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Ask HN: Mozilla Firefox – Process Handling

Believe firefox handles all user tabs as threads in a single process. please correct me if i'm wrong.

Wondering if it would switch to individual process from thread based approach.

Today one single tab hang renders FF not usable. Like keeping all eggs in one basket.

What do you guys think?

( 2 comments | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Mozilla Firefox – Process Handling by mcav on Sunday July 13, 2014 @03:06PM (#8028298)
Work is in progress; you can track it in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516752
Re:Ask HN: Mozilla Firefox – Process Handling by bluzeee on Sunday July 13, 2014 @07:00PM (#8028817)
Glad to hear that. Thanks for your reply.