| | 1 | == What is WebKit2 ? == |
| | 2 | WebKit2 is a substantial architectural enhancement to WebKit that allows clients/embedders of the framework to harness operating system (OS) level "features" for a more responsive and secure application. |
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| | 4 | The main upsides for client applications are : |
| | 5 | * more _responsive_ user interfaces by farming out CPU intensive web content processing to a worker process |
| | 6 | * better _crash tolerance_ by isolating crash-prone code from the UI process |
| | 7 | * better OS enforced _security_ for memory accesses, file access, sensor access |
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| | 10 | == The multi-process browser landscape == |
| | 11 | Google's [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/multi-process-architecture Chromium Browser] was the first to feature a multiple processes architecture |
