📚 Firefox 48 Released with Multi-Process Support, Mandatory Add-On Signing

Mozilla will debut Firefox 48 today, and looking back over the history of Firefox, the upcoming release marks one of the most important updates the browser has ever received. Firefox 48 will be the version where Mozilla starts migrating users to using multi-process threads (e10s, Electrolysis), ships its first Rust component, and where mandatory add-on signing is actively enforced in the main stable branch without a way to deactivate or go around the feature. Multi-process (e10s) rollout Announced last year, Electrolysis, e10s, or multi-process support is Firefox's ability to process core browser operations separately from the content viewed on a Web page. Multi-process support allows a page to crash without bringing the entire browser down with it and improves the browser's overall performance. e10s rollout will take pl... ...