Dan, I have tried several consecutive G4 Firefox builds on my Leopard- running eMac (1.25Ghz CPU, 1.5GB RAM) and my Tiger-running 17" PowerBook (1.67Ghz, 2GB RAM). In both computers (and operating systems) they have proven VERY unstable and I ended ditching them and installing the main version --which runs without a glitch, upgrade after upgrade.
I say I haven't had luck with them because I don't know enough about the G4 builds to point out the particular causes of their instability. For all I know, a lot of people might be happy with them. That wasn't my case. I used to be a Camino kinda guy for years, but it became a big memory hog for a while and was always more or less incompatible with several websites and apps, so now I'm a Firefox person, even on PCs. The latest Safari is said to be very fast and stable, but I can't bring myself to use it for long. Best, F On Oct 21, 2:26 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 8:12 AM -0700 10/21/2009, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > >http://firefoxmac.furbism.com/ > > >It changes names often; it used to be named Minefield, and I think > >they still use that name for the G4 optimized ones > > Firefox names are easy to track - each name indicates exactly what > version it be. > > Official builds take on the "Firefox" name. Unofficial and > development builds, such as the ones by Furby or RPM, take on the > version code name, once they're forked off the "trunk". > > Here are the code names for the various releases: > > Firefox 0.1 to 1.0 Phoenix > Firefox 0.6 to 0.7 Firebird > Firefox 1.5.x Deer Park > Firefox 2.x Bon Echo > Firefox 3.0 Gran Paradiso > Firefox 3.5 Shiretoko > Firefox 3.6 Namoroka > > "Minefield" is the code name for the main Mozilla trunk - the > bleeding edge of development. Currently, it is what will become > Firefox 3.7, once it has been forked. Since the developers switched > to the newer libraries and compiler, it requires now Leopard or > better. (Leopard, of course, requires a G4 or better). I think the > 15 Sept build is the last Minefield that's compatible with Tiger & > G3s. > > >G4 optimized ones--which I haven't had a lot of luck with. > > How so? Are you running Leopard on your G4 Mac? > > >They upgrade them pretty often, so make sure to bookmark the link. > > Furby's buildbot runs nightly. > > RPM only provides release version builds. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
