This article was updated for clarity at 11:35 AM on December 24, 2016. It rolled out in Firefox 50, and as sandboxing improves it will roll out to Mac and Linux versions of Firefox.
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Multi-process isn’t the only added feature coming soon. Mozilla’s work on sandboxing-a security feature that makes it harder for processes to interfere with each other-for Windows is also in full swing. You’ll find it in the All Apps area of the Start menu in Windows, and in the Applications folder in macOS.
Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler said in a blog post that the plan is to use nightly builds to “evaluate the right number of process to ultimately enable.” Currently there are two web content processes in Firefox Nightly builds. Mozilla says future versions of Firefox will add more processes for web content, which should make the browser more capable. previous versions of the browser - Microsoft claims a 20 percent performance increase. Currently, multi-process architecture in Firefox means the browser has two processes instead of just one-a process for the browser UI and another for web content. Lots of people use alternative browsers like Chrome and Firefox. However, the Firefox-maker still has a long road to haul.
Enter ‘about:support’ in the URL bar to open the page below. So this gives you a quick way to remove all your extensions, themes, extra search engines and basically restore the browser to its original settings, which will speed it up. Why this matters: Going this far is significant since it means Mozilla is confident in the stability of its multi-process architecture. The browser includes a Refresh Firefox option that resets add-ons and settings.