1258224 - www.firefox.com landing page downloads 32 bit Firefox version on 64 bit Windows systems

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1344220

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, defect)

Description

[Axel]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
Build ID: 20160315153207

Steps to reproduce:

Whenever I set up a new 64 bit Windows system, I visit www.firefox.com to download the latest version of Firefox.

I now recognized that all the Firefox versions I ever downloaded are 32 bit versions, although I'm using 64 bit Windows versions all around.

This is a problem when it comes to downloading other programs using Firefox: Firefox is telling other websites that it's a 32 bit program. This results in the other programs being downloaded as 32 bit software, too.


Actual results:

The www.firefox.com landing page downloads a 32 bit Firefox version when visited using a 64 bit Windows systems.


Expected results:

The www.firefox.com landing page should download a 64 bit Firefox version when visited using a 64 bit Windows systems.

Comment 1

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

Yes, we are serving the 32-bit version by default, because the 64-bit version still has some issues. I guess we can change this sometime this year.

Comment 2

[Axel]

I see. Thanks for explaining this to me.

I feel, though, that the user should be informed about this current fact when downloading. I was hunting down an issue with another software when I noticed that it was the 32 bit version I had installed via Firefox download.

Comment 3

[Jennifer Bertsch [:jbertsch]]

You can download the Firefox win 64 here if you want to try it out:  https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

Comment 4

[Axel]

Thanks for the hint!

I did; this time. But I didn't dozens of times before.

I'm just trying to help by pinpointing the website's confusing behaviour.

Comment 5

[Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus]

I would also welcome a change in this regard.

Comment 6

[Axel]

I'm continuously downloading and installing the 64 bit Firefox version for more than a year now on all my machines (50+ installations). Didn't have an issues yet.