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=== WebExtension Process === | === WebExtension Process === | ||
This is similar to the web content process, except that the content that is run here is the background pages of Web Extensions. The sandbox restrictions are the same as for Web Content, but there are many more APIs exposed to this process, to allow for Web Extensions to function. | This is similar to the web content process, except that the content that is run here is the background pages of Web Extensions. The sandbox restrictions are the same as for Web Content, but there are many more APIs exposed to this process, to allow for Web Extensions to function. | ||
== Future Work == | |||
===Remote Data Decoder (RDD) === | |||
There is currently a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1471535 plan] move media decoding to its own process. | |||
Initially for AV1, eventually for other things. This process will have strict sandbox, probably similar to GMP - see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1498624 bug 1498624] for details. | |||
=== VR Process === | |||
A future process is planned for running VR services, and planned (in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430043 bug 1430043]) to sandbox this process. | |||