Firefox to Emulate Multi Process Systems

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When it comes to browsers, there is a lot of contention among users. Some give more importance to look and feel, while others prefer the ability to install extensions, and yet others go for simplicity and browsers light on resources. To each his own we say. But there is one factor that no discerning user will overlook — speed. Firefox already has a sizeable chunk of the world’s browser market, but Chrome is steadily catching on. If we are to go by reports that Chrome 2 is about 20 per cent faster than its earlier version, Firefox better do something to stay on in the race.

Well, it did. Process separation, which basically means dissociating interface from content processes was first introduced by Chrome and later adopted by IE8 is now being incorporated by Firefox. This makes the browser more stable and faster too. Still, version 3.5 of the browser which is in the pipeline for imminent release will not have this feature.

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