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Firefox Is Going 64-Bit: What You Need To Know

Posted by Soulskill on from the hands-extended-and-upturned dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Firefox product manager Asa Dotzler determined that figuring out the 64-bit confusion surrounding Firefox it will be 'near the top' of his to-do list this summer and fall. One could conclude that Mozilla has no idea at this point what people are expecting from a 64-bit version of Firefox, so Dotzler is asking for some feedback. More speed? More security? What about plug-in availability? All of the above, please."

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  1. Memory! by Oxford_Comma_Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then why make a 64 bit version at all? If the company has no idea what people expect, then they don't need to be messing with it in first place.

    Hurray! With 64 bits, Firefox might be able to address all the memory it uses...

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    1. Re:Memory! by TheLink · · Score: 4, Funny

      More like it'll be able to leak more than 4GB of memory.

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  2. Oh great. by MaxBooger · · Score: 4, Funny

    64-bit Firefox: Now with 192 gigabytes of memory leaks!

  3. Re:If Mozilla has no idea what to expect by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then why make a 64 bit version at all?

    Maybe they need an excuse to change the version to 6.4?

  4. they really needed that by roman_mir · · Score: 5, Funny

    they truly needed that, because soon enough they'll run out of 32 bit integers they use for version numbering.

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  5. Re:If Mozilla has no idea what to expect by aix+tom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The truth is the probably have integrated the version number as an integer all over the place, and they are desperate to switch to 64 bit before the version number hits the 32 bit integer limit later in the year.