Finally found it http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/03/2244226.shtml a bit old though (but I guess the IE8 architecture did not
change)
Jacques
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
From: "David E Jones" <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>
Something to note also, I don't know for other browsers, but if you open
several instances of Firefox using the same profile
(in different windows as opposed to tabs in the same window) Firefox does not
open another session.
Actually Firefox used only one process for all its windows. It's a feature
some softwares allow you to choose or not (only 1
instance) Firefox forces it. You can change but AFAIK not from inside Firefox
(using about:config)
If interested Google for "allow firefox multi instances"
Yes that is the traditional behavior for Firefox. What about other browsers
like IE, Opera, Safari, etc?
What I'm saying is that this isn't just the behavior for Firefox, all browsers
except Chrome have historically behaved this way
and it is only recently that any of them even considered doing something
different.
On Windows it's clear for Opera (allow to open only one intance/window anyway)
and Safari (tnough less clear from UI POV, same
behaviour than FF). But less for IE8 as it opens 2 processes under a sole task
(Windows terminology). In IE case I did not find
quickly any clear answers about session on Google...
Jacques
-David
