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0 pointsdstaley9y ago0 comments

Electrolysis isn't enabled by default, so I don't think it qualifies as "the recommended mode".

Furthermore, I never said "the entire project is shit". Firefox is a great piece of software, but I don't use it personally because of the issue I mentioned, among other issues in the same category (like the right-click menu looking different compared to other right-click menus, or not integrating with the macOS spell-check system).

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rvern9y ago· 3 in thread

Electrolysis has been enabled by default since Firefox 48. Source: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule.

dstaleyOP9y ago

> As of Firefox 54+ (early 2017), our Multi-Content process model is currently being tested on Nightly (4 processes). Four content processes will be enabled on 54 Aurora and if stable enough, we will begin to roll it out in Firefox 54 Beta experiments.

This seems to be the case because I downloaded Firefox 53 for the first time on my new MacBook Pro and e10s wasn't enabled. I had to go to about:config and enable it manually.

bzbarsky9y ago

Firefox 52 shipped with e10s enabled by default for all users except those who are on Windows XP, have a windows machine with a touchscreen, or have extensions that are not compatible with e10s. It uses one browser UI process and one web content process.

Firefox 54 has e10s-multi, with multiple web content processes.

If you go to about:support in your Firefox 53, the "Multiprocess Windows" item in the first section ("Application Basics") should tell you why e10s is disabled for you, if it's disabled.

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xenithorb9y ago

You may have an extension blocking it. Get the addon compatability plugin.

brymaster9y ago

  Electrolysis isn't enabled by default

It is enabled by default, you just may have a plugin installed that is blocking it. The plugin(s) could be multiprocess compatible but unmaintained and missing the multiprocess=true flag in its package.json.

You can go to about:support to see if multiprocess is truly enabled. If not, go to about:addons and start disabling extensions until it does work.

cpeterso9y ago

Electrolysis is enabled by default on Mac, Windows, and Linux except for users that have some incompatible add-ons or use Windows touchscreens or a11y. Those issues are being fixed.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis#Schedule_and_Status

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