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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (96361)	4/23/2017 3:37:08 PM
From: Eric L	2 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110629

Firefox 32-bit v 64-bit ... Identical look. Firefox 32-bit is my default browser. I have run 64 bit Firefox on my (2) 64 bit desktop systems in the past. I no longer do so. Updates are an issue. Plug-ins are an issue. In this 9 month old article Martin Brinkmann explains why such a small portion of the Mozilla FF base runs it: ghacks.net I don't think the situation has changed much since Martin published that article. - Eric L. -

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (96361)	4/23/2017 4:46:14 PM
From: nicewatch	2 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet locogringo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110629

I forget what the order of operation of install was but the bookmarks and some other files I believe are stored in separate folder from the application and that is pretty standard for browsers now. Check my last post, depending on the amount of add-ons and plug-in extensions you use the 64-bit browsers may not be for you. Also the less system ram there is then the less the 64-bit browsers makes sense, imo. There was some pop-up at bottom of firefox last time I upgraded the other month, it asked about a refresh to a new look but I cancelled that. Perhaps that is what locogringo was referring to. That link did say if you did the refresh you would lose extensions and have to reinstall. For how I use browsers I like the 64-bit versions but they are not for everyone.