![]() ![]() However if you’re expecting the fact Waterfox is 64-bit to cure existing issues with Firefox primarily concerning performance and memory-munching, I seriously doubt anyone who uses it will notice any significant difference. Add-ons that work in regular Firefox seem to work in Waterfox with no issues, so that’s good. It also supports transparency and other advanced features. It offers significant bandwidth savings for sites compared to existing image formats. It’s a good 64-bit browser, and the nice part is that it operates using the same profile as your existing Firefox installation as far as I can tell. Waterfox now supports the new AVIF image format, which is based on the modern and royalty-free AV1 video codec. Like I said, smaller teams of programmers just don’t have the time and resource larger teams do. No, this is not an accusation of laziness whatsoever. In other words, they “get to it when they get to it”. Why? Because unofficial builds of browsers are released by small teams that don’t have the resources the major providers have. And sometimes this can take weeks or even months for this to happen. Whatever team is building the unofficial build receives a notice from the official provider, they compile a version, then release – but it’s always after that major provider releases it first. Major browsers release security updates quickly should any problems be discovered, and the unofficial builds are always second in line for them. Using unofficial builds of browsers is not exactly a good idea Yes, this does mean by having the three tabs open of webmail, Facebook and Netflix that Waterfox will explode up to half-a-gig of memory use just by sitting there just like Firefox does. waterfox 64-bit windows firefox variant browser add-on License type Freeware 1 Author's homepage Visit the author's site Date added Downloads 49,019 File size 26. The way the engine works just explodes in memory use by nature. When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click Refresh Firefox then Refresh Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. That’s not fixed, and that’s not Waterfox’s fault at all. Click the menu button, click Help and select More Troubleshooting Information. This is Firefox we’re talking aboutīeing that Waterfox is Firefox in 64-bit flavor, it still has the exact same memory-munching problem Firefox does. Startup and shutdown would show no major difference in speed. Document load time – especially over a network – would only be slightly faster on 64-bit (meaning you really wouldn’t notice any significant difference). Think of it this way: Would you notice a difference between a 32-bit Microsoft Word and a 64-bit Microsoft Word? Nope. You can benchmark-benchmark-benchmark all day long and spout out numbers-numbers-numbers, but the fact of the matter is that in practical use, you will notice little to no difference in performance compared to a 32-bit browser. ![]() In a browser application, 64-bit at this point really hasn’t proven to be any better than the 32-bit flavors. Since Firefox is already covering the 32-bit systems, the Waterfox developers wisely. Now if we’re talking about, say, a video editing suite that requires gobs and gobs of memory to crunch and render video data faster, then oh yes, 64-bit is better because that architecture can process and access everything quicker. The current release, Waterfox 28, emulates Firefox 28 and works only for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8/8.1. ![]()
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