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 = Enabling Fission =
-Fission is only supported in the Firefox Nightly channel and requires WebRender be enabled.
+Fission is only supported in the Firefox Nightly channel and requires WebRender be enabled!
-. Enable the “fission.autostart” and “gfx.webrender.all” prefs in Nightly. Do not change any other “fission.*” prefs!
+How to enable Fission:
-. Restart Nightly.
-. You can verify Fission is enabled by looking for “[F]” in the page title tooltip when you mouse over a tab.
+# Enable the ''"fission.autostart"'' and ''"gfx.webrender.all"'' prefs in Nightly. Do not mess with any other ''"fission.*"'' or ''"gfx.webrender.*"'' prefs!
-When Fission is enabled, you can open a non-Fission window using the “File > New Non-Fission Window” menu item. This is handy for testing whether a bug is specific to Fission or not.
+# Restart Nightly.
-To disable Fission, reset the “fission.autostart” pref to “false” and restart Nightly.
+# Fission should now be enabled. To verify it's enabled, mouse over a tab and look for "[F]" (i.e. Fission) in the tab's tooltip popup.
+# When Fission is enabled, you can open a non-Fission window using the "File > New Non-Fission Window" menu item. This is handy for testing whether a bug is specific to Fission or not.
+# To disable Fission, reset the ''"fission.autostart"'' and ''"gfx.webrender.all"'' prefs to ''"false"'' and restart Nightly.
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