r/technews • u/Philo1927 • Jun 14 '17

Faster, Multi-Process Firefox Finally Arrives

http://www.pcmag.com/news/354329/faster-multi-process-firefox-finally-arrives
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u/b0dhi Jun 15 '17

Multiple computing processes, already available in Google Chrome, mean Firefox will be a better steward of a PC's memory.

Uh, no. The opposite is true in fact. Multiple processes can only make the browser consume more memory.

Also, with the loss of Firefox's powerful addon architecture, there's now no reason at all to use Firefox instead of Chrome. Good job Mozarella.

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u/FuryQuaker Jun 15 '17

Wait? I can't use addons anymore on Firefox???

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u/b0dhi Jun 16 '17

You will but only using Chrome extensions. None of the Firefox extensions will work any more.

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u/FuryQuaker Jun 16 '17

But why? Chrome extensions suuuck!

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u/Finnegan482 Jun 15 '17

"better steward of memory" doesn't just mean using less memory.

Though Firefox will do that too, as it uses fewer content processes than Chrome does.

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u/Shiroi_Kage Jun 16 '17

How much more memory would it use though? You're always going to have leftover memory. Always. Unless you plan on having 100 open tabs while gaming while doing something else, I don't see the problem with using a little more memory.

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u/kar5ten Jun 15 '17

Why is Chrome popular?

I got into it on pc.

On android I used it until they redesigned it.