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Re:A First Look At Firefox 5 by thristian on Thursday February 17, 2011 @01:00AM (#2229969)
Firefox 4 already runs plugins in separate processes. Running each tab in its own process is codenamed "electrolysis" for reasons beyond my ken: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis

I'm guessing Electrolysis will get some more loving once the panic of shipping Firefox 4 has abated.

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Re:A First Look At Firefox 5 by elgenie on Thursday February 17, 2011 @01:38AM (#2230080)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis is a chemical process that can be used to separate out elements -- picking that as a codename for splitting up tabs into processes seems reasonable.
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Re:A First Look At Firefox 5 by sgreenlay on Thursday February 17, 2011 @08:02AM (#2230740)
Based on the current Roadmap, tabs as separate processes using electrolysis (e10s) is a goal for Firefox 7

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap

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