Don't look now, but 64-bit Firefox nightlies are set to return.

Mozilla in November made the decision to pull the plug on 64-bit Firefox for Windows, disabling 64-bit nightlies because of a lack of resources required to make it worthwhile. What Mozilla didn't anticipate was that there would be "significant negative feedback" from the online community, and because of that, the open source browser maker said it's willing to make a compromise.

Turn out the lights, the 64-bit Firefox party is over. After developers discussed the topic in a somewhat lengthy thread, Mozilla has decided to shelve any and all work related to 64-bit versions of the Firefox browser. That includes nightly and hourly releases. Developer Benjamin Smedberg first proposed the idea of ceasing 64-bit development due to the builds being "a constant source of misunderstanding and frustration."

I used to think Mozilla's Firefox browser posed the most serious threat to Internet Explorer's dominance in the browser wars, and for a long while, it did. IE's numbers were falling and Firefox's were climbing, but then Chrome joined the battle. A funny thing happened at that point. Firefox, once the most beloved browser by users 'in the know,' took a backseat to Chrome's rapid rise, and now it's anyone's guess what the next year or so will bring. Let's have a look where things stand.