Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
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Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
How does FF's multi-process architecture ("MPA") decide how many content processes to allow, 1-4 by default? If MPA is the component that does this. My default is 1, sad!
- WaltS48
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Re: Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
I don't know how it is determined.
I was testing a site in my Firefox Nightly yesterday, in a new profile with no extensions.
I had 4 content processes running (default for Nightly), one was the Firefox application, one was the tab with the site, another appeared to be the plugin-container and I have no idea what the fourth process did. Maybe just waiting for another tab?
I was testing a site in my Firefox Nightly yesterday, in a new profile with no extensions.
I had 4 content processes running (default for Nightly), one was the Firefox application, one was the tab with the site, another appeared to be the plugin-container and I have no idea what the fourth process did. Maybe just waiting for another tab?
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- the-edmeister
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Re: Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Fir ... ss_Firefox
The older non-SDK Legacy extensions are typically why multi-process is disabled.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add ... ss_Firefox
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The older non-SDK Legacy extensions are typically why multi-process is disabled.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add ... ss_Firefox
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Re: Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
Ok, I'm running AdBlock Plus, currently in legacy (compliant coming at some point).the-edmeister wrote:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Fir ... ss_Firefox
The older non-SDK Legacy extensions are typically why multi-process is disabled.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add ... ss_Firefox
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Still curious as to how it functions with no limiting legacy add-ons.
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Re: Multiple content procces - how is default calculated?
any not-e10s-compliant extension will lead to to deactivation of multiprocess.
some extensions are combined - will share a process, and firefox will put up to 4 tabs on a process.
(compare: chrome will combine extension also to process but each tab get its own process)
you can change the number of processes.
some extensions are combined - will share a process, and firefox will put up to 4 tabs on a process.
(compare: chrome will combine extension also to process but each tab get its own process)
you can change the number of processes.