#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 32 BIT#
#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 FULL#
#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 WINDOWS#

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. 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. 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.įirefox 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.įor those who can’t wait for Firefox to embrace 64-bit, take a look at Waterfox instead.

#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 WINDOWS#

People do run them both in parallel you know.64-bit is the future of computing – and one obvious benefit of running a 64-bit version of Windows is the fact it allows you to access more than 3.5GB of RAM, helping speed up your computer. Put a damn warning on that it will be deleting FIREFOX's bookmarks not WATERFOX's.

It's just putting in all the add-ons now and havin NoScript re-learn everything again. I did back up my bookmarks before installing Waterfox so no biggie there. Sure enought when I went back in to good old Firefox I had a clean profile. That would be a better scenario for future reference !Īs it said they were the bookmarks and cookies from Waterfox and made no mention or gave no warning that it would affect Firefoxs stuff, I went ahead. You know so it could function independantly. That lead me to believe it did make a duplicate set of the ones from Firefox. It then asked me if I wanted also to remove WATERFOX's bookmarks and cookies. So because of this Facebook issue I decided Waterfox has issues and went to uninstall it. It loads in your bookmarks and cookies but what it doesn't tell you is that it uses the ones from Firefox and doesn't make its own copy of the Firefox ones. Waterfox installs in its own folder and is separate. So I tried it in Firefox and it worked fine.

#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 FULL#

But I was in Facebook and clicking on some posted thumbnail photos and they weren't expanding to their full size. Whoever put together the uninstaller for this needs his head banging against a wall for an hour or so. Guess with these bugs and they have yet been addressed its time to go back to Firefox until these are resolved. Seriously I'm not sure why that is not worked on more version 13 - 15 is a huge disappointment as far as multimedia goes.

#WATERFOX REVIEW 2021 32 BIT#

basically you have to run 32 bit Firefox to enjoy most of the common Web Codec Multimedia formats. It's terrible and sad at the lack of work done here where its needed to make Waterfox viable. So if you get funny characters that's the fix to resolve it which really is sad considering those are suppose to be speed optimizations so it's kinda useless to have them if you cant use them.Ĭodec Support is terrible, Divx, Xvid, and Media Player Codec for Firefox will not work with this version.

Also it freaks out with Gmail and some other sites found out you have to go into the about:config and turn off the .v2 to false as well as the .v3 to also be set to false. Waterfox 64 has issues with Supporting Divx, Xvid, and Quicktime playbacks. Waterfox did solve (not totally but pretty close) the performance issues that i've been having with firefox and it's as costumizable as the later.

It really baffles my mind how does chromium and other engines want to be taken serious with only 4 basic buttons on it's toolbar - it's an insult to any user. So i started to test every other browser i could get my hands on for a week or so ago and it just confirmed that i can't work properly with a browser that, for instance, doesn't let me, fully, natively, and in a simple way, costumize the toolbars. Anyway, i've been having problems with very slow or irresponsive firefox. I've been using mozilla/firefox since its inception. Pros: - as good as firefox, with better performance.Ĭons: - still some performance issues in my own setup (it may have to do with the gecko engine, not waterfox's fault).īottom Line: In my own experience and needs of productivity, Firefox's costumization options and overall layout far exceeds its lack of performance in comparison to other browsers.

Waterfox review 2021