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|Feature open issues and risks=* Plug-in support will be a major issue here. We do not want users to have a worse view of 64-bit builds than they do of 32-bit. | |Feature open issues and risks=* Plug-in support will be a major issue here. We do not want users to have a worse view of 64-bit builds than they do of 32-bit. | ||
* Accessibility support will be an issue here. Some of the ATs inject their own DLL into Firefox's address space. That would break if they inject a 32-bit DLL into a 64-bit process. | |||
* Not sure what to do if users have both 32-bit and 64-bit Firefox installed | * Not sure what to do if users have both 32-bit and 64-bit Firefox installed | ||
|Feature overview=Offering a x86 64-bit Firefox to Windows 7 (and Vista) 64-bit users brings one immediate and major improvement. It would help dramatically with OOM crashes due to address space exhaustion. There are potential performance benefits as well -- especially in JavaScript land. | |Feature overview=Offering a x86 64-bit Firefox to Windows 7 (and Vista) 64-bit users brings one immediate and major improvement. It would help dramatically with OOM crashes due to address space exhaustion. There are potential performance benefits as well -- especially in JavaScript land. | ||