If you've recently opened Task Manager, you may have been surprised to see a long list of processes all connected to your web browser. Well, Microsoft explained why its seemingly lightweight browser has so much going on behind the scenes. In a recent blog post, the Microsoft Edge team explained that modern browsers are running more and more processes, they are more than just document viewers, and this is reflected in the amount of memory they're using at all times.
Trust the process
Like many other modern web browsers, Microsoft Edge uses a multithreaded architecture to provide better security, reliability, and resource accountability. By dividing and isolating a browser's processes, it means that even if the rendering process, the one that interacts with a website, is compromised, an attacker cannot take full control of a user's device. . Also, in terms of reliability, if one web application or extension fails, the others should not be affected. "Today's browsers are more like operating systems than document viewers," said Allison Pastewka, program manager for Microsoft Edge. “Users are doing more and more tasks in the browser and less in desktop applications. However, every web page, web application, and extension uses memory. As a result, users often worry about the impact of memory usage on their experience. " In addition to the main browser process and rendering process, some of the more common processes that make up the architecture of a browser are the GPU process, utility processes, plugin processes, and dashboard management process. blocking.. By checking Task Manager, a user may see multiple versions of these processes for each running tab or extension.If you've ever wondered why your browser is using so many of your computer's resources, now you know.