/tags/multiprocess/ Recent bookmarks tagged #multiprocess Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:54 +0000 http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2009-06-16/electrolysis-making-mozilla-faster-and-more-stable-using-multiple-processes "For a long while now (even before Google Chrome was announced), Mozilla has been examining ways to make Firefox better by splitting the work of displaying web pages up among multiple processes."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #browsers #chrome #firefox #multiprocess</p> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:29:03 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12359 browsers chrome firefox multiprocess http://blog.mozilla.com/cjones/2009/06/21/multi-process-firefox-coming-to-an-internets-near-you "The fun comes when I kill -9 this gecko-iframe, the “tab” containing mozilla.com. To the non-geeky, invoking kill -9 on a program causes it to crash IMMEDIATELY. This simulates what would happen if, say, you tried to run a buggy plugin and it got itself into trouble. Notice that only the “content” disappears when the page crashes; the user interface itself keeps running as if nothing happened. This is a big step forward! If I were to kill -9 the current version of Firefox, everything would die, user interface and tabs."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #browsers #chrome #firefox #multiprocess #processes</p> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:26:47 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12358 browsers chrome firefox multiprocess processes