Is it better to keep opening new tabs in the same browser session or is there a point where opening another browser session (instance) is 'better' (performance, system resources, stability, etc)?
This is a general question about the best way to operate with many open web sites. Sometimes I have 10-20 open at once. Sometimes I will open a second or third copy of the browser and have multiple tabs there too.
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Some other browsers use a separate process for each window that is opened, Firefox doesn't. Regardless of how many windows you have open in Firefox, you're only running one "session" or Firefox process.
The only exception to that is with Firefox 3.6.4 & up versions some plugins will run in a separate "plugin-container.exe" process.
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Some other browsers use a separate process for each window that is opened, Firefox doesn't. Regardless of how many windows you have open in Firefox, you're only running one "session" or Firefox process.
The only exception to that is with Firefox 3.6.4 & up versions some plugins will run in a separate "plugin-container.exe" process.