Disabling Browser Plugins in Firefox

[bushbabywas]

I'm running Firefox 5.0.1, and along with some plugins I need (Flash Player, Quicktime, Flip4Mac, Java, Silverlight), there are a few I don't, such as the iPhotoPhotocast and Microsoft Sharepoint plugins.

Are there any speed/memory usage benefits to disabling them or removing them from Library/Internet Plug-Ins?

 

[accessoriesguy]

I am not 100% sure, but I believe plug-in's only become active when they are required.

Like a web page that has a specific format, the browser will then go through plug-ins to see if any are compatible.

They also generally do not take up that much memory (maximum a couple MB). I highly doubt you would see much of a performance upgrade by removing them. Probably have more of an inconvenience of not being able to open all file types online.

 

[bushbabywas]

Thanks, that's all I needed to know.