Currently Firefox 64-bit is still under development (though testing build available, stable version might be available with Firefox 8 release for Windows 64-bit systems), wait! you can taste Waterfox which 64-bit version of Firefox which is compiled from Firefox source code runs fast on 64-bit Windows, developer claims 64-bit version is more responsive, quicker and out-performs 32-bit version.
Waterfox vs. Firefox & Waterfox features
- The add-ons for Firefox will work with this Firefox version too.
- Supports auto-updates, you won’t need to manually check for updates.
- Compiled with SSE, SSE2, x64 favoring enabled.
- You can install both Firefox and Waterfox in your Computer without any problems, however you may not use them at the same time since Waterfox uses Firefox profile.
- You’ll have to wait for Waterfox when Official Mozilla Firefox is released as it needs to be recompiled into Waterfox
- You must’ve Visual C++ redistributable installed.
You can download 64-bit version of plug-ins like Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Silverlight, Java from here.
I have been using Waterfox for several weeks now and it’s absolutely brilliant! My version is based on Firefox 8.01 and is running on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.
As usual, some add-ons don’t work properly (the ones that don’t work in FF8.01), but that happens every time you upgrade Firefox anyway. No surprises there. It’s NOT the browsers’ fault – the people who write the add-ons/plugins need to keep “up to date”.
Many programmers don’t get paid anything for their work. Expecting them to keep up with every new browser version is a tall order.
Based on my own experience of Waterfox, I think it’s the best browser I have EVER used. I hope that when the “official” 64-bit Firefox browser comes out, it will be at least as good.
Just remember that Waterfox shares the same profile as Firefox (if you have that installed). IF you want to remove Waterfox, for whatever reason, be careful NOT to remove the FF profile.