Today's internet browsers are always constantly improving and, in fact, Firefox and Chrome are updated almost every month correcting any bugs, adding features and improving their speed. However, the developers of all browsers provide a unique version to download that is fine for both 32bit and 64bit computers. Who owns a 64bit PC with Windows installed for 64 bits, would expect greater performance of their computer also because X64 systems can support more RAM than the fixed limit of 3.25 of x86 or 32bit systems.
Even memory management is better on 64-bit systems only that, if on a PC of this type, programs developed for 32bit are installed, even if they are functional, they do not benefit from the greater power.
For example Firefox 32 bit can only use 4GB of RAM at most and not more. 64-bit operating systems are capable of running 32-bit software (mainly on Windows) without getting the benefits of 64-bit software.
Since Mozilla released Firefox 64 bit only in 2015 (which is automatically installed by downloading from the official Firefox website), other developers, for years, have made some Firefox- based browsers to take advantage of 64bit computers, including the best is Waterfox .
Waterfox is an unofficial version of Mozilla Firefox that has been optimized for 64-bit systems, making it faster.
Waterfox, available only for 64-bit windows PC, is like normal Firefox with some of the internal parameters modified specifically to improve its performance.
The page that lists the links to download the Italian language of the browser.
If you are already using Firefox, the update is painless because WaterFox uses the same Firefox profile so all preferences, history and extensions already installed are kept.
This implies that all add-ons for regular Firefox are also perfectly compatible with Waterfox.
After installation you need to update the plugins with the versions for x64 PCs (the most important: Flash Player, Java and Silverlight).
Tests have been published on the Raymond.cc website that compare the loading and startup speed of Waterfox, normal Firefox, the 64bit version of Firefox (at the time in beta) and Palemoon, another optimized and lightened Firefox browser with version also for 64bit.
According to these tests, Waterfox is slightly faster and guarantees better performance .
The advantages of the 64-bit version of Firefox are basically two:
First, Firefox becomes more secure, less attackable and vulnerable to malware and websites that can compromise its integrity.
In addition, Firefox 64 is also more powerful and does not suffer from the limitation that causes Firefox 32 bits to use a maximum of 4 GB of RAM, even if 8 GB are mounted on the PC.
As a result, web applications, high definition videos and even 3D online games will be more fluid.
