Actually, it is called XPCDOM (XPConnected DOM)
I think the major advantage is to lower the memory footprint of Mozilla.
Other than that, I don't know what else it can be used for.
Eric
"Doug Hanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I saw somewhere that something called XPDCOM landed recently. What
> exactly is this? Is it a replacement of XPCOM or just an extension of
> it? And is this what is causing frequent crashing (on linux at least) in
> recent builds?
>
