Firebug or other web development related add-ons for normal surfing, so putting them in their own profile can go far to speeding up your profile used for normal surfing.
I currently have 7 that are on the list installed into my regular profile. I would have had more but I got rid of them awhile back to speed things up. Will I remove any of those 7? No, not likely.
housetier:
I take the same approach as app103. Sometimes I install but disable extensions for later use.
wraith808:
I take the same approach as app103. Sometimes I install but disable extensions for later use.
-housetier (April 04, 2011, 02:30 PM)
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I just wish that FF approached extensions in the same way as chrome in regards to restarting the browser. I would use disable more for extensions that I don't use that much, but I hate restarting the browser to do so.
Tuxman:
Hah, so glad that my extension isn't listed there.
However, it takes no wonder that deeply inspecting add-ons like Firebug cause slowness, right=
Curt:
excellent find!
-but isn't the list from ff3?
Mine:
#07 (33%) Video DownloadHelper,
#18 (16%) Flagfox,
#26 (14%) Download Statusbar, and
#42 (05%) Stylish.
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