64bit Java released!

It seems Sun Microsystems have begun supporting 64bit versions of Windows including 64bit Firefox and 64bit Internet Explorer as of the 8th of December 2008 :party:

The JDK beta release has the 64-bit plugin, You can download it from here: Java Platform, Standard Edition 6u12 Binary Snapshot Releases

Edit:
You can test your 64bit Java with your 64bit browser here: Test whether Java is working on my computer - 1.5.0, 1.6.0

The other tools the JDK installs can be separately removed if your only after the plugin ;)
 
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Thanks Steven, just installed.
 

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Java an unoptimized application that can run inefficiently on any OS. It is a resource hog. Wow!
 

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You can test your 64bit Java with your 64bit browser here: How do I test whether Java is working on my computer? - 1.4.2_xx, 1.5.0, 6.0

The other tools the JDK installs can be separately removed if your only after the plugin ;)

echrada said:
Thanks Steven, just installed.
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Your welcome echrada ;)

SCSIraidGURU said:
Java an unoptimized application that can run inefficiently on any OS. It is a resource hog. Wow!
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I wouldn't call using 50mb of memory for the java applet engine being a resource hog unless you only have 512 ram :sarc: but it is slowly becoming more unoptimized and bloaty with every new release :huh:
 

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am i right in thinking that a 64bit firefox would now be able to run fine - as isn't there 64bit flash about as well?
 

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d0od said:
am i right in thinking that a 64bit firefox would now be able to run fine - as isn't there 64bit flash about as well?
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Adobe plans to support 64bit Windows in their next flash release, expected sometime over next two years :mad:

Adobe starts 64-bit Flash testing with Linux alpha

Theres already a released 64bit Linux plugin for flash on Adobe`s website but it seems their talk about "completely cross platform" is a total lie, else they would have a 64bit Windows version avilable with their 64bit Linux version :mad:
 

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Thanks Steven,

I'll be giving it a try tomorrow:)
 

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dmex said:
It seems Sun Microsystems have begun supporting 64bit versions of Windows including 64bit Firefox and 64bit Internet Explorer as of the 8th of December 2008 :party:

The JDK beta release has the 64-bit plugin, You can download it from here: Java Platform, Standard Edition 6u12 Binary Snapshot Releases

Edit:
You can test your 64bit Java with your 64bit browser here: Test whether Java is working on my computer - 1.5.0, 1.6.0

The other tools the JDK installs can be separately removed if your only after the plugin ;)
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64bit firefox?Where i can find it?
 

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There are 3 diff programs on this website. ( For 64 bit ) do I need to download all 3?
Thanks
 

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Its very stable, no usses with any java applets yet :cool:

panais said:
64bit firefox?Where i can find it?
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Hey Panais,

64bit Firefox can be downloaded here: Download - Mozilla x86-64

The latest version is: Firefox-3.1b2pre.en-US.win64.installer.20081026.zip‎ (click to download ;))

MarshallMoore said:
There are 3 diff programs on this website. ( For 64 bit ) do I need to download all 3?
Thanks
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You just need the Windows x64 self-extracting JDK file: jdk-6u12-ea-bin-b02-windows-amd64-p-08_dec_2008.exe

JDK will install two updates, the first being Java 6 Update 12 (64bit) this contains the 64bit java plugin for 64bit browsers, the second will install the Java SE Development kit (64bit) this can be uninstalled after if your only after the plugins ;)

The JDK components are unfortunately restricted from distribution so I cant host just the plugin for everyone to download until it gets released as JRE, I will try find a separate release not including the development kit ;)
 

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dmex said:
Its very stable, no usses with any java applets yet :cool:

panais said:
64bit firefox?Where i can find it?
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Hey Panais,

64bit Firefox can be downloaded here: Download - Mozilla x86-64

The latest version is: Firefox-3.1b2pre.en-US.win64.installer.20081026.zip‎ (click to download ;))

MarshallMoore said:
There are 3 diff programs on this website. ( For 64 bit ) do I need to download all 3?
Thanks
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You just need the Windows x64 self-extracting JDK file: jdk-6u12-ea-bin-b02-windows-amd64-p-08_dec_2008.exe

JDK will install two updates, the first being Java 6 Update 12 (64bit) this contains the 64bit java plugin for 64bit browsers, the second will install the Java SE Development kit (64bit) this can be uninstalled after if your only after the plugins ;)

The JDK components are unfortunately restricted from distribution so I cant host just the plugin for everyone to download until it gets released as JRE, I will try find a separate release not including the development kit ;)
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avast reports Trojan in the 64 bit file of firefox

cheers brad
 

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chinga69 said:
avast reports Trojan in the 64 bit file of firefox

cheers brad
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Its a false positive and you know it Brad! :p

Go report the it to the Avast team because it seems they havnt fixed their detection problems they have been having recently (like explorer and your desktop being deleted) :eek:
 

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dmex said:
chinga69 said:
avast reports Trojan in the 64 bit file of firefox

cheers brad
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Its a false positive and you know it Brad! :p

Go report the it to the Avast team because it seems they havnt fixed their detection problems they have been having recently (like explorer and your desktop being deleted) :eek:
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i have submitted a report
i disabled avast then installed it
never had that the last time i tried the 64 bit version of firefox

cheers brad great find thanks

cheers brad
 

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64 bit FF was definitely faster and more responsive on my system. That being said I had to revert back to a 32 bit browser because most of the FF
addons​
​
that I tried installing were not compatible with 64 bit FF.

I am glad to see more companies are releasing native 64 bit apps though :cool: and the 64 bit software base is much larger then it was only 3 years ago :)

As soon as we get a 64 bit version of flash I well move to a 64 bit browser. for now being the
social​
media nut that I am I prefer Flock as my everyday Browser
 

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ITJUNKIE said:
64 bit FF was definitely faster and more responsive on my system. That being said I had to revert back to a 32 bit browser because most of the FF
addons​
​
that I tried installing were not compatible with 64 bit FF.
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Hey Itjunkie,

You need this addon for X64 Firefox to install them X32 addons ;) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543

I use the Nightly Tester Tools addon to force install all the addons in X64 FF, If the button to add an addon isn't available just click "See all versions" on the Firefox addons site to install it, then click Force Install ;)
 

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dmex​


Thanks for the heads up that is
awesome​
Thanks
 
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dmex said:
Adobe plans to support 64bit Windows in their next flash release, expected sometime over next two years :mad:
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Wow...I can hardly wait. :sarc:

But they got off their duffs and made a 64bit version of Adobe Photoshop; couldn't afford to lose that market huh.
 

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OK, I am tired of saying this all across the gd web...

64bit *JAVA (both JDK and JRE) have been available for a long while now.

The new addition (in the 6U12 pre-release code) is a 64bit *plugin* for 64bit browsers.

Also, caveat - some users are having compatibility issues and such....remember, this is pre-release software - use at your own risk.

Fx users - I *highly* recommend a new profile for testing.

IE users - I *highly* recommed making a test *user* for testing.
 

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dmex said:
Adobe starts 64-bit Flash testing with Linux alpha
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Ahhh, that's where i got my wires cross. I'm used to everything coming to Linuxville last! Makes a change!

So i can run 64 bit Firefox with 64 bit flash AND java in Linux now? Mint! Finally have little reason not to go back to Ubuntu x64

It does seem a strange thing to release for linux 64 first given the percentage of Windows 64 users is larger than linux, but i'm not going to complain given Linux will likely be stuck with the Alpha for a looong time.
 

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d0od said:
It does seem a strange thing to release for linux 64 first given the percentage of Windows 64 users is larger than linux, but i'm not going to complain given Linux will likely be stuck with the Alpha for a looong time.
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Not wanting to change topic, but credit were its due plus I can't resist this. I think its great that the linux community came first for a change, after all 64bit linux has been around for a long time. If microsoft had reacted early enough, then we would probably also be browsing in x64 with flash, :p
 

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