Waterfox - 64bit Firfox goodness |
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Waterfox - 64bit Firfox goodness |
 Mar 25 2012, 04:53 AM
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Hero Titan  |
I wasn't aware of this project, and am just trying it now - seems pretty fast and stable, apart from the logo, there's no apparent difference
so far so good -------------------- Quote by lunchbox1988
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Mar 26 2012, 10:39 AM
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Hero Guru  |
QUOTE (osama_bin_athlon @ Mar 25 2012, 04:53 AM)  I wasn't aware of this project, and am just trying it now - seems pretty fast and stable, apart from the logo, there's no apparent difference so far so good And here is the link Waterfox I will give it a try myself as well. :) |
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Mar 27 2012, 09:07 AM
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Hero Titan |
I've been using Waterfox for 2-3 days now - it's identical to the latest Firefox (11 I think?)
seems very stable - in fact, I can't find fault with it all my extensions/add-ons work, which is one of the main things. it's shown no sign of crashing, or failing in any way. I have had Waterfox open for the whole time that I've tested it - if it hasn't crashed (or whatever) by now..... methinks Waterfox is my new browser of choice. -------------------- Quote by lunchbox1988
No, but the way he eases me onto his chimp-meat, makes me think he is prince charming. i7 2600K @ 4.4G/Corsair H100/Asrock Z68 Ext4 Gen3/16G 2133Mhz RipjawsX/2x GTX560 Direct CU SLI/2x Corsair 120G Force3 (RAID_0)/8TB Storage (2x RAID_0 arrays)/1x 320G WD Black - Backup/SB Recon3D Fatal1ty Pro/Corsair HX1000/LiteOn BD-RW/CM HAF 932 Adv/Win7 Ult. x64/27" AOC e2795Vh |
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Mar 27 2012, 09:13 AM
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Atomican Primarch  |
QUOTE (osama_bin_athlon @ Mar 27 2012, 10:07 AM) I've been using Waterfox for 2-3 days now - it's identical to the latest Firefox (11 I think?) seems very stable - in fact, I can't find fault with it all my extensions/add-ons work, which is one of the main things. it's shown no sign of crashing, or failing in any way. I have had Waterfox open for the whole time that I've tested it - if it hasn't crashed (or whatever) by now..... methinks Waterfox is my new browser of choice. Ok, you've convinced me. I'll give it a shot too. -------------------- Speech is greatest among the faculties, an index of the mind, and the glory of human culture; but the origin of all speech is in Breath. Whence comes the Breath and whither it goes may be learned by following the advice of the Delphic Oracle: "Man Know Thyself."-The Zodiac.
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Mar 27 2012, 10:36 AM
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Atomican Guru  |
I'd give it go but I have no 64-bit OSes running.
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Mar 27 2012, 10:56 AM
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Atomican Guru  |
Well, been using it for some time on the desktop and I have to say that it is a lot more snappier on the 64bit than on the default 32bit Firefox is built on. So I'm guessing 64bit extensions/code optimisations seems to do the trick.
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Mar 27 2012, 10:56 AM
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Atomican Guru  |
QUOTE (Jeruselem @ Mar 27 2012, 10:36 AM) I'd give it go but I have no 64-bit OSes running. Not even the laptop in your sig? This post has been edited by SquallStrife: Mar 27 2012, 10:56 AM -------------------- KEN SENT ME
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Mar 27 2012, 11:10 AM
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Atomican Guru |
QUOTE (SquallStrife @ Mar 27 2012, 10:26 AM) QUOTE (Jeruselem @ Mar 27 2012, 10:36 AM) I'd give it go but I have no 64-bit OSes running. Not even the laptop in your sig? Oh yes the home laptop. Except the parent use that more than me, I spend more time on the netbook. -------------------- Resident KatyCat
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Mar 27 2012, 01:40 PM
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Atomican Overlord  |
Excellent! Thanks for posting that :)
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Mar 27 2012, 02:19 PM
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Atomican Guru  |
Tried it a couple of months ago when it was out of date from regular Firefox, so my add-ons wouldn't work.
Might have to give it another go if it's up to date now. -------------------- http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/sig/detail5/pc/squatter.png
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Mar 27 2012, 03:05 PM
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Atomican Primarch |
I love it so far. But I just ran into some drama.
You cannot launch BF3 from Battlelog, running on a 64bit browser. Fucking. -------------------- Speech is greatest among the faculties, an index of the mind, and the glory of human culture; but the origin of all speech is in Breath. Whence comes the Breath and whither it goes may be learned by following the advice of the Delphic Oracle: "Man Know Thyself."-The Zodiac.
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Mar 27 2012, 04:04 PM
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Super Hero Titan  |
QUOTE (katalyst @ Mar 27 2012, 04:05 PM) I love it so far. But I just ran into some drama. You cannot launch BF3 from Battlelog, running on a 64bit browser. Fucking. battlelog standalone then? http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/battlelog-standalone/ -------------------- She's going to be really smart, very savvy, haunting good looks, really good at her job. And kind of slutty.
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Mar 27 2012, 06:13 PM
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Atomican Primarch |
QUOTE (aliali @ Mar 27 2012, 05:04 PM) QUOTE (katalyst @ Mar 27 2012, 04:05 PM) I love it so far. But I just ran into some drama. You cannot launch BF3 from Battlelog, running on a 64bit browser. Fucking. battlelog standalone then? http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/battlelog-standalone/ My word. That, good sir, has done just the trick. Thank ya very much. -------------------- Speech is greatest among the faculties, an index of the mind, and the glory of human culture; but the origin of all speech is in Breath. Whence comes the Breath and whither it goes may be learned by following the advice of the Delphic Oracle: "Man Know Thyself."-The Zodiac.
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Apr 4 2012, 01:53 PM
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Atomican Overlord  |
I tried it ages ago, and found it to be no different really. Might give it another crack if it's gotten better.....
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Apr 4 2012, 05:26 PM
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Hero Guru |
Well I have been using it since my last post and I have not had any problems, it also works fine with my add ons. Is it faster ? I am not sure, but it is no slower than FF. So as it is running fine I have decided to keep it. :)
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Apr 6 2012, 09:10 AM
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Super Hero Titan |
QUOTE (bowiee @ Apr 4 2012, 06:26 PM) Well I have been using it since my last post and I have not had any problems, it also works fine with my add ons. Is it faster ? I am not sure, but it is no slower than FF. So as it is running fine I have decided to keep it. :) Yep no probs here, plus I am now using EarlyBird (thunderbird 64 bit) for my email. http://wiki.mozilla-x86-64.com/Thunderbird...hunderbird.next -------------------- She's going to be really smart, very savvy, haunting good looks, really good at her job. And kind of slutty.
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Apr 7 2012, 12:13 PM
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Atomican Guru  |
Installed about a week ago, liking it very much so far. It's not faster than Firefox, but once you get browsing for hours with multiple tabs open, it's significantly less slow in my opinion.
Plus not having to muck about with getting addons working or any of that was a big up, just installed and away I went. -------------------- "TheFrunj doesn't guess, when he forms words with his lips, the world will Warp and change to do his bidding." - Shikimaru
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Apr 7 2012, 03:08 PM
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Hero Pun Savant  |
Does anyone think that they may have observational biases in judging Waterfox?
Why would it be any slower or quicker than Firefox? Rob. |
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Apr 7 2012, 04:25 PM
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Atomican Guru |
It pretty much is firefox.
It's about the same for me but I haven't seen the RAM usage go as high as firefox. -------------------- http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/sig/detail5/pc/squatter.png
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Apr 12 2012, 10:47 PM
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Hero Titan |
I still haven't found any glitches with Waterfox, and it's been open pretty well 24 hours per day, with at least 7 or 8 different pages open
I'm satisfied that this is the one thank god it looks like the old firefox, all I have to do is bask in it's 64bit glory or whatever -------------------- Quote by lunchbox1988
No, but the way he eases me onto his chimp-meat, makes me think he is prince charming. i7 2600K @ 4.4G/Corsair H100/Asrock Z68 Ext4 Gen3/16G 2133Mhz RipjawsX/2x GTX560 Direct CU SLI/2x Corsair 120G Force3 (RAID_0)/8TB Storage (2x RAID_0 arrays)/1x 320G WD Black - Backup/SB Recon3D Fatal1ty Pro/Corsair HX1000/LiteOn BD-RW/CM HAF 932 Adv/Win7 Ult. x64/27" AOC e2795Vh |
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