On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 20:33, Mike Conley <mcon...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> (cross-posted to dev-platform and firefox-dev) > > Hi folks, > > Just a heads up that in bug 1476981 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1476981>, I just autolanded > a patch that, when hopefully merged, will enable the Process Priority > Manager for Firefox Desktop on Nightly on Windows. > > The Process Priority Manager lowers the OS-level process priority for any > content processes that host *only* background tabs. As soon as one tab in > a content process is brought to the foreground, the priority is brought > back to the normal level. > > This should allow foreground tabs to get more CPU cycles dedicated to > them, which we hope will let users get more things done more quickly in > those foreground tabs. > > The pref is holding on Nightly to help us shake out bugs. If you notice > any, bug 1522879 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1522879> > is the right metabug to block. > > If you have questions or concerns, please respond to this thread on > dev-platform (to centralize the conversation). > Do we know if this will impact video or audio playing in the background tabs? _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
