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64-bit is the future of computing and one obvious benefit of running a 64-bit version of an operating system is the fact it allows you to access more than 3.5GB of RAM, helping speed up your computer. Despite the growing popularity of 64-bit though, we're still in that transitional phase where many applications are still only available in 32-bit builds – they're compatible with 64-bit, but you get none of the performance benefits 64-bit computing can bring.
Firefox is one such example: the latest Nightly build is available in 64-bit, but we're at least six months away from it making the transition through Aurora and Beta to a final release.
For those who can’t wait for Firefox to embrace 64-bit, take a look at Waterfox instead. This is a dedicated 64-bit browser based on Firefox’s open source code, compiled specifically for 64-bit versions of Windows, complete with optimizations to help speed things up a little more.
This makes it instantly familiar to existing Firefox users – Waterfox is based on the current stable Firefox build, which means it functions in exactly the same way. Aside from its name on the menu at the top of the main window, there’s nothing to differentiate it from Firefox.
Note, because the app is 64-bit, you’ll need to have installed the 64-bit version of Microsoft's Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable to avoid an MSVCR100.DLL missing error message when you try to launch the app. You’ll also find handy links to 64-bit versions of Flash, Silverlight and Sun Java on the Waterfox download page too, while all add-ons that work in Firefox should work with Waterfox too.
It’s also important to note that Waterfox shares your Firefox settings, so should you come to uninstall it, don’t select the option to delete all personal information if you’re still using Firefox.
Verdict:
Waterfox is well worth running if you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows and want to push the performance envelope as far as you can.
Veranderingen voor v56.1.0 - v56.2.0
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched:
2018-11
2018-10
General Desktop
Remove Google Play Services from Android (will now be able to add to F-Droid!)
Stylo is now built, but disabled by default.
Rust components are now built with optimisations.
Updated various media codecs.
Back ported performance improvements for JavaScript (should now stop the high CPU usage!)
Tested a new way to keep Waterfox components up to date with the release branch of Firefox (includes security and performance upgrades for the components):
Freetype2
Skia
svg.context-properties.content.enabled is now true by default.
Fingerprint option now disguises Waterfox as Firefox 60.
Veranderingen voor v56.0.4 - v56.1.0
After many requests, you can now Buy Me a Coffee! (Donation)
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory Patches:
2018-08
2018-06
General Desktop
Stylo is now enabled and built for Waterfox on all Desktop platforms.
Cookie prompt has been removed until it is fixed properly
The new about:preferences interfact has been fixed, can be enabled via browser.preferences.useOldOrganization
Profile import has been re-architected.
You can now Refresh your profile at about:support!
Update various media codecs.
Disable the add-ons discovery pane
Disable attempted telemetry ping to nowhere.
Enable support for input type=date and type=time.
Show punycode by default to prevent phishing.
macOS
OS X 10.7 support is now properly back.
Windows
Fixed playback issues on Windows that utilise the WMF decoder.
If you have issues with setting the default browser, re-download and use the Installer.
Veranderingen voor v55.2.2 - v56.0.1
Waterfox now uses its own profile directory. If you have updated from an automatic update, you will get a prompt to import your data to this new location after restarting the browser post update.
As much of your data will try to be kept as possible.
Location on macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Waterfox
Location on Linux: ~/.waterfox/
Location on Windows: %APPDATA%Waterfox
If you use a different than default location for Firefox, you should be able to just update the profile.ini in the new Waterfox profile location to carry on using that location.
What’s new in Waterfox 56.0.1?
Disabled e10s on older OS X builds to prevent tab crashing.
Updated Windows installer to show the MPL 2.0 and fixed executable description and icon.
Security patches from newer 57 releases
Bug 1402372
Bug 1410106
Added back support for Java plugin users.
Added Privacy Policy and Legal to website to be more professional :-)
Veranderingen voor v55.1.0.1 - v55.2.1
55.2.1.1: Add hidden Mozilla extensions to blocklist
55.2.1.1: Stop calls to Mozilla Social API
Patched crash on Windows 7 systems, from 56.0.1 release. Bug 1403353.
Don’t build AUS Helper extension.
Disable Battery Status API for privacy reasons.
Update bundled search plugins to their OpenSearch equivalents where available.
Revert to Ecosia as default, while issues are resolved with Yahoo.
Update blocklist (extension, plugin and certificate).
What’s new in Waterfox 55.2.0?
Patched security issues from 52.4 ESR/56 Release. (Mozilla Security Advisories)
Linux: Switched to an older build environment for better compatibility of libraries.
Linux: No longer statically link libgcc.
Linux: Backported patches for issues with FreeType.
macOS: 10.13 has graphical issues with the GUI. Will wait for all patches to release before fixing in 56.
Android: Download APK or from Google Play Store (slight delay).
Yahoo is now the default search partner, but you may still use Ecosia to support Waterfox
Veranderingen voor v54.0.1 - v55.0.1
Updated to Firefox 55.0.1 (Release Notes)
Full add-ons are now marked as such in the about:addons page, in preparation for keeping support.
Waterfox will CARRY ON SUPPORT for add-ons.
Waterfox now uses its own profile directory (as you may have been prompted when updating).
Location on macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Waterfox
Location on Linux: ~/.waterfox/
Location on Windows: %APPDATA%Waterfox
Backed out Bug 1351490 to keep NPAPI support.
Added Yahoo! partner URL.
Veranderingen voor v54.0.0.1 - v54.0.1
Updated to Firefox 54.0.1
Implemented Bug 1294490 to enable support of WebP images
Block data being sent to Google Analytics on the internal about:addons page
Veranderingen voor v54.0 - v54.0.0.1
Disable building of pingsender executable
Give users choice to use Google’s Widevine CDM for HTML5 EME/DRM. Note: No proprietary binaries are included by default, they are optionally downloaded in Preferences > Content
Veranderingen voor v53.0.1 - v53.0.3
Updated to Firefox 53.0.3
Veranderingen voor v53.0 - v53.0.1
Remove limitations for Windows XP/Vista users. Built targetting SUBSYSTEM:5.02 (Windows XP quits immediately on start, probably due to unsupported features on XP. Vista runs fine with various features disabled)
Use built in OS location services. This will require permissions from your OS, which should ask when Waterfox tries to utilise the API (tested on Windows 7+ and macOS, will get MLS API key as well for unsupported systems)
Fixed add-on corruption issue on add-ons with no manifest ID
Veranderingen voor v51.0.1 - v52.0
Temporarily reverted to MSVC on Windows
Updated to Firefox 52.0
Removed 64-Bit NPAPI Flash only limiation
Pulled changes that fixed various issues with telemetry, startup performance and more. Big thanks to PandaCodex for their contributions!
There is a small bug on about:home with the logo being misplaced which will be resolved in the next update.
Veranderingen voor v50.1.0 - v51.0
Updated to Firefox 51 codebase
Quality of Life feature: Select your language from Options (Preferences) > General > Locale! Language are now automatically bundled with Waterfox
Quality of Life feature: Duplicate Tabs! Right Click and Select Duplicate Tab to access this feature
Waterfox is now built with Clang-cl thanks to the great progress made in the winclang bug
Mac builds are now support to set OS X 10.4 as minimum supported version, but with no guarantee of running without issues
Linux builds are now available to download and are built with Clang!
Veranderingen voor v47.0.1 - v48.0
Switched to Clang for Windows compilation. Things look much more promising than previous reports and stability seems good. Please report any issues and I’ll file bugzilla reports as this will help out Mozilla as well ? This is a promising step to using a completely free/open-source build environment!
Reverted Registry Entries to be the same location as Mozilla’s so 3rd party programs like Roboform can work again (might need to re-install Roboform or Waterfox again for example)
Another attempt to fix unsigned extensions from not running. So hopefully they will now!
Veranderingen voor v43.0.1 - v43.0.4
Fixed crashing that occured when a user didn’t have an exisiting Waterfox or Firefox profile.
Update base code for Windows & Mac releases to Firefox 43.0.4
Language packs are now available for download
Veranderingen voor v40.0.2 - v40.1.0
MFSA 2015-96 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
MFSA 2015-97 Memory leak in mozTCPSocket to servers
MFSA 2015-98 Out of bounds read in QCMS library with ICC V4 profile attributes
MFSA 2015-101 Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video
MFSA 2015-102 Crash when using debugger with SavedStacks in JavaScript
MFSA 2015-103 URL spoofing in reader mode
MFSA 2015-104 Use-after-free with shared workers and IndexedDB
MFSA 2015-105 Buffer overflow while decoding WebM video
MFSA 2015-108 Scripted proxies can access inner window
MFSA 2015-109 JavaScript immutable property enforcement can be bypassed
MFSA 2015-110 Dragging and dropping images exposes final URL after redirects
MFSA 2015-111 Errors in the handling of CORS preflight request headers
MFSA 2015-112 Vulnerabilities found through code inspection
MFSA 2015-113 Memory safety errors in libGLES in the ANGLE graphics library
MFSA 2015-114 Information disclosure via the High Resolution Time API