Hi,
am looking for a 64-browser other than IE. Am new to here so sorry if I posted this in the wrong area. Any idea's? I do know flash on 64-bit browsers is now available that is why I would like an alternative to IE.
Thanks
Adobe Labs - Downloads: Flash Player "Square" Preview Release
(Flash for 64-bit)
I don't think Chrome is x64 yet. Apart from the IE9 x64 Beta, the only one I know of is Firefox. You can find the nightly builds for the x64 version of Firefox 4 here:
Firefox Nightly Builds
I have Google Chrome but is it 64-bit native like IE. Am sure its not, 64-bit native browsers render images and text faster.
Thanks though
Ah thank you Klaw, just what am after :)
Last edited by Prof Kerfuffle; 19 Sep 2010 at 10:19. Reason: Klaw117 added after my first responce
Chrome is a 32-bit browser
Firefox x64 trunk builds: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or.../latest-trunk/
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.
Running Minefield and "Flash Square" without any noticible problems; yet!
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?
Do the AddOns work or is that a dumb question? The last time I did any browser programming was Netscape and it used 32 bit dll plugins. I suspect FF AddOns may be scripted so they may work without regrard to bitness? Or is that a pipe dream? :)
edit: nevermind. Just tried it. May be a bit snappier than 32 bit but still sluggish getting off the disk. I loved FF but after awhile I just got tired of AddOns taking me to their web site every time they update. Chrome I have to look at the about box to see what version it is. The silent updates are much smoother.
Do either the x64 IE or FF browsers have content blocking? Once one becomes aware of all the surveys, scorecsrdsearch and misc. counters out there even on trusted sites like Cnet...
...it becomes more important what you are stepping in than how fast you're stepping in it.
~Maxx~
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