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Firefox can be configured to use N number of content processes, and will allocate tabs among these processes. In FirefoxOS we were giving a new process to each
by fabrice_d 10y ago
Firefox can be configured to use N number of content processes, and will allocate tabs among these processes. In FirefoxOS we were giving a new process to each tab/app, using a pre-allocated process to speed up startup (a version of that has been re-implemented for Firefox).
I'm not sure about the exact heuristics used by Chrome, but I think they do something like one process per origin.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoYes, Chrome uses 1 process per domain. So I'm still not sure what would happen if Firefox is configured to use 4 content processes and 20 unique domain tabs are opened. Would the domains be distributed to these content processes? And what happens if 1 content process crashes? Would it also bring down all of the domains associated to it?
- bzbarsky 10y agoThe answers to your questions are yes and yes.