G5-optimised Firefox 1.0.1 builds

[oingoboingo]

This story appeared on xlr8yourmac.com, but I thought I'd repost it here too. You can now download a version of Firefox 1.0.1 compiled using G5-specific optimisations from http://homepage.mac.com/thenonsuch/firefox/. I'm currently using it to post this message on my 1.6GHz PowerMac G5. It's definitely faster than Safari, but I honestly haven't used regular Firefox on OS X enough to make a good comparison. Regular Firefox/G5 owners might like to take a look and see if there is any significant improvement to be gained by using G5-specific compilation options.

 

[edesignuk]

Excellent. Been waiting for the new build to be "G5 Optimised"

 

[JeDiBoYTJ]

what about a G4 optimized 1.0.1 version? Im still running the old G4 Optimized version of 1.0.0

 

[atari1356]

what about a G4 optimized 1.0.1 version? Im still running the old G4 Optimized version of 1.0.0

You can find that on this page:
http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/

Since you have a newer computer, with newer G4, I believe you want the one called "FX-ppc7450-1.0.1.dmg"

 

[tersono]

Thanks for the heads-up. I've been waiting for this one =]

 

[JeDiBoYTJ]

You can find that on this page:
http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/

Since you have a newer computer, with newer G4, I believe you want the one called "FX-ppc7450-1.0.1.dmg"

thx