[dba-Tech] Waterfox

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 16:02:37 CDT 2014


For the Windows version, just Google "Download Waterfox". That should get
you there.

You motivate me to do some more systematic comparisons to see what if
anything 64-bit gains me.

Arthur


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Arthur
>
> thanks for the reply,
>
> on this <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/>page, I see 64 Bit
> linux which I will install tonight on my Ubuntu machines, but I do not see
> a Windows Version.
>
> I see loads of links to other sites for 64 Bit firefox but did not find one
> yet on the main mozilla site.
>
> Can the 64 bit aspect really make a difference to loading 6 pages?  Unless
> it is doing parallel processing I can hardly see  how it would make a
> significant difference given the comparatively glacially slow broadband
> speeds vs processor speeds.
>
> Sorry to say, I am politely doubting the performance benefits.
>


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