Windows 10: Firefox 64-bit is now available to download

Ditto. And it is 64 bit!!
*Smile

 

Ok, got it. But the website doesn't mention it at all. You have to browse the server directly to get it. Looks like they don't really want their users to install it. *Wink

 

My Firefox just updated to version 42. Did it sense that I'm running a 64-bit Win-10 O.S. and update me to the new 64-bit version? How can I tell if this new/updated version is 64-bit or 32-bit?

 

Run it and take a look at the task in task manager. 32 bit programs got a "(32 bit)" remark. If there is no such remark it's a 64 bit program.

 

F/F won't be as good as it could be security wise until they sandbox it like Chrome and IE 11. aside from lack of a sandbox F/F is real decent and could likely be a good default browser when they sandbox it, I read they are working on that .

I use Chrome as a default browser on the 4 PC's here but aside from the sandbox thing F/F is decent .

On the daily driver here I have F/F on my other primary partition in Windows 10 RTM along with Chrome ,IE 11 and Edge >
( the red headed wonky Windows 10 /IE11 stepchild .) ☻

I will likely update to the 64 bit F/ F though since I came across this thread sometimes F/F comes in handy .

 

That explains why I couldn't find it on the Mozilla site when I went there yesterday.

I had to get the installer via a link in a Neowin article.

 

Thanks BeeMan.. I got my copy the other day!

 

Thanks labeeman *Smile

 

So far so good with Firefox 64 bit. All extensions and plugins for the 32 bit version work. I firs uninstalled the 32 bit version but that does not delete my bookmarks, plugins, extensions or preferences. I got it for this Mozilla site:
Directory Listing: /pub/firefox/releases/

 

Thanks for the tip on the 64 Bit version. Wouldn't have known anything about it if I hadn't read it here. *Smile

 

Yeah, so far Mozilla has been doing an outstanding job in hiding it *Wink

 

Thank-you for that info, Altae. I ran Firefox after accepting the update to version 42.0. The task manager says that it's still a "32-bit" browser. Maybe the Mozilla programmers feel that the 64-bit version isn't stable enough yet? Usually, servers (or something) sense that you're running a 64-bit O.S. and install the appropriate version of a program.

 

If you had the 32 bit version installed, it won't install the 64 bit version.
Go to the link in the OP and D/L the 64 bit version.

 

Here's what looks like the official download page and what I think is the home of the 64 Bit Mozilla browsers:

Mozilla Firefox 64-bit

 

Waterfox uses 1024 MB of RAM while idle. I hope this is different.