Other PowerFox Web Browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

[Jazzzny]

Hello, PowerFox

Happy new year!

I'm happy to introduce a new web browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It is vastly compatible, open-source, and includes everything InterWeb 55 has and much more.

To refresh your memory, this includes:
- Excellent support for the modern web - JavaScript, CSS, and HTML standards - even better than before.
- WebGL
- Color emoji
- Support for modern video codecs - in particular, they are much more lightweight than before

For the first time, PowerFox also supports:
- Language Packs (Over 90 languages are available)
- Full OpenGL browser acceleration
- and much more!

From a technical standpoint, PowerFox is based on much newer code than InterWeb 55 and is much more maintainable for future development.

You can download a copy from http://powerfox.jazzzny.me/ - let me know how it goes!

Enjoy another year of web browsing on your Snow Leopard Mac, and thank you so much for all the support!

I also have future plans, which are already well underway, including a modern, lightweight email client based on Thunderbird with full Oauth2 support for services such as Gmail, and a PowerPC version of PowerFox for 10.5, based on the same codebase, meaning it will have the same level of modern web compatibility. Stay tuned!

- Jazzzny

(if you're wondering about the website, its to pay homage to TFF's old "spoof" website.)

 

[Sean.R]

Is PowerFox based on Firefox 55?

 

[Jazzzny]

No, it is based on UXP (Pale Moon, Basilisk, etc.). It is much more capable than InterWeb 55’s engine as it has simply had a lot more development done.

 

[Dronecatcher]

Awesome! Not tested on SL yet but using it on El Capitan and it opens pages my ageing Opera GX can no longer cope with! Great work!

 

[Dronecatcher]

One bug so far - videos play 2 seconds of audio then crash the browser:

Home - BBC News

Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Hughmac]

Amazing thanks 🙏 , even eBay opens and logs in for me, which has never been managed in other browsers I've tried.
I've also copied over my extensions from Interweb and they all work

Cheers

Hugh

 

[DouglasCarroll]

Hello.

Thanks for the new browser to try, how exciting!

So far on Lion, InterWeb connects to everything I try no problem but PowerFox constantly fails at websites as it cannot make a secure connection. InterWeb does not give me this issue. Maybe I'm doing something incorrectly? So far this is literally almost every website I try...even PowerFox's u-block origin add on website does the same thing.

Thanks!

 

[Jazzzny]

So far on Lion, InterWeb connects to everything I try no problem but PowerFox constantly fails at websites as it cannot make a secure connection. InterWeb does not give me this issue. Maybe I'm doing something incorrectly? So far this is literally almost every website I try...even PowerFox's u-block origin add on website does the same thing.

Do you have any system proxies or VPNs installed? Is your system time set correctly?

 

[DouglasCarroll]

Hello.

None that I know of, it’s a pretty basic system install afaik. I did update this install from Snow Leopard to Lion though if that matters?

😃

 

[Jazzzny]

Hello, please try setting security.tls.hello_downgrade_check in about:config to false. PowerFox has a much newer security library than IW55, and it could possibly be unhappy with something related to your system.

 

[nospamboz]

This looks great, thanks.

But just like the latest versions of Arctic Fox and Interweb, they don't work properly in my Virtualbox+iBoot SL VM guest on a Debian Linux host (on a Macbook5,2). They load, and mouse clicks work, but I can't type anything. I don't even get an insert cursor in the address bar.

The last thing that works is Arctic Fox 45.2. Even 45.3 doesn't work. Have tried 32 and 64 bits, no difference.

Any suggestions appreciated.

(Never mind. I switched to Mavericks Forever.)

 

[wicknix]

PowerFox constantly fails at websites

Open about:config and change network.proxy.type to 0 (that’s a zero)

 

[wicknix]

I did update this install from Snow Leopard to Lion though

If you’re on Lion there are 4 other up to date browsers based on the same code base you could use if all else fails. (Pale Moon, Basilisk, SeaLion, BrassMonkey)

 

[wicknix]

I'm happy to introduce a new web browser for Mac OS X 10.6

Thanks for continuing to help save this old horse from the glue factory. ;-)

 

[257Loner]

Ah, Snow Leopard. Now, there's a sexy operating system! (Aqua scrollbars, translucent glass Dock, 3D App icons—everything!)

 

[firelighter487]

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So far on Lion,
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if you're running Lion you can also use Pale Moon and Firefox Dynasty, both work fine in my experience

 

[Siliconguy]

Are 32 bit only Macs supported? (2006 Mac mini in my case).

 

[GalacticStag]

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Hello, PowerFox

Happy new year!

I'm happy to introduce a new web browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It is vastly compatible, open-source, and includes everything InterWeb 55 has and much more.

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To refresh your memory, this includes:
- Excellent support for the modern web - JavaScript, CSS, and HTML standards - even better than before.
- WebGL
- Color emoji
- Support for modern video codecs - in particular, they are much more lightweight than before

For the first time, PowerFox also supports:
- Language Packs (Over 90 languages are available)
- Full OpenGL browser acceleration
- and much more!

From a technical standpoint, PowerFox is based on much newer code than InterWeb 55 and is much more maintainable for future development.

You can download a copy from http://powerfox.jazzzny.me/ - let me know how it goes!

Enjoy another year of web browsing on your Snow Leopard Mac, and thank you so much for all the support!

I also have future plans, which are already well underway, including a modern, lightweight email client based on Thunderbird with full Oauth2 support for services such as Gmail, and a PowerPC version of PowerFox for 10.5, based on the same codebase, meaning it will have the same level of modern web compatibility. Stay tuned!

- Jazzzny

(if you're wondering about the website, its to pay homage to TFF's old "spoof" website.)

YAAAAAY

 

[Jazzzny]

Yes

Are 32 bit only Macs supported? (2006 Mac mini in my case).

 

[DouglasCarroll]

Open about:config and change network.proxy.type to 0 (that’s a zero)

Oh Sure, I'll try that.....WTF???

No problem, I'll try it on InterWeb then....wait...WHAT THE HELL!!



Nice prank guys.

 

[Dronecatcher]

Nice prank guys.

It's about:config NOT about:configure

 

[Dronecatcher]

@Jazzzny BTW I've fixed the browser crashing when attempting to play BBC News videos:

In config dom.webcomponents.enabled false

 

[DouglasCarroll]

It's about:config NOT about:configure

Ah HA! Thanks!! (I told you guys I was stupid about this stuff...incidentally...why isn't there a button somewhere to go to the config options for idiots like me???)

Also thanks for the hints everyone, I think changing the config options have worked!

 

[Dronecatcher]

why isn't there a button somewhere to go to the config options

I think it's because it's so easy to screw things up there if you don't know what you're doing

 

[wicknix]

why isn't there a button somewhere to go to the config options

There is in SeaLion and BrassMonkey.
However these browsers were aimed at more advanced users who want full control of their browser.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…..