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Mozilla Firefox Now Comes in x64

at long last.

By on February 26, 2015 9:17:18 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

starkers

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As the title says, Firefox now comes with a 64 bit version.

For those who are interested.... here's more, plus links to the downloads.

Happy sailing and don't fergit yer Sou'westers.

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March 2, 2015 1:11:34 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

So, I take it from the overwhelming response that nobody's interested in a 64 bit browser than can transport you to anywhere in the internet to see anything you like?

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March 2, 2015 3:15:51 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Because it wasn't official and still the version is beta...............................

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March 2, 2015 7:17:19 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting starkers,

So, I take it from the overwhelming response that nobody's interested in a 64 bit browser than can transport you to anywhere in the internet to see anything you like?

Now with new and improved 64bit....2 flavours means there's twice the opportunities to break Windowblinds as before.

 

Colour me thrilled....

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March 3, 2015 7:09:42 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Jafo,

Colour me thrilled..

Okay, consider yourself coloured a few shades of thrilled...

Yup, found piccy of yer in another post and defaced it in MS Paint with various texta colours

I must say, and nothing personal BTW, you do sorta look orright with a rouge lipstick and massacre... er, mascara.

Seriously now.

As for breaking WB, dunno wot you mean?  Never had a problem wiv it.

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March 3, 2015 7:22:18 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting starkers,

As for breaking WB, dunno wot you mean? Never had a problem wiv it.

9 out of 10 men who have tried Camels prefer women....

...er..

9 out of 10 posts here relating to Windowblinds not skinning a proggy properly refer to Firefox...

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March 3, 2015 7:30:46 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums


As the title says, Firefox now comes with a 64 bit version.

Went to Mozilla.org, and all I found was their latest x486 (x32). I think what you're seeing at MajorGeeks are alphas and betas, Mark...

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March 3, 2015 8:39:48 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

32 bit has plenty of errors..with  64 bit what do we expect? None of their customized skin works in WB  lol

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March 3, 2015 10:05:57 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

think 64 bit are supposed to be out (as stable)_ in the next 1 or 2 version. couple of months or so then...  if you count nightly and what not, it's been out for years

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March 3, 2015 11:09:07 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I've been using WaterFox for some time now -- 64-bit version of Firefox, and unlike the FireFox release, WaterFox is not beta.

There's also something called CyberFox, which is another 64-bit version of Firefox -- and they just came out with a v37 beta.

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March 3, 2015 11:14:46 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

The point is this thread of title is misleading. There is no "official" 64 bit of Firefox. 

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March 3, 2015 11:15:10 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

double..........

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March 3, 2015 12:32:36 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

what mark phelps said use waterfox

There's a work around for getting firefox to skin correctly including waterfox it requires the addon classic theme restorer & replacing ff or wf "CTRpreferences.txt" file with a custom version i can confirm it works including changing skins

http://forums.wincustomize.com/445965/page/1/

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March 3, 2015 10:18:27 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Gaspershooters,

The point is this thread of title is misleading. There is no "official" 64 bit of Firefox.

Nope... not misleading at all.  Following the link takes you to wher A copy of FF x64 can be obtained. 

Nowhere in the OP does it say whether its a beta or full version... just that it's available.

As for using Waterfox or Cyberfox x64 versions, well there's nothing wrong with that, since both have stable versions and have been around for years.  The only reason I posted this was to inform those FF users who may look to switch over [now or when a stable version is released]

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March 3, 2015 10:58:18 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

It' an irresponsible link without proper informations as majority of users are not well enough to solve/tackle unwanted occurrences,such as pop-out ads,corrupted files,etc., 

 

 

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March 3, 2015 11:15:00 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Okay, have it your way, Gaspers.  However, I doubt that Mozilla would include unwanted extras, such as popups and toolbars, etc.  Like I said, I just wanted to point it out for those who might be interested.  Once there, as the end of the link, the person needs to decide if they want it -whether it's safe or not - and like ALL software these days, the person installing it needs to be vigilant in order to avoid unwanted extras, etc.  I mean, we can't hold everybodys hand while they select and/or install software, can we?

 

 

Ya know, I could never make up my mind about your nick... whethers its Gasper shooters ... OR Gaspers Hooters.

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March 4, 2015 3:32:51 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

At the first blush,I thought Moziila "finally" released 64 bit of browser as Chrome,then I clicked the link,read and realized it is just another patched Firefox as Waterfox ,Cyberfox or Nightly whatsoever build which why I said the title is misleading.    Personally,I couldn't not recommend them unless the users know what is it and have some knowledges to resolve the consequences instead of crying foul for bad installment.   

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March 4, 2015 6:19:15 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

The way I see it, Gaspers, is that ALL software is potentially a problem for someone, and in some cases morso than others, meaning that no software should ever be recommended to anyone for fear it'll mess up somebody's PC.

In fact, given how many problems can arise, it's probably best if 90% of PC users don't use one any more.

Oh, and why stop there?  I mean, how many motorist know how to fix a car if it breaks down/has issues?  Yup, we should probably lobby all the world governments to force 95% of motorists off the road... cos cars WILL break down, you know.

Like I said before, we can't hold every PC users hand or create "novice user" only aoftware.  Besides, if a user can figure out how to use a computer and manage its general workings, then a browser shouldn't be too hard to figure out, and Waterfox, Cyberfox and Nightly aren't the worst browsers out there... though IE comes to mind.

I have used both Cyberfox and Waterfox without issues and found both to be stable, easy to use browsers that get the job done, and I well imagine that Mozilla will release a pretty decent 64 bit version when the time comes

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March 4, 2015 10:23:12 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Bonjour

Installé ce jour firefox  x64 béta fonctionne parfaitement pas de bugs .

Trés rapide moins de bugs que sur la version 36 x86

windowsblind fonctionne parfaitement

 

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March 4, 2015 10:52:03 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I'm on Nightly x64 and have been for some time, with no stability issues on my end.

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