![]() October 9 - Started migrating 1% of eligible 32-bit Firefox 56.0 users to 64-bit Firefox 56.0.1.Beta users who skipped 56.0b9 did not get migrated and will need to be migrated later. We found and fixed some 64-bit crashes like Kaspersky bug 1268470, Quick Heal bug 1347867, and Lenovo bug 1369361. September 5 - Migrated 100% of eligible 32-bit Firefox Beta users to 64-bit Firefox 56.0b9.August 14 - Published technical blog post after 54 Funnelcake experiment: 64-bit Firefox is the new default on 64-bit Windows.August 8 - Firefox 55 release (with 64-bit installer default).July - Added section about 64-bit migration to Ryan's 56 release announcement.June - Write technical blog post about 64-bit installer default in 55.June 22 - Started Funnelcake experiment to compare 32-bit vs 64-bit for eligible Release 54 users: 120K users in de, es-ES, fr, pt-BR, and ru.June 13 - Flash 26 (York) release should fix zero-sized Flash bug 1348629.May 8 - Flash release with fix for acceleration regression bug 1359886.May 2 - Google began migrating 32-bit Chrome users (with more than 4GB RAM) to 64-bit Chrome 58.April 18 - Firefox 53 release (with 64-bit installer option).April 12 - Enabled Flash async drawing in Aurora 54 ( bug 1340934).March - Change Aurora 54's installer default back to 32-bit ( bug 1342347).March 7 - Google Hangouts will be broken until Google launches plugin-free WebRTC Hangouts.January - Forbid ctypes in AMO's add-on validator (for Firefox 53). ![]() January 14 - Announce ctypes deprecation for Firefox 53: Preventing Add-ons & Third-party Software From Loading DLLs Into Firefox.The 64-bit installer option shipped in 54. The 64-bit default did not ride the trains with 53. November 24 - Make 64-bit the stub installer's default in Nightly 53 ( bug 797208).October - Create dashboards for 64-bit rollout criteria.October - Drop support for non-Flash NPAPI plugins in Nightly 52 ( bug 1269807).October 7 - Web team will complete A/B test of new download page.September 23 - Web team will start A/B test of new download page.August 29 - Web team will start redesigning download page redesign for 64-bit.July 20 - Announced NPAPI to be removed in Firefox 52: Reducing Adobe Flash Usage in Firefox.December 15 - Firefox 43: Release 64-bit Firefox builds.October 8 - Announced NPAPI to be removed by end of 2016: NPAPI Plugins in Firefox.May 4 - Firefox 41: Drop support for binary XPCOM components.August 8 - Chrome's 64-bit announcements: Mac and Windows.June 27 - Google Hangouts adds WebRTC support (Chrome only): Hangouts in an instant: Video chat without downloading a plugin.If you were migrated to 64-bit but want 32-bit, you can install 32-bit 56.0.1 or later and not be re-migrated. 32-bit Firefox = 56.0.1 will be updated to the latest 32-bit release (currently 56.0.2), but will not be migrated.Which Firefox versions will be migrated to 64-bit? ![]() 2 GB RAM is Microsoft's minimum memory requirement for Windows 7 and 10. For users with less than 4 GB of physical memory, there is a trade-off between the larger virtual address space and the overhead of 64-bit code. Users are eligible for a 64-bit default if they are running 64-bit Windows 7+ and have strictly more than 2 GB RAM (so 3 GB is effectively the minimum memory requirement). ![]() Make 64-bit Firefox the default version for new and existing eligible users to reduce our OOM crash rate, increase performance, and improve security (ASLR).
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