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Private

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Feb 17, 2012, 4:23:13 PM2/17/12
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I am using windows 7 64 Bit, it came with IE 32 bit & 64 Bit. I
very seldom use IE always use Firefox.

My question is, Has anyone been using Firefox 64 Bit? and if so
how does it compare to Firefox 32 Bit.

Also, Can I install both 32 Bit and 64 Bit firefox on the same
computer at the same time?

I remember when I was on firefox web site, I ran across where to
download the 64 bit, but did not do so as I was unsure if it would
work. Now I do not know where I saw it, but maybe someone can give
me the link.

Thanks

Morgana

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Feb 17, 2012, 4:43:39 PM2/17/12
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On 17-Feb-2012 16:23, Private wrote:
> I am using windows 7 64 Bit, it came with IE 32 bit& 64 Bit. I
I have not tried it but there a version 13 64bit here:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/

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Ant

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Feb 17, 2012, 4:45:18 PM2/17/12
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On 2/17/2012 1:43 PM PT, Morgana typed:

> I have not tried it but there a version 13 64bit here:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/

And unsupported, right?
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Morgana

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Feb 17, 2012, 4:49:11 PM2/17/12
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On 17-Feb-2012 16:45, Ant wrote:
> On 2/17/2012 1:43 PM PT, Morgana typed:
>
>> I have not tried it but there a version 13 64bit here:
>> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
>
> And unsupported, right?


Not for the faint of heart. This is alpha FF so I wouldn't try it on my
main machine. :-)

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Chris Ilias

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Feb 17, 2012, 5:22:30 PM2/17/12
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On 12-02-17 4:43 PM, _Morgana_ spoke thusly:
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> I have not tried it but there a version 13 64bit here:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/

A better URL would be <http://nightly.mozilla.org/>.
WARNING: The nightly channel is for those who want to test the very
latest code. A new update is built every day, containing code changes
made the previous day, which means you would be among the first testers
of that code.

64-bit builds have been available on the nightly channel for a long time
now. It's not specific to Firefox 13. There are still some hurdles to go
through before there is a 64-bit Firefox end-user release for Windows.

There is an unofficial version called Waterfox, you can try at
<http://waterfoxproject.org/faq/>.

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Big_Al

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Feb 17, 2012, 5:41:31 PM2/17/12
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Private said this on 2/17/2012 4:23 PM:
> I am using windows 7 64 Bit, it came with IE 32 bit& 64 Bit. I
Waterfox works pretty good. I only have a few ad-ons.

JJ

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Feb 17, 2012, 8:46:19 PM2/17/12
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On 2/17/2012 4:23 PM, Private wrote:
> I am using windows 7 64 Bit, it came with IE 32 bit& 64 Bit. I
I've been using FF 10.x 64 on a win7 system and FF 10.x 32 on another XP
Pro system. FWIW, I find no significant operational difference between
them.

Morgana

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Feb 17, 2012, 8:58:15 PM2/17/12
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Do you have a download link for FF 10.x 64 for Windows7?
The only FF 10 64bit I can find is for Linux.

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Vic Moz Garcia

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Feb 17, 2012, 9:47:46 PM2/17/12
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Did you ever try the link that Chris gave you ?????
In the right part of the page there are the two links to FF-64, one for
Windows, one for Linux.

Which part of that page you do not understand ????

WLS

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Feb 17, 2012, 10:02:29 PM2/17/12
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It is Firefox 10.0.2? All I see is a Nightly build which is 13.0a1.

JJ states they are using a 64-bit Firefox 10.x. I'm also curious where
it was found.

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Morgana

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Feb 17, 2012, 10:43:34 PM2/17/12
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I'm now using Waterfox 10.0.1 64bit which looks the same as FF.
Uses the same profile, add-ons and themes.
Seems to be working fine so far.

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Morgana

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Feb 17, 2012, 10:56:44 PM2/17/12
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I understood very well that it's not FF 10.x but 13a

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Lucas B. Cohen

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Feb 18, 2012, 10:01:50 AM2/18/12
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On 2012.02.18 04:43, Morgana wrote:

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> I'm now using Waterfox 10.0.1 64bit which looks the same as FF.
> Uses the same profile, add-ons and themes.
> Seems to be working fine so far.

How about plug-ins. Do Adobe Flash Player, Shockwave and things like
that work well ?

Morgana

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Feb 18, 2012, 10:32:01 AM2/18/12
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Flash Player plug-in 11.1.102.62 (called Shockwave flash in FF) works
fine, same with JavaSE 7 U3 10.3.0.5.
Don't know about Shockwave, don't have it installed.

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Bob Henson

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Feb 18, 2012, 2:14:22 PM2/18/12
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Do you have any problems with screen scrolling? I tried it a day or to
back and removed it straight away as it was unusable due to the
"twitchy" unstable scrolling using my mouse.

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John Thompson

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Feb 18, 2012, 5:18:09 PM2/18/12
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On 2012-02-17, Private <privat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am using windows 7 64 Bit, it came with IE 32 bit & 64 Bit. I
> very seldom use IE always use Firefox.
>
> My question is, Has anyone been using Firefox 64 Bit? and if so
> how does it compare to Firefox 32 Bit.

I have 32-bit Firefox-10.0.2 on one machine, and 64-bit
Firefox-10.0.2 on another machine and find no significant
difference. Both machines are running linux, FWIW.


> Also, Can I install both 32 Bit and 64 Bit firefox on the same
> computer at the same time?

I'm not sure about Windows, but you can in linux. You do need the
full complement of 32-bit libraries available, though.

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Vic Moz Garcia

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Feb 18, 2012, 7:25:37 PM2/18/12
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On 2/17/2012 10:56 PM, Morgana wrote:
> On 17-Feb-2012 21:47, Vic Moz Garcia wrote:
>> On 2/17/2012 8:58 PM, Morgana wrote:
>>> On 17-Feb-2012 20:46, JJ wrote:
>>>> On 2/17/2012 4:23 PM, Private wrote:

<snip>

>>> Do you have a download link for FF 10.x 64 for Windows7?
>>> The only FF 10 64bit I can find is for Linux.
>>
>> Did you ever try the link that Chris gave you ?????
>> In the right part of the page there are the two links to FF-64, one for
>> Windows, one for Linux.
>>
>> Which part of that page you do not understand ????
>>
>
> I understood very well that it's not FF 10.x but 13a

That link gave you the page of the current version, just follow the tree
up and you can get all the older versions, 12.x, 11.x ... and so on.
It's just a couple of minutes search to find the version you want.

WLS

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Feb 18, 2012, 9:13:36 PM2/18/12
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Following the tree up to Firefox 10.0.2 shows no 64-bit version.

Will somebody please provide a direct link to the Windows 64-bit build
of Firefox, that they all claim to be using.

Vic Moz Garcia

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Feb 19, 2012, 3:50:19 AM2/19/12
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You are correct, there is not Win64 version on the 10.x folders ... ???

Wonder if the ones that claim to have it, are really using Waterfox 64.
Current Waterfox is 10.0.1, so the version match.

See: http://waterfoxproject.org/downloads/

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