I'm using FF on assorted platforms: XP, 7, 32 or 64 bit, 3.5 to 8Gb. of RAM. The speed differences are not what I'd call striking, and seem to have more to do with other factors, such as what's happening right then with my broadband service, and what may be going on with the sites that I visit. A couple sites I can think of were recently being targeted by persistent DDOS attacks. (Some kind of attempted extortion by criminals, as it turned out.) One would have drawn incorrect conclusions about the performance of various things -- including the browser -- by virtue of sampling those sites at the wrong time. Likewise, I've seen the internet equivalent of bad freeway traffic jams, at certain times. Or glitches with the browser that were cleared up by purging the cache, or disabling
some extension that was acting up. Different variables at work.
In addition, I think I might be considered a browser "power user", in that I typically have 6 to 8 tabs open, and maintain a roster of at least 20 extensions. Add-Ons, or extensions are to the browser what the U2 library is to Xy, adding features and functionality beyond what is found in the base product. They are available for FF and for Chrome, and perhaps for other browsers I'm not familiar with as well.
Jordan
From: Lynn Brenner
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: In praise of 64-bit systems WAS Re: Do we actually need XP support?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Bill Troop
mailto:billtroop@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Your usage is probably quite light.
On Wednesday, 26 March 2014, Harry Binswanger
mailto:hb@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm running Chrome (latest version) on 32 bit Win 7 with no problems.
but many of us prefer 64-bit systems
I'm using Firefox (latest version) on 32 bit XP with no problems. Of course, I'm not streaming movies or playing games on it. Does that qualify as light usage?