Firefox Electrolysis put on hold

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by Hungry Man, Dec 2, 2011.

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  1. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Registered Member

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    http://lawrencemandel.com/2011/11/15/update-on-multi-process-firefox-electrolysis-development/

    A shame since if Firefox devs were to magically make this happen tomorrow I'd seriously consider switching.
     
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    Opera made the same decision. Maybe such a project requires larger budgets? Only IE and Chrome seem to have this feature.
     
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    It just requires dev time. Due to its nature it can also cause some default added memory usage - in the long run it leads to less memory usage. Maybe Firefox doesn't want people getting confused since they're already taking such scrutiny for leaks etc.
     
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    This quote is from the comment section and is, I believe, from a guy who helps make a filter list for ABP:
     
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    Time is money. :D
     
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    And they're totally right. The problem is that while you can achieve similar performance utilizing other methods it's a lot harder to achieve the security.
     
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    Security is a never ending process ... There are security experts around who will ensure that :D
     
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