On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Dan Eloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I run IronPython on x64 Vista, but mostly only in Silverlight, which > correct me if I'm wrong, is 32bit only. So right now, I don't care > about x64 Vista. But when Silverlight runs in x64 it will matter to > me.
By default, IE runs as a 32-bit application under x64. I don't know if Firefox even publishes a 64-bit version of their app for Windows, and I'm pretty sure that Apple and Opera don't provide 64-bit versions either. There's a sort of chicken-and-egg problem there with respect to plugins. Until vendors like Adobe (Flash), Microsoft (Silverlight) and Sun (Java) start providing their plugins in both 32-bit and 64-bit forms, the 64-bit browser makes for a significantly less usable web experience. I tried for a while a year ago (on general principles :) before giving up. But until people have an actual motivation in using a 64-bit browser under Windows, there's absolutely no incentive for any vendor to spend the money on the platform. Unless Windows 7 makes it possible to load 32-bit DLLs into 64-bit processes, I suspect the 32-bit browser will be with us for the better part of the next decade. -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
