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[+ViperAFK]

THIS IS AWESOME!!

[+ViperAFK]

andy_rose, on Apr 19 2008, 11:39, said:

I get the same thing here eventhough I have installed the c++ files. Since I am on Vista 64 bit I tried both the x86 and the x64 package. Still no go:(

Running this on vista x 64 just fine.

[9UnknownMen]

Signed up so that I could Thank You!! This is what I've been waiting for through all those Beta's and its no surprise the community answers the call before Mozilla.

Thanks again!

[APH-Alex]

This is the most amazing thing ever, got me back to using Aero.


Latest nightly of Firefox 3.0pre

[DigitalE]

Amazing!

I have been waiting for this since day 1!

Edited by DigitalE, 20 April 2008 - 01:20.

[+Mystic]

Thanks! I will definetly be applying this when I move to Vista shortly.

[Relativity_17]

I'm using the latest build from here:

http://www.mozilla-x...m/download.html

[andy_rose]

Relativity_17, on Apr 20 2008, 02:48, said:

I'm using the latest build from here:

http://www.mozilla-x...m/download.html

Since I am on Vista 64 bit, what will I benefit from using Firefox 64 bit? Less memory usage, better\faster performance?

Also, it looks like when using the explorer toolbar code in userchrome, the text is not using clear-type. Any way to fix that?

FULL

Edited by andy_rose, 20 April 2008 - 10:20.

[Carl Booth]

Hi Everyone,

I've made Aqua and Black themes for this extension. Find them in the attached ZIP.

Screenshot:

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Edited by Carl Booth, 20 April 2008 - 11:44.

[cyberkilla]

Absolutely brilliant!

I registered just to thank you too:)

I hope I'm not repeating someone else, but this thing should not be an extension!
It should be part of Firefox 3! What they have at the moment offends my eyes;)

[Gott]

andy_rose, on Apr 20 2008, 11:09, said:

Since I am on Vista 64 bit, what will I benefit from using Firefox 64 bit? Less memory usage, better\faster performance?

No, x64 applications will actually use about more memory than their x86 counterparts (but this is also mostly true for x86 running on an x64 OS so no real change there.)
You will not see any kind of performance increase either. At least not more than you would see with other unofficial PGO optimized builds made to benefit from SSE-extensions of current x86 CPUs. And Firefox 3 will make these mostly superfluous as well.

So there is basically no benefit from running an x64 build of Firefox. But there are significant drawbacks like the lack of just about any 64-bit version of all common plugins like Flash or even Java.

So no benefits, but lots of hassle ... so if you are a masochist, by all means, go for it.

This is a little different for 64bit versions of Linux but you didn't ask that.

[Pharos]

6XGate, you are my hero! This is simply amazing! I have been waiting for this for so long, I am so glad you did it... Have been running for one day with no problems whatsoever, using this with Carl Booth's black theme, along the Safari-like loading bar ("Fission" extension but with a Vista theme) . I am NOT touching Internet Explorer EVER AGAIN!

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[Carl Booth]

PharosBR, on Apr 20 2008, 16:03, said:

6XGate, you are my hero! This is simply amazing! I have been waiting for this for so long, I am so glad you did it... Have been running for one day with no problems whatsoever, using this with Carl Booth's black theme, along the Safari-like loading bar ("Fission" extension but with a Vista theme) . I am NOT touching Internet Explorer EVER AGAIN!

Looks very nice.

[6XGate]

andy_rose, on Apr 20 2008, 05:09, said:

Since I am on Vista 64 bit, what will I benefit from using Firefox 64 bit? Less memory usage, better\faster performance?

Also, it looks like when using the explorer toolbar code in userchrome, the text is not using clear-type. Any way to fix that?

FULL

It's using Clear-Type, it's just not shadowing it which Firefox doesn't support any CSS for yet.

[6XGate]

I have now added more personal bar styles for that look like Media Player, Explorer, or Windows Mail/Calendar.