Mozilla Outs 64-Bit Firefox For Windows In Development!

[exitrade]

Hot on the heels of Google making a native 64-bit version of Chrome available back in August, Mozilla has let loose the fact that an official 64-bit build of Firefox is coming. It's about time, too - even Internet Explorer has had a native 64-bit version for quite some time.

To be fair, a 64-bit version of Firefox hasn't been hard to come by up to this point. A visit to the project's nightly channel could have hooked you up with what you needed, and alternative browsers based on Firefox have also made 64-bit available to users. With the fact that an official stable 64-bit Firefox is en route, though, it's a solution that fans of the browser can truly trust.

In the official project wiki, it's seen that 64-bit development has become a big focus, but there's still no hard date of when normal users will be able to snatch such a version. Why is 64-bit so important? Performance is a big reason, as is stability. Interestingly, a note is listed on the page that says a 64-bit version of Firefox could beat the launch of Windows "9", in case Microsoft retires 32-bit versions - which as the Windows 10 Preview highlights, hasn't happened.

If you're wanting to give a 64-bit Firefox a go, now that you know it's an actual focus of Mozilla and a stable version is en route, you can head on over to the nightly page and grab the latest version. The file you'll want is "firefox-XX.X.en-US.win64-x86_64.installer.exe". As the nightly browser is actually called "Nightly" and is installed to its own unique directory, your stable version of Firefox will be left in tact.

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[tezza]

November, there could be beta versions of the 64-bit version for Windows.

As the time of release Firefox 37 is proposed, which will appear on the current planning on March 31, 2015.

https://www.soeren-h...on-im-november/

[demoneye]

If firefox x64 will bring speed that ok .... if not they can shove it :moon:

[exitrade]

x64 - it's all about benefits that will bring.( safety, faster starup, increase speed in page load, less use of processor,less processor heat, longer lap top batery life)

[banditnich]

well it's about time... have to keep up the pace since the other browser already on 64bit for some times now

[jamesbond]

x64 - it's all about benefits that will bring.( safety, faster starup, increase speed in page load, less use of processor,less processor heat, longer lap top batery life)

i doubt it. it will eat more memory, that's the only really notable difference . :lol:

[jackieo]

I am happily using Cyberfox...AMD X64 optimzed version :)

https://8pecxstudios.com/

[Kalju]

FirefoxPortableNightly64 35.0 Nigly x64 English online.paf

(It is online installer. If it is installed, in future it will be updated automatically if some updates are available.)

File: FirefoxPortableNightly64 35.0 Nigly x64 English online.paf.exe
Size: 888.64 KB

Datafilehost: http://www.datafilehost.com/d/8d61cee5

MEGA: https://mega.co.nz/#!x1h1nQLR!Kq3A71lYKo6KQVfKIJzvukrZfmGKo7kZrTG7zF9XKWU

[dMog]

my problem is that it is not yet for general release o it looks like it still may have some major bugs....are they looking for guinea pigs to test out as it possibly could screw up your system???

[rudrax]

I'm so excited for this x64 bit update.