Support/OOPP
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Firefox 3.6.4 will include a new feature called "Out of process plugins", which runs plugins as separate processes from Firefox.
Changes to Firefox
- Plugins are run in the task manager as "mozilla-runtime.exe"
- If a plugin crashes, Firefox will display an error message in place of the plugin, allowing you to:
- reload the page
- submit a crash report
- learn more (link pointing to a KB article)
- A preference has been added to the Advanced Options panel in the General tab, under System Defaults, called "Submit crash reports".
Articles to update
(look for articles that have screenshots of the Advanced-General panel, and references to crashes caused by plugins)
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- Error+loading+web+sites
- Maybe add "plugin has crashed" error message, with a link to Plugin crash reports article
- Upgrading+to+Firefox+3.6
- Add OOPP to the list of what's new (specify 3.6.4)
- Options+window+-+Advanced+panel
- Add "Submit crash reports" pref
- Firefox+crashes
- Under "Problematic or out of date plugins", mention that 3.6.4 is not affected by this because of OOPP
- Firefox+crashes+when+loading+certain+pages
- Any mentions of plugin-related crashes should include a suggestion to upgrade because of OOPP. Maybe put a suggestion at the beginning to upgrade.
- Firefox+crashes+when+viewing+Youtube+videos
- Make updating to 3.6.4 or higher a suggested solution. Maybe even replace the current solutions.
- Firefox+crashes+when+working+with+PDF+files
- Add a suggestion to update to 3.6.4 or higher
- Firefox+consumes+a+lot+of+CPU+resources (maybe)
- Firefox+makes+unrequested+connections
- Sending a crash report may be considered an unrequested connection
- Pages+that+use+the+Flash+plugin+crash+on+Mac
- Add a suggestion to update to 3.6.4 or higher
- Using+the+Shockwave+plugin+with+Firefox
- "Why does Firefox consume so much memory after installing Shockwave?" should mention OOPP.