TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox 4 for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC
Remember how you tried to update Firefox in Tiger and it didn't work? http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ This is from the Clasilla guys; it's optimized for each of the G processors. The devs promise "dramatically faster _javascript_, WebM video, compatibility with most Firefox add-ons, and HTML 5 and CSS 3 support." Preliminary testing indicates "pretty snappy" on Pismo 500 with gig-o-ram. V Mabus -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox 4 for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC
On 25/03/11 9:54 PM, Vic Mabus wrote: Remember how you tried to update Firefox in Tiger and it didn't work? http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ This is from the Clasilla guys; it's optimized for each of the G processors. The devs promise dramatically faster JavaScript, WebM video, compatibility with most Firefox add-ons, and HTML 5 and CSS 3 support http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/technology/. Preliminary testing indicates pretty snappy on Pismo 500 with gig-o-ram. V Mabus Alas, help for us poor, or shall, I say, cheap folks. Thanks, Vic. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox 4 for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC
On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Nestamicky wrote: On 25/03/11 9:54 PM, Vic Mabus wrote: Remember how you tried to update Firefox in Tiger and it didn't work? http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ This is from the Clasilla guys; it's optimized for each of the G processors. The devs promise dramatically faster JavaScript, WebM video, compatibility with most Firefox add-ons, and HTML 5 and CSS 3 support http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/technology/. Preliminary testing indicates pretty snappy on Pismo 500 with gig- o-ram. V Mabus Alas, help for us poor, or shall, I say, cheap folks. Thanks, Vic. The development of TenFourFox was announced and discussed on the LEM Tiger Group, the logical forum, months ago. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox 4 for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC
Thank you for reminding me about TenFourFox! I just did some browser benchmarking, and here are my results (Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional benchmarker!): I decided to give it a try on these machines and see what happens. I found a browser benchmark called Peacekeeper from Futuremark to really see which one is better. PowerMac G4 Graphite (1GHz Sonnet Encore/ST Upgrade Processor, 1.5GB PC100 SDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 40GB IDE): (Higher is better) TenFourFox 4.0: 597 Camino 2.0.7: 256 Camino errored on an unresponsive Javascript, but was able to continue. These aren't the best comparisons since Camino is based off of Firefox 3 while TenFourFox is based off of Firefox 4, however Camino was updated 2 days ago, so it will be a while to wait until both distributions can be compared to each other with the same Firefox rendering engine. The difference is significant though, TenFourFox scores much better. PowerBook G4 (667MHz PowerPC G4, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, ATI Rage M6, 45GB Laptop IDE): (Higher is better) TenFourFox 4.0: 372 Camino: 165 TenFourFox repeated the same unresponsive Javascript error while Camino didn't this time, but also was able to continue. Interestingly enough, the scores were much lower overall than the Graphite. While the bus speed is 33mhz faster, the slower hard drive and lesser video card seemed to have a pretty big impact in performance. Overall, TenFourFox is now my perferred browser on my Ten Four machines! Mike On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Fabian Fang f...@mac.com wrote: On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Nestamicky wrote: On 25/03/11 9:54 PM, Vic Mabus wrote: Remember how you tried to update Firefox in Tiger and it didn't work? http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ This is from the Clasilla guys; it's optimized for each of the G processors. The devs promise dramatically faster JavaScript, WebM video, compatibility with most Firefox add-ons, and HTML 5 and CSS 3 support http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/technology/. Preliminary testing indicates pretty snappy on Pismo 500 with gig-o-ram. V Mabus Alas, help for us poor, or shall, I say, cheap folks. Thanks, Vic. The development of TenFourFox was announced and discussed on the LEM Tiger Group, the logical forum, months ago. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: TenFourFox: A fork of Mozilla Firefox 4 for the Power Macintosh and Mac OS X Tiger PowerPC
Sorry for the double-email, but I completely forgot about Safari. PowerMac G4 Graphite AGP (1GHz Sonnet Encore/ST Upgrade Processor, 1.5GB PC100 SDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 40GB IDE): (Higher is better) Safari 4.1.3: *763* TenFourFox 4.0: *597* Camino 2.0.7: *256* Camino errored on an unresponsive Java script, but was able to continue. These aren't the best comparisons since Camino is based off of Firefox 3 while TenFourFox is based off of Firefox 4, however Camino was updated 2 days ago, so it will be a while to wait until both distributions can be compared to each other with the same Firefox rendering engine. The difference is significant though, TenFourFox scores much better, although not as well as Safari surprisingly. PowerBook G4 (667MHz PowerPC G4, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, ATI Rage M6, 45GB Laptop IDE): (Higher is better) Safari 4.1.3: *409* TenFourFox 4.0: *372* Camino: *165* TenFourFox repeated the same unresponsive Java script error while Camino didn't this time, but also was able to continue. Interestingly enough, the scores were much lower overall than the Graphite. While the bus speed is 33mhz faster, the slower hard drive and lesser video card seemed to have a pretty big impact in performance. Safari still scored the best out of the three, which was unexpected in both cases. Originally, I stated that TenFourFox is my new default, and it still is, but now I'm torn. Speed versus plug-in convenience... Mike On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Mike mik...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for reminding me about TenFourFox! I just did some browser benchmarking, and here are my results (Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional benchmarker!): I decided to give it a try on these machines and see what happens. I found a browser benchmark called Peacekeeper from Futuremark to really see which one is better. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
