No 64-bit Firefox in the near future?

SwampKracker · #1 27th November 2012, 11:07 PM

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814009

Is not the same source code used for both 32-bit and 64-bit? Why have web browsers lagged behind in supporting 64-bit environments? And Java? And Flash? And ........?

I can understand drivers, but not the apps.

hadrons123 · #2 28th November 2012, 12:31 AM

The news is not specific to even linux. Linux has a full fledged 64 bit browser.

Demz3 · #3 28th November 2012, 12:35 AM

i do believe Google are working on a 64bit browser ( Windows one ) there will always be 64bit Linux Browsers. but problem with Mozilla is there is a lot of internal fighting , look at how many devs did the Australis theme.

SwampKracker · #4 28th November 2012, 02:21 AM

One would think after all this time with 64-bit hardware and 64-bit operating systems, there is no reason to not have all native 64-bit everything running everywhere. It's great to have the ability to still run 32-bit software, but I think it is time to stop making excuses and drop the 32-bit already.

Is there any good argument to NOT develop for 64-bit?

marko · #5 28th November 2012, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SwampKracker

One would think after all this time with 64-bit hardware and 64-bit operating systems, there is no reason to not have all native 64-bit everything running everywhere. It's great to have the ability to still run 32-bit software, but I think it is time to stop making excuses and drop the 32-bit already.

Is there any good argument to NOT develop for 64-bit?

It's even better than that; 64bit Linux can run 32bit Linux code just fine if the 32bit support libraries are installed. AMD did a pretty good job designing x86-64 so it can run 32bit apps on a 64bit OS

***Gareth Jones*** · #6 28th November 2012, 09:09 PM

As far as I’m aware, this is a Windows-only issue, and won’t affect 64-bit Firefox on Linux. I suspect that FOSS APIs still handle multi-arch issues much more easily than Windows’, and Windows is still playing catch-up as a 64-bit OS.

WaltS48 · #7 29th November 2012, 04:13 PM

Windows only issue involving the experimental, updated daily, Nightly builds, which never make it up the channels to Aurora, Beta and Release.

I can't believe that people would be using that for their production browser.