== What is WebKit2 ? ==
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. 

The main upsides for client applications are : 
   * more _responsive_ user interfaces by farming out CPU intensive web content processing to a worker process
   * better _crash tolerance_ by isolating crash-prone code from the UI process
   * better OS enforced _security_ for memory accesses, file access, sensor access


== The multi-process browser landscape ==
Google's [http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/multi-process-architecture Chromium Browser] was the first to feature a multiple processes architecture