diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 608d17f..50a1e0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.3.3
+- Switch from $history array to fc builtin for better performance with large HISTFILEs (#164)
+- Fix tilde handling when extended_glob is set (#168)
+- Add config option for maximum buffer length to fetch suggestions for (#178)
+- Add config option for list of widgets to ignore (#184)
+- Don't fetch a new suggestion unless a modification widget actually modifies the buffer (#183)
+
 ## v0.3.2
 - Test runner now supports running specific tests and choosing zsh binary
 - Return code from original widget is now correctly passed through (#135)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc6de0f..3a5c3f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Set `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE` to configure the style that the suggestion
 Set `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY` to choose the strategy for generating suggestions. There are currently two to choose from:
 
 - `default`: Chooses the most recent match.
-- `match_prev_cmd`: Chooses the most recent match whose preceding history item matches the most recently executed command ([more info](src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh)).
+- `match_prev_cmd`: Chooses the most recent match whose preceding history item matches the most recently executed command ([more info](src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh)). Note that this strategy won't work as expected with ZSH options that don't preserve the history order such as `HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS` or `HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST`.
 
 
 ### Widget Mapping
@@ -80,12 +80,19 @@ This plugin works by triggering custom behavior when certain [zle widgets](http:
 - `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will accept the suggestion when invoked.
 - `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will execute the suggestion when invoked.
 - `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will partially accept the suggestion when invoked.
+- `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will not trigger any custom behavior.
 
-Widgets not in any of these lists will update the suggestion when invoked.
+Widgets that modify the buffer and are not found in any of these arrays will fetch a new suggestion after they are invoked.
 
 **Note:** A widget shouldn't belong to more than one of the above arrays.
 
 
+### Disabling suggestion for large buffers
+
+Set `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE` to an integer value to disable autosuggestion for large buffers. The default is unset, which means that autosuggestion will be tried for any buffer size. Recommended value is 20.
+This can be useful when pasting large amount of text in the terminal, to avoid triggering autosuggestion for too long strings.
+
+
 ### Key Bindings
 
 This plugin provides three widgets that you can use with `bindkey`:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7becae1..600e6fd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.3.2
+v0.3.3
diff --git a/src/bind.zsh b/src/bind.zsh
index 384ae08..49763e8 100644
--- a/src/bind.zsh
+++ b/src/bind.zsh
@@ -47,10 +47,20 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_bind_widget() {
 
 # Map all configured widgets to the right autosuggest widgets
 _zsh_autosuggest_bind_widgets() {
-	local widget;
+	local widget
+	local ignore_widgets
+
+	ignore_widgets=(
+		.\*
+		_\*
+		zle-line-\*
+		autosuggest-\*
+		$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX\*
+		$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS
+	)
 
 	# Find every widget we might want to bind and bind it appropriately
-	for widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#(.*|_*|orig-*|autosuggest-*|$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX*|zle-line-*|run-help|which-command|beep|set-local-history|yank)}; do
+	for widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#${(j:|:)~ignore_widgets}}; do
 		if [ ${ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS[(r)$widget]} ]; then
 			_zsh_autosuggest_bind_widget $widget clear
 		elif [ ${ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS[(r)$widget]} ]; then
diff --git a/src/config.zsh b/src/config.zsh
index 73d98fe..f519f6f 100644
--- a/src/config.zsh
+++ b/src/config.zsh
@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@ ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS=(
 	vi-forward-blank-word
 	vi-forward-blank-word-end
 )
+
+# Widgets that should be ignored (globbing supported but must be escaped)
+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS=(
+	orig-\*
+	beep
+	run-help
+	set-local-history
+	which-command
+	yank
+)
+
+# Max size of buffer to trigger autosuggestion. Leave undefined for no upper bound.
+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=
diff --git a/src/strategies/default.zsh b/src/strategies/default.zsh
index 42da24e..29333f5 100644
--- a/src/strategies/default.zsh
+++ b/src/strategies/default.zsh
@@ -7,12 +7,5 @@
 #
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
-	local prefix="$1"
-
-	# Get the keys of the history items that match
-	local -a histkeys
-	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
-
-	# Echo the value of the first key
-	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
+	fc -lnrm "$1*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
 }
diff --git a/src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh b/src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh
index e71957e..bf8bdd9 100644
--- a/src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh
+++ b/src/strategies/match_prev_cmd.zsh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 # will be 'ls foo' rather than 'ls bar' because your most recently
 # executed command (pwd) was previously followed by 'ls foo'.
 #
+# Note that this strategy won't work as expected with ZSH options that don't
+# preserve the history order such as `HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS` or
+# `HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST`.
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_match_prev_cmd() {
 	local prefix="$1"
diff --git a/src/suggestion.zsh b/src/suggestion.zsh
index 0a7ca1e..31a9f76 100644
--- a/src/suggestion.zsh
+++ b/src/suggestion.zsh
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_escape_command() {
 	setopt localoptions EXTENDED_GLOB
 
 	# Escape special chars in the string (requires EXTENDED_GLOB)
-	echo -E "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?]/\\$MATCH}"
+	echo -E "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}"
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets.zsh b/src/widgets.zsh
index ee1129f..57f378e 100644
--- a/src/widgets.zsh
+++ b/src/widgets.zsh
@@ -15,24 +15,34 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_clear() {
 _zsh_autosuggest_modify() {
 	local -i retval
 
+	# Save the contents of the buffer/postdisplay
+	local orig_buffer="$BUFFER"
+	local orig_postdisplay="$POSTDISPLAY"
+
 	# Clear suggestion while original widget runs
 	unset POSTDISPLAY
 
-	# Original widget modifies the buffer
+	# Original widget may modify the buffer
 	_zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget $@
 	retval=$?
 
+	# Don't fetch a new suggestion if the buffer hasn't changed
+	if [ "$BUFFER" = "$orig_buffer" ]; then
+		POSTDISPLAY="$orig_postdisplay"
+		return $retval
+	fi
+
 	# Get a new suggestion if the buffer is not empty after modification
 	local suggestion
 	if [ $#BUFFER -gt 0 ]; then
-		suggestion="$(_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion "$BUFFER")"
+		if [ -z "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" -o $#BUFFER -lt "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" ]; then
+			suggestion="$(_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion "$BUFFER")"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Add the suggestion to the POSTDISPLAY
 	if [ -n "$suggestion" ]; then
 		POSTDISPLAY="${suggestion#$BUFFER}"
-	else
-		unset POSTDISPLAY
 	fi
 
 	return $retval
diff --git a/test/strategies_test.zsh b/test/strategies_test.zsh
index 50d0a24..0a937f4 100644
--- a/test/strategies_test.zsh
+++ b/test/strategies_test.zsh
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ assertTildeSuggestion() {
 		'cd ~/something'
 }
 
+assertTildeSuggestionWithExtendedGlob() {
+	setopt local_options extended_glob
+
+	assertTildeSuggestion
+}
+
 assertParenthesesSuggestion() {
 	set_history <<-'EOF'
 		echo "$(ls foo)"
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ testSpecialCharsForAllStrategies() {
 		assertBackslashSuggestion
 		assertDoubleBackslashSuggestion
 		assertTildeSuggestion
+		assertTildeSuggestionWithExtendedGlob
 		assertParenthesesSuggestion
 		assertSquareBracketsSuggestion
 	done
diff --git a/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh b/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
index 4dfd30d..7ed6346 100644
--- a/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
+++ b/test/widgets/modify_test.zsh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ oneTimeSetUp() {
 setUp() {
 	BUFFER=''
 	POSTDISPLAY=''
+	ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=''
 }
 
 tearDown() {
@@ -42,6 +43,35 @@ testModify() {
 		"$POSTDISPLAY"
 }
 
+testModifyBufferTooLarge() {
+
+	ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE='20'
+
+	stub_and_eval \
+		_zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget \
+		'BUFFER+="012345678901234567890"'
+
+	stub_and_echo \
+		_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion \
+		'012345678901234567890123456789'
+
+	_zsh_autosuggest_modify 'original-widget'
+
+	assertTrue \
+		'original widget not invoked' \
+		'stub_called _zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget'
+
+	assertEquals \
+		'BUFFER was not modified' \
+		'012345678901234567890' \
+		"$BUFFER"
+
+	assertEquals \
+		'POSTDISPLAY does not contain suggestion' \
+		'' \
+		"$POSTDISPLAY"
+}
+
 testRetval() {
 	stub_and_eval \
 		_zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget \
diff --git a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
index 4e3c62e..3761efe 100644
--- a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+++ b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Fish-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for zsh.
 # https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
-# v0.3.2
+# v0.3.3
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Thiago de Arruda
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Eric Freese
 # 
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS=(
 	vi-forward-blank-word-end
 )
 
+# Widgets that should be ignored (globbing supported but must be escaped)
+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS=(
+	orig-\*
+	beep
+	run-help
+	set-local-history
+	which-command
+	yank
+)
+
+# Max size of buffer to trigger autosuggestion. Leave undefined for no upper bound.
+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE=
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Handle Deprecated Variables/Widgets                                #
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -158,10 +171,20 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_bind_widget() {
 
 # Map all configured widgets to the right autosuggest widgets
 _zsh_autosuggest_bind_widgets() {
-	local widget;
+	local widget
+	local ignore_widgets
+
+	ignore_widgets=(
+		.\*
+		_\*
+		zle-line-\*
+		autosuggest-\*
+		$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX\*
+		$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS
+	)
 
 	# Find every widget we might want to bind and bind it appropriately
-	for widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#(.*|_*|orig-*|autosuggest-*|$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX*|zle-line-*|run-help|which-command|beep|set-local-history|yank)}; do
+	for widget in ${${(f)"$(builtin zle -la)"}:#${(j:|:)~ignore_widgets}}; do
 		if [ ${ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS[(r)$widget]} ]; then
 			_zsh_autosuggest_bind_widget $widget clear
 		elif [ ${ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS[(r)$widget]} ]; then
@@ -233,24 +256,34 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_clear() {
 _zsh_autosuggest_modify() {
 	local -i retval
 
+	# Save the contents of the buffer/postdisplay
+	local orig_buffer="$BUFFER"
+	local orig_postdisplay="$POSTDISPLAY"
+
 	# Clear suggestion while original widget runs
 	unset POSTDISPLAY
 
-	# Original widget modifies the buffer
+	# Original widget may modify the buffer
 	_zsh_autosuggest_invoke_original_widget $@
 	retval=$?
 
+	# Don't fetch a new suggestion if the buffer hasn't changed
+	if [ "$BUFFER" = "$orig_buffer" ]; then
+		POSTDISPLAY="$orig_postdisplay"
+		return $retval
+	fi
+
 	# Get a new suggestion if the buffer is not empty after modification
 	local suggestion
 	if [ $#BUFFER -gt 0 ]; then
-		suggestion="$(_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion "$BUFFER")"
+		if [ -z "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" -o $#BUFFER -lt "$ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE" ]; then
+			suggestion="$(_zsh_autosuggest_suggestion "$BUFFER")"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Add the suggestion to the POSTDISPLAY
 	if [ -n "$suggestion" ]; then
 		POSTDISPLAY="${suggestion#$BUFFER}"
-	else
-		unset POSTDISPLAY
 	fi
 
 	return $retval
@@ -360,7 +393,7 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_escape_command() {
 	setopt localoptions EXTENDED_GLOB
 
 	# Escape special chars in the string (requires EXTENDED_GLOB)
-	echo -E "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?]/\\$MATCH}"
+	echo -E "${1//(#m)[\\()\[\]|*?~]/\\$MATCH}"
 }
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -371,14 +404,7 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_escape_command() {
 #
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
-	local prefix="$1"
-
-	# Get the keys of the history items that match
-	local -a histkeys
-	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
-
-	# Echo the value of the first key
-	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
+	fc -lnrm "$1*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
 }
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -398,6 +424,9 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
 # will be 'ls foo' rather than 'ls bar' because your most recently
 # executed command (pwd) was previously followed by 'ls foo'.
 #
+# Note that this strategy won't work as expected with ZSH options that don't
+# preserve the history order such as `HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS` or
+# `HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST`.
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_match_prev_cmd() {
 	local prefix="$1"