While not necessarily a problem for relatively high-end systems, plenty of midrange computers get grumpy if a process sucks down that much RAM - and applications that use that much memory also have a tendency to bog down in general. The problem was related to how Firefox handled ABP’s style sheets and could, in certain edge cases, send memory usage rocketing up to 2GB.
This experiment is designed to see if enabling ad blocking increases how often the browser is used and the amount of time users spend browsing.Last year, Mozilla published a blog post in which it noted that popular ad-on Adblock Plus could, under certain circumstances, drastically increase memory usage in Firefox.
Ad blocking is not implemented at the moment."Īccording to a new Mozilla bug ticket discovered by BleepingComputer, Mozilla plans on adding a full featured ad blocker to Firefox Focus 9.0, which is scheduled to be released on February 12th 2019.Īs part of this release, Mozilla will be running an A/B experiment where 50% of the users will have all ad blocking features enabled, while the other 50% will have the ad blocker disabled and its settings hidden from the interface. It might also block ads that have these trackers included. "Firefox Focus focuses on blocking trackers. When BleepingComputer contacted Mozilla to ask about the upcoming ad blocking feature and why some ads are already blocked we were provided the following statement. In the current version 8.1 of Firefox Focus, the browser blocks tracking scripts, which will cause some ads to be blocked that require or contain tracking scripts.
While some Focus users may currently see ads blocked, this is not being done intentionally, but is more of a byproduct of their tracker blocking.įirefox Focus is Mozilla's stripped-down light-weight mobile browser for Android and iOS that is designed to enhance a user's privacy by not saving passwords, blocking ad and content trackers, and offering a lean experience without any bells and whistles. Mozilla is adding an ad blocker to Firefox Focus 9.0, which is scheduled to be released next month.
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