nice paper on FireFox memory usage reduction

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 02/04/2012 11:42 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> When I type "about:memory" into my firefox I get a lot of surprises.
> For example 36MB of ram is used by a compartment for
> www.facebook.com/;lugins/like...
> I don't even use facebook!  Its caused by those nasty "like" buttons.
> I'd like a non-rude way to block this kind of junk.  /etc/hosts
> entries seem rude.
>
> Google's plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbu... is taking 19MB.  And I
> don't use it either.

This page 
<http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/use_url_patterns_and_views_in_django/> 
is a perfect example of a page that is just infested with "bugs" that 
track your online behaviour. The content of the page isn't important for 
the sake of this discussion. There are 18(!) trackers on that page, many 
of which you've probably never heard of.
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