Firefox and Waterfox!

sreedhav

sreedhav

Seasonal Bird
Dear friends,
It seems FF 10.0.2, the latest stable version is not yet fully integrated for 64-bit Windows 7. What's on offer is Waterfox! Even Opera has integrated it's browser to seamlessly work with the 64-bit OS and System. Any comments to the contrary are welcome and authentic and informed posts will be most helpful!

Regards and thank you,
sreedhav
 

My Computer

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Sony Vaio C series VPCCB35FN laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
IntelCore [email protected]; Sandy Bridge 32nm Tech.
Motherboard
Sony Vaio Version:C609NJYJ
Memory
4096Mb RAM; Single ChannelDDR3@665MHz; DRAM Freq:662MHz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M; GPU:Whistler;BIOS Core&mem Clock:123.36
Sound Card
REALTEK High Definition Audio Device; INTEL Display Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Intel HD;Resolution:1920*1040 Pixels; BPP:32bits
Screen Resolution
Current Resolution:1920*1080 Pixels; Monitor Frequency:60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal HD:TOSHIBA MK5061GSY; Real Size:488 GB;NTFS; 3 Partitions; SATA; HEADS:16

External HDD: WD Elements 1023 PORTABLE; Estimated Size: 1TB; NTFS; 3 Partitions
Cooling
Lateral Exhaust with a Cooling Pad Placed Beneath.
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth+ Generic Integrated K-B
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth
Internet Speed
2MBPS
Other Info
1)Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Suite Version:3
2)SAS-PRO

3)MBAM--PRO


4)WATERFOX+IE9 +WOT+LINKEXTEND+ DRWEBCUREIT LINK CHECKER

5)SPYWAREBLASTER

6) WINPATROL PLUS

7) SANDBOXIE and
8) A BIT OF COMMON SENSE.
Im using Firefox 10.0.2 and its working just fine in my 64bit system.
 

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Custom Built by me.
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
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Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4
Memory
2X2GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHZ DUAL CHANNEL
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XFX RADEON HD 6850 1GB GDDR5
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2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Realtek High Definition
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Samsung LE40A656F1 1080p 100Hz LCD HD TV 50,000:1
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1366x768 in Desktop,1920x1080p in gaming and video
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C:\WD VelociRaptor 150 GB,10,000 RPM
E:\WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2 F:\WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2
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THERMALTAKE W0229 TOUGHPOWER XT 750W
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A-Case Twin Engine BB
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3 x thermaltake smart case fan II + 1 arctic cooling fan
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Wireless Logitech LX710
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Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700
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ADSL 12000 plus
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Mouse Logitech G700,with 13 buttons who needs keyboard in RPG?

D:\Sony high speed sata Dvd Rewriter
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Works well in my computer also. I did have some stuttering, and some minor other issues right after updating, but after running CCleaner, it all works well now.
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
FF always worked well on my 64x computer, and my 32x computer before that. The only problem is the slow cold start ups. I installed Waterfox about a week ago and find it a little faster.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DELLXPS 8300
OS
WIN7 x64 Home Premium SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5-2400 processor(6MB Cache, 3.1GHz)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Hard Drives
1.5TB C Drive
panais said:
Im using Firefox 10.0.2 and its working just fine in my 64bit system.
Click to expand...

Dear panais,
I am sure that many 32-bit softwares including the Browsers will "work" on a 64-bit system, but a 64-bit Browser like IE9 and Opera will show up the difference in performance!
regards,
sreedhav
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio C series VPCCB35FN laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
IntelCore [email protected]; Sandy Bridge 32nm Tech.
Motherboard
Sony Vaio Version:C609NJYJ
Memory
4096Mb RAM; Single ChannelDDR3@665MHz; DRAM Freq:662MHz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M; GPU:Whistler;BIOS Core&mem Clock:123.36
Sound Card
REALTEK High Definition Audio Device; INTEL Display Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Intel HD;Resolution:1920*1040 Pixels; BPP:32bits
Screen Resolution
Current Resolution:1920*1080 Pixels; Monitor Frequency:60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal HD:TOSHIBA MK5061GSY; Real Size:488 GB;NTFS; 3 Partitions; SATA; HEADS:16

External HDD: WD Elements 1023 PORTABLE; Estimated Size: 1TB; NTFS; 3 Partitions
Cooling
Lateral Exhaust with a Cooling Pad Placed Beneath.
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth+ Generic Integrated K-B
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth
Internet Speed
2MBPS
Other Info
1)Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Suite Version:3
2)SAS-PRO

3)MBAM--PRO


4)WATERFOX+IE9 +WOT+LINKEXTEND+ DRWEBCUREIT LINK CHECKER

5)SPYWAREBLASTER

6) WINPATROL PLUS

7) SANDBOXIE and
8) A BIT OF COMMON SENSE.
Yes of course,but is better to have a 32 bit stable program than a unstable 64bit program ;)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built by me.
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4
Memory
2X2GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHZ DUAL CHANNEL
Graphics Card(s)
XFX RADEON HD 6850 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Realtek High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LE40A656F1 1080p 100Hz LCD HD TV 50,000:1
Screen Resolution
1366x768 in Desktop,1920x1080p in gaming and video
Hard Drives
C:\WD VelociRaptor 150 GB,10,000 RPM
E:\WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2 F:\WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2
PSU
THERMALTAKE W0229 TOUGHPOWER XT 750W
Case
A-Case Twin Engine BB
Cooling
3 x thermaltake smart case fan II + 1 arctic cooling fan
Keyboard
Wireless Logitech LX710
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700
Internet Speed
ADSL 12000 plus
Other Info
Mouse Logitech G700,with 13 buttons who needs keyboard in RPG?

D:\Sony high speed sata Dvd Rewriter
Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2
The only 64 bit browser from Opera is a Labs build its not being actively developed.
As for 64 bit browsers performing faster ran Sunspider on both Opera 32 bit & 64 bit & the winner 32 bit 160.3ms The 64 bit could only manage a time of 160.6ms.

known issues for 64 bit Opera.
Known issues for Windows:

You'll experience choppy scrolling on pages with embedded Flash
Scrolling inside windowed Flash is not working
WMP player plugin controls get corrupted after scrolling
Silverlight may have some issues
Opera may crash on resizing the plugin window
Minimal restart in Opera's crashlog dialog works as a full restart
You'll experience a temporary freeze when deleting plugin data
Some strings in 64bit Opera will suffer corrupted text substitutions
The Shockwave Director plugin is not detected under 64bit Opera
Click to expand...

Must admit for general browsing the 64 bit version of Opera seemed pretty good but Opera have plenty of experience with 64 bit browsers going back for years on the Linux operating system.
 

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PC/Desktop
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self build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K overclocked to 4.7GHz Quad Core Haswell
Motherboard
Asus Z87 Pro (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard
Memory
16GB Team Group Vulcan Gold 2133MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 7880 Series Display adapter
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC LCD2690WUXi2
Screen Resolution
26" 1920 x 1200
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Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s
PSU
Corsair AX760 Platinum
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Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower
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XSPC RayStorm 750 RS360 Water cooling
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Razer Death Adder left handed
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126Mb download 11.5Mb up
Antivirus
Avast free
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Opera
Other Info
Main Browser is Opera
Favorite software Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop
best plugins Nik software
Firewall : Private firewall 7
The one advantage Waterfox has over IE9 is you need not set the Zoom every time you open a new tab! That's a telling point but off-topic really!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio C series VPCCB35FN laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
IntelCore [email protected]; Sandy Bridge 32nm Tech.
Motherboard
Sony Vaio Version:C609NJYJ
Memory
4096Mb RAM; Single ChannelDDR3@665MHz; DRAM Freq:662MHz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M; GPU:Whistler;BIOS Core&mem Clock:123.36
Sound Card
REALTEK High Definition Audio Device; INTEL Display Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Intel HD;Resolution:1920*1040 Pixels; BPP:32bits
Screen Resolution
Current Resolution:1920*1080 Pixels; Monitor Frequency:60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal HD:TOSHIBA MK5061GSY; Real Size:488 GB;NTFS; 3 Partitions; SATA; HEADS:16

External HDD: WD Elements 1023 PORTABLE; Estimated Size: 1TB; NTFS; 3 Partitions
Cooling
Lateral Exhaust with a Cooling Pad Placed Beneath.
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth+ Generic Integrated K-B
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth
Internet Speed
2MBPS
Other Info
1)Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Suite Version:3
2)SAS-PRO

3)MBAM--PRO


4)WATERFOX+IE9 +WOT+LINKEXTEND+ DRWEBCUREIT LINK CHECKER

5)SPYWAREBLASTER

6) WINPATROL PLUS

7) SANDBOXIE and
8) A BIT OF COMMON SENSE.
IE9 64bit is not ready for prime time either. IE9 32 bit got a new engine when it was released but IE9 64bit's engine was not upgraded and uses the same engine from IE8. In the past I did see some benchmarks where IE9 32 bit outperformed IE9 64bit.

There is no need for 64bit browsers so the effort has not been up to par on development.

Jim :geek:
 

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PC/Desktop
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Home Built
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64bit, Windows 7 HP 64bit
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Phenom II X6 1100T
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ASUS M5A99X EVO
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Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
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MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
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On Board
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ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
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1920 x 1080
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Corsair 400R
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Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
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Logitech K120
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Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
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15MB
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Norton IS 2013, Malwarebytes Pro Beta 2
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IE-11, FF-27
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APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
Yeah I've always wanted to see Mozilla release a 64 bit version of Firefox, to match what the operating system can do. Like many others, Firefox is working fine in the 64 bit environment on my machine. It's updated to version 11 for now, but it's still not 64 bit. I will have to look into that Waterfox, first time I've heard of that.
 

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PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro
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AMD FX-4100 4Ghz
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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
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8GB Corsair PC3-10700H Dual Channel @1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB GDDR5
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio (On Board Audio Controller)
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Dell 19" 1400x900 and HP x20LED 1600x900 plus mounted TV
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C: - 640GB Western Digital
D: - 1000GB Western Digital
E: - 3000GB Toshiba (3TB)
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OCZ ModXstream-Pro 730W
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Rosewill Nautilus
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Traditional Air/Fan Cooling
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Ivation Illuminated Keyboard (Blue LED)
Mouse
E-3lue Cobra
Internet Speed
DSL @ 740kb/s download
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Firefox
only current problem i have with ff is that when you go on google sometimes it hangs when it brings up the searches that google recommends and says not responding for a bit then response again. Something with the update messed it up for me :| been happening for quiet a while and got a bit annoying.
 

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PC/Desktop
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custom build
OS
Windows 10 64bit
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AMD Phenom II X4 925 (Deneb)(2.8GHz) OC 3.4GHz
Motherboard
M5A78L-MLX Plus
Memory
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GBX2 (8192MB)
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XFX HD 6870 1GB (OC)- 940MHz core, mem 1150MHz
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Vizio 26' 1920x1080 / Acer 1336x768
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1920x1080 60Hz /1336x768
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Kingston Digital 60GB SSDNow V300/500gb HDD Western Digital 7200rpm (/WD 160GB HDD 7200rpm
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CORSAIR CX600 600w
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AZZA Orion 202 EVO
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cooler master hyper TX3 cpu cooler
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Razer DeathStalker
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Logitech Optical Gaming Mouse G400
Antivirus
Defualt on win 10
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Firefox
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cpu is overclocked in bios
Heyyou said:
FF always worked well on my 64x computer, and my 32x computer before that. The only problem is the slow cold start ups. I installed Waterfox about a week ago and find it a little faster.
Click to expand...

Dear Heyyou,
How many add-ons do you have installed? The more the add-ons, the slower the startup of FF!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio C series VPCCB35FN laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
IntelCore [email protected]; Sandy Bridge 32nm Tech.
Motherboard
Sony Vaio Version:C609NJYJ
Memory
4096Mb RAM; Single ChannelDDR3@665MHz; DRAM Freq:662MHz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M; GPU:Whistler;BIOS Core&mem Clock:123.36
Sound Card
REALTEK High Definition Audio Device; INTEL Display Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Intel HD;Resolution:1920*1040 Pixels; BPP:32bits
Screen Resolution
Current Resolution:1920*1080 Pixels; Monitor Frequency:60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal HD:TOSHIBA MK5061GSY; Real Size:488 GB;NTFS; 3 Partitions; SATA; HEADS:16

External HDD: WD Elements 1023 PORTABLE; Estimated Size: 1TB; NTFS; 3 Partitions
Cooling
Lateral Exhaust with a Cooling Pad Placed Beneath.
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth+ Generic Integrated K-B
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth
Internet Speed
2MBPS
Other Info
1)Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Suite Version:3
2)SAS-PRO

3)MBAM--PRO


4)WATERFOX+IE9 +WOT+LINKEXTEND+ DRWEBCUREIT LINK CHECKER

5)SPYWAREBLASTER

6) WINPATROL PLUS

7) SANDBOXIE and
8) A BIT OF COMMON SENSE.
M1GU31 said:
only current problem i have with ff is that when you go on google sometimes it hangs when it brings up the searches that google recommends and says not responding for a bit then response again. Something with the update messed it up for me :| been happening for quiet a while and got a bit annoying.
Click to expand...

Dear MIGU31,
That's one of the reasons for my OP!

sreedhav
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio C series VPCCB35FN laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
IntelCore [email protected]; Sandy Bridge 32nm Tech.
Motherboard
Sony Vaio Version:C609NJYJ
Memory
4096Mb RAM; Single ChannelDDR3@665MHz; DRAM Freq:662MHz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M; GPU:Whistler;BIOS Core&mem Clock:123.36
Sound Card
REALTEK High Definition Audio Device; INTEL Display Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Intel HD;Resolution:1920*1040 Pixels; BPP:32bits
Screen Resolution
Current Resolution:1920*1080 Pixels; Monitor Frequency:60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal HD:TOSHIBA MK5061GSY; Real Size:488 GB;NTFS; 3 Partitions; SATA; HEADS:16

External HDD: WD Elements 1023 PORTABLE; Estimated Size: 1TB; NTFS; 3 Partitions
Cooling
Lateral Exhaust with a Cooling Pad Placed Beneath.
Keyboard
Logitech Bluetooth+ Generic Integrated K-B
Mouse
Logitech Bluetooth
Internet Speed
2MBPS
Other Info
1)Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security Suite Version:3
2)SAS-PRO

3)MBAM--PRO


4)WATERFOX+IE9 +WOT+LINKEXTEND+ DRWEBCUREIT LINK CHECKER

5)SPYWAREBLASTER

6) WINPATROL PLUS

7) SANDBOXIE and
8) A BIT OF COMMON SENSE.
sreedhav said:
Heyyou said:
FF always worked well on my 64x computer, and my 32x computer before that. The only problem is the slow cold start ups. I installed Waterfox about a week ago and find it a little faster.
Click to expand...

Dear Heyyou,
How many add-ons do you have installed? The more the add-ons, the slower the startup of FF!
Click to expand...
I have 8 add ons. Waterfox loads cold in about 8 seconds, which is about the same as Chrome and IE9. FF would take 8 to 16 seconds. Not a problem really. On my 32x XP computer, FF took up to 22 seconds, and the add ons weren't the problem. That's just the way it was. :)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DELLXPS 8300
OS
WIN7 x64 Home Premium SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5-2400 processor(6MB Cache, 3.1GHz)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Hard Drives
1.5TB C Drive
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