[Foresight-devel] Re: x86 or x86_64 firefox...

[António Meireles]

Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> (...)
> I suggest that epiphany be the 64-bit browser and firefox be the
> 32-bit browser.  Thunking layers have a really poor history for
> reliability even in the best cases, and the impression I'm getting
> of the plugin wrapper is that it's not at the top of that heap nor
> likely to be any time soon.  But even if it does become reliable,
> you still have to consider the other issues such as memory
> overhead.  You are better off with 32-bit firefox than with
> thunking from a total system memory consumption standpoint.
>   

Tricky at best, *if* we move to x86 based browser _then_ we should move
both ffox and epiphany.
having some things working in one browser and not the other is not
desirable IMHO (as browser
selection is a matter of taste)

More about this later, as soon as i finish my gnome bump penitence...


All the best, and a great weekend.

António