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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    [konqueror] [Bug 382741] New: Removal of "Minimise Memory Usage" option makes Konqueror more fragile
From:       Jonathan Marten <bugzilla_noreply () kde ! org>
Date:       2017-07-26 8:10:02
Message-ID: bug-382741-5021 () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382741

            Bug ID: 382741
           Summary: Removal of "Minimise Memory Usage" option makes
                    Konqueror more fragile, please reconsider
           Product: konqueror
           Version: Git
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: konq-bugs@kde.org
          Reporter: jjm@keelhaul.me.uk
  Target Milestone: ---

In KDE4 and in KF5 until recently, Konqueror had the "Performance - Minimise
Memory Usage" option.  Unless this was set to "Always" (with the caution "Use
with care"), Konqueror would open new windows in a separate process if it
considered it to be appropriate.

Now, with the removal of this option, all Konqueror windows appear to share the
same process (i.e. it was as if the former option was set to "Always").  This
would not be a problem if everything always worked perfectly, but the trouble
is that a single crash (or a hung or runaway process needing to be killed)
anywhere - which may not be the fault of Konqueror, but possibly in one of the
HTML parts or any other viewer part - will destroy all of the user's Konqueror
windows regardless of what they are showing.  And sometimes I have tens of them
open...

Please consider reinstating this option, possibly with the default being
"Always" if it is felt that this is the most appropriate setting now.

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