On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:48:08 +0200 "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > from what I read at https://adnauseam.io/, AdNauseam does something > else, and its purpose has nothing to do with performance. It DOES > download > the ads, specifically to "click" on them. Why do you say that it > could make > Firefox faster? I can see how your interpretation fits, but I read it differently. I read it as having ad-block functionality *plus* being able to examine the ads and set to click them if desired. That is, that it can serve as an ad blocker, but if desired, can download and click the ads. I haven't looked at any code, and have nothing but my interpretation to back that, so you could be correct. I noticed no difference in responsiveness when I installed adnauseum, and I don't use an ad blocker per se. I have noscript and privacy badger installed, though, and they block content that would come from ad servers. So, it is possible that adnauseum functions as you think, and I am just not seeing the effect because of these other plugins. In favor of my interpretation, I also run firefox nightly, right now the future firefox 58. Because of the move to web extension plugins from xulrunner plugins in 57 and newer, older noscript and privacy badger plugins don't work in nightly. Adnauseum does run, yet I see no ads, and responsiveness is excellent. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
