+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 22, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted November 22, 2012 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57553467-93/mozilla-quietly-ceases-firefox-64-bit-development/ Mozilla engineering manager Benjamin Smedberg has asked developers to stop nightly builds for Firefox on 64-bit versions of Windows. A developer thread posted on the Google Groups mozilla.dev.planning discussion board, titled "Turning off win64 builds" by Smedberg proposed the disabling of the Windows 64-bit nightly builds for Firefox. Citing reasons that Firefox 64-bit is a "constant source of misunderstanding and frustration," the engineer wrote that the builds often crash, many plugins are not available in 64-bit versions, and hangs are more common due to a lack of coding which causes plugins to function incorrectly. In addition, Smedberg argues that this causes users to feel "second class," and crash reports between 32-bit and 64-bit versions are difficult to distinguish between for the stability team. Although willing to shelve the idea for a time if proven controversial -- as some developers disagreed with the idea -- Smedberg later said that: The engineer then posted a thread titled "Disable windows 64 builds" on Bugzilla, asking developers to "stop building windows [sic] 64 builds and tests." These include the order to stop building Windows 64-bit nightly builds and repatriate existing Windows 64-bit nightly users onto Windows 32-bit builds using a custom update. In order to stave off argument, even though one participant suggested that 50 percent of nightly testers were using the system, perhaps as an official 64-bit version of Firefox for Windows has never been released, Smedberg said it was "not the place to argue about this decision, which has already been made." Another stupid move by Mozilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Mozilla = A dying breed of stupid f0rk_b0mb, escobar_, remixedcat and 5 others 8 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 https://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-for-64-bit-windows-os-canceled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 22, 2012 Author Subscriber² Share Posted November 22, 2012 https://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-for-64-bit-windows-os-canceled I do not read the front page. Hum and blank 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Kind of a stupid move considering 64bit is becoming more standard nowadays. Do any processors from the last 4-5 years not support 64bit instructions? I think it would be better for Mozilla if they found a compromise. Windows can work with 32bit and 64bit programs, why can't a browser do the same with its addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Don't worry guys when Mozilla will integrate social features into their browser, all the users will crawl back /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I do not read the front page. Others do and a link to the discussion already ongoing might be useful to others. +Gary7 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 22, 2012 Author Subscriber² Share Posted November 22, 2012 Don't worry guys when Mozilla will integrate social features into their browser, all the users will crawl back /s In Beta 18 which I am using they are integrated if you want it. I have no use for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 typical of that hive-mind.... they spend more time arguing instead of innovating.... +Gary7 and Phouchg 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Shame -- this is one area where 'progress' would be appreciated. +Gary7 and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 22, 2012 Author Subscriber² Share Posted November 22, 2012 Even Opera has come out with a 64 Bit Browser. Mozilla is trying to make a Cloud OS?? Whatever Google does , Mozilla is not far behind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seta-san Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 i have a much better idea. How about they shut down the 32bit version? remixedcat, +Zlip792, ArialBlue and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 I've been running Nightly x64 for the last 2 years, and I can count how many times it has crashed or there have been incompatibilities with addons on five fingers of a hand... plugins is another story, but that's because plugins are useless shyte anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero_Alchemist Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 i have a much better idea. How about they shut down the 32bit version? How about a no, no offense, 32 bits is not going anywhere soon until MS makes a 64 bits only OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 How about a no, no offense, 32 bits is not going anywhere soon until MS makes a 64 bits only OS. XP was the first 64-bit OS Grow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero_Alchemist Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 XP was the first 64-bit OS Grow up I'm not talking about what was the first 64 bit, i was talking about making it only 64 bit. Why do i need to grow up? because im trying to have an opinion. Im done dealing with you, since your going to act like a *bleep* about it. +hedleigh 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiatorus Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Long live WaterFox. Stupid Mozilla! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dysgenics Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 switch to 64bit, plugins will follow. they can't see that? remixedcat and Brandon H 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 How about a no, no offense, 32 bits is not going anywhere soon until MS makes a 64 bits only OS. Server 2012. I use it and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ensiform Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 You shouldn't even be on 32-bit only OS anyway at this point. Unless your CPU is 2000 or older :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted November 23, 2012 Member Share Posted November 23, 2012 Poor Mozilla. No wonder Chrome has left them in the dust. hagjohn 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 lol turns out it wasn't quite as quietly as they hoped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero_Alchemist Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Poor Mozilla. No wonder Chrome has left them in the dust. You might as well say poor chrome as well,still no sign of chrome's 64 bit browser like they promised to release. The only ones that do have a 64 bit browser is IE and Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King of GnG Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 So, Mozilla coders can integrate a Social API in their browser but cannot code a 64-bit version of Firefox? Uhm.... +Zlip792 and escobar_ 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted November 23, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted November 23, 2012 You might as well say poor chrome as well,still no sign of chrome's 64 bit browser like they promised to release. The only ones that do have a 64 bit browser is IE and Opera. that's what you think https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1094641-meet-chrome-next/page__view__findpost__p__595320566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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