Firefox 64-bit
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Firefox 64-bit
I'm in the process of switching over to Vista 64 bit, and trying to use 64 bit applications where possible.
Now I believe that there isn't an official 64 bit version of FF 3, apart from what are available here:
http://wiki.mozilla-x86-64.com/Download
Has anyone tried any of these? Would I notice a difference in using standard FF 3.0 32 and 64 bit? The same applies for Thunderbird. Or is there perhaps an official nightly build of FF 3.x which is 64 bit?
Now I believe that there isn't an official 64 bit version of FF 3, apart from what are available here:
http://wiki.mozilla-x86-64.com/Download
Has anyone tried any of these? Would I notice a difference in using standard FF 3.0 32 and 64 bit? The same applies for Thunderbird. Or is there perhaps an official nightly build of FF 3.x which is 64 bit?
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
There are no releases or nightly builds of 64 bit Firefox for Windows from Mozilla as the earliest release to likely have 64-bit versions is Firefox 4.0. The only option you have is either roll your own or use a third-party build. The link you have is Not an official Mozilla site as they are unofficial third-party builds.
There are 64-bit Linux builds on the unstable Trunk nightlies however these are not officially supported as they are mostly to verify that they don't break compilation on x86-64, since it's possible to break x86-64 without breaking x86. The daily update .mars for these were not intended as they were just lazy to go about turning that off after a server change or such.
A list of Official Mozilla domains can be found at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Over_100_domains
There are 64-bit Linux builds on the unstable Trunk nightlies however these are not officially supported as they are mostly to verify that they don't break compilation on x86-64, since it's possible to break x86-64 without breaking x86. The daily update .mars for these were not intended as they were just lazy to go about turning that off after a server change or such.
A list of Official Mozilla domains can be found at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Over_100_domains
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Thanks James.
I do know that my link is not an official Mozilla site, but was wondering if anybody has actually tried the unofficial third-party builds. If yes, how it compares to official Firefox on a 64 bit OS
I do know that my link is not an official Mozilla site, but was wondering if anybody has actually tried the unofficial third-party builds. If yes, how it compares to official Firefox on a 64 bit OS
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Most people won't even consider 64-bit builds because they require 64-bit plugins, and these don't exist (particularly flash).
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
sysKin wrote:Most people won't even consider 64-bit builds because they require 64-bit plugins, and these don't exist (particularly flash).
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html = 64-bit Flash Plugin for Linux
http://download.java.net/jdk6/ = This JDK release has 64-bit plugin
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Both of these are tests plugins, so use them at your own risks. More, the Original Poster was using Windows and the Flash plugin is Linux-only. That won't help him to solve his problem.
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And to make things worse, the x64 builds of java actually DON'T have a 64-bit plugin. Only the VM is 64 bit, plugin is 32 bit.
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and whats this?sysKin wrote:And to make things worse, the x64 builds of java actually DON'T have a 64-bit plugin. Only the VM is 64 bit, plugin is 32 bit.
http://www.java.net/download/jdk6/6u12/promoted/b02/binaries/jre-6u12-ea-bin-b02-linux-amd64-08_dec_2008.bin
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Please do not post direct links to executable.
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Any idea on the timeframe for an official 64-bit Firefox?
(This from someone wondering if 16-bit PSP would still run on Vista-64.)
(This from someone wondering if 16-bit PSP would still run on Vista-64.)
Sometimes my brain works too fast for my mind to keep up.
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
SWAG is at least two to four years away
What sort of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.
"Terry Pratchett"
"Terry Pratchett"
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Well, in that case I doubt 64-bit addons are going to be out anytime soon, either. Guess it's the old 32-bit for me for a while. (I take it SWAG is the 'codename'?
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
SWAG?
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Scientific Wild Ass Guess.
Of course it could also mean many other things... http://www.abbreviations.com/SWAG
Of course it could also mean many other things... http://www.abbreviations.com/SWAG
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Re: Firefox 64-bit
Damn, I wonder what the hold up is.
Most modern CPUs have been 64-bit for a while now, I believe? And OS X has been around for a while, and WinXP was released in both 32 and 64 if not mistaken. So CPU and OS have been covered.
Is it mostly a question of plugins, then?
Most modern CPUs have been 64-bit for a while now, I believe? And OS X has been around for a while, and WinXP was released in both 32 and 64 if not mistaken. So CPU and OS have been covered.
Is it mostly a question of plugins, then?