64-Bit Browsers other than IE

Maxxwire said:

Do all of the add-ons work just as well in FF x64?

~Maxx~
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Not all but most will

Maxxwire said:

That's good to know. I have Minefield, but I have not installed it yet largely over my concerns about content blocking because like I said once you become aware of all the hidden programs running on most websites it makes you want to be able to block their access to the information in your browser.

~Maxx~
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Adblock Plus and NoScript are all you really need for security in Firefox/Minefield and they work perfectly fine in Firefox/Minefield x64.

kronckew said:

Manigue said:

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But I have a question. Minefield and 3.6.10 are installed in two different directories.

The desktop icons point to the correct directory. But when I go to Help>About, it shows that I am running Minefield 4.0.b7pre regardless of which version I select to run. Even when I start the browsers by clicking on their corresponding Firefox.exe in their individual directories.

Also compared both .exe and they are different.

Do I need to do edit/configure or modify the profiles or something?
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i run with two different profiles, one for 3.6.11pre and one for 4.0b7pre.

the startup line in the desktop links have -p "64bit" appended for the x64 profile, the x86 one has -p "wayne" appended for my original x86 profile.

a couple of addons that i use in x86 do not work properly in x64 due to differences in tabs handling. use the x86 with -p appended to the command line to bring up the profile manager, you can then create a new profile, and i copy the old one to the new using FEBE addon (which does not yet work on my system in 4.0b7, there is a beta febe for 4, but won't work on mine)

screen dumps of the link properties attached. each runs the proper .exe and without the addon check every time you switch.

"Thanks kroncke. Now both browser versions behave as they should."

Maxxwire said:

Klaw117- Thanks for the very important information about x64 Minefield!

~Maxx~
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You're welcome.

bobtran said:

Currently you really only have a couple of choices if you want x64 browsers to use as your primary browser:

Internet Explorer (8 or 9) or Minefield (Firefox) x64 with Adobe Flash player square (x64 Flash for windows). The nightly Minefield build as posted by Klaw117 previously (ver: 4.0b7pre) is very stable and with flash player square it gives you a full web experience including flash content.

I am personally using the Minefield/Flashplayer square combination. It has given me no problems so far although I do keep an x86 version installed also, just in case.

Google Chrome is 64-bit deffinitely now. Google Chrome 10 is already out.

Google Chrome is the fastest browser I've ever used. And it's built on webkit like Safari :)