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The headline is completely wrong and somehow links to something that isn't the actual discussion, which is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla

by darshan 14y ago

The headline is completely wrong and somehow links to something that isn't the actual discussion, which is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/jpX_z5zieD4 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.apps.fir... Here's further explanation from the opening poster of that thread: For the purposes of this thread, it is already a done decision that we aren't going to ship 64-bit Windows Firefox builds in the first half of 2013, and probably not at all in 2013. In the meantime, we aren't going to fix crashes or plugin bugs that only affect 64-bit builds. Those decisions have already been made. The only question to decide here is whether the existing 64-bit Windows nightlies provide any value to the project. They're not discontinuing 64-bit Firefox on Windows; they haven't even released it yet. They do intend to release it, but probably not until 2014.

mappu 14y ago
It's been mentioned already - the submission links just to the announcement. I understand and sympathise with all the technical reasons behind the decision. But i still consider it a serious regression on Mozilla's behalf, and it's a major disruption for every single user who used this configuration. I'm happy for a moderator to change the post title if it's too inflammatory, "Discontinued" was perhaps too strong a word. How about "64-bit Firefox no longer available for Windows"?
wtallis 14y ago
I think it's a stretch to say that they do intend to release a win64 version. I think that, while they may not have ruled out ever doing such a thing, it's pretty clear that since they are not working on 64-bit bugs they have no plans to get any win64 builds ready for release.