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Firefox in Task Manager

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Task manager now shows 4 instances of Firefox instead of 1. I just upgraded to Firefox Quantum 57.0, but it was like this before the upgrade. Is this something new, and OK?

Task manager now shows 4 instances of Firefox instead of 1. I just upgraded to Firefox Quantum 57.0, but it was like this before the upgrade. Is this something new, and OK?

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More than one process is normal for the current Firefox. http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/22/multi-process-firefox/

Multi-process Firefox is codenamed "e10s". https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/multiprocess

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More than one process is normal for the current Firefox. http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/22/multi-process-firefox/

Multi-process Firefox is codenamed "e10s". https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/multiprocess

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