Optimized Firefox Builds

I rummaged around in that site and found were it moved to.

http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2007/01/06/firefox-2001

the link's down...any mirrors?

I use these optimized builds on my G3 (well, camino) and G4 machines. iamdigitalman, check out g3 optimized versions of camino at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Camino_:_Optimised_Builds. I have a few old imacs around the house and they are totally usable even in panther with these optimized builds. I have also noticed improvements in overall usability when I get rid of the drop shadows behind windows using http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shadowkiller

Give it a whirl! I love the old imacs ... more power to anyone who wants to keep them alive :)

Chris

Is there really that much of an advantage to these builds? GCC has to know how to do special magic for these machines. Is there something being done that gives an overall benefit from a simple optimization technique between the G4 and G5 (for example). Perhaps the ability to use more registers all the time or addition of significant amounts of SIMD instructions?

Also, I understand how we can compare optimization of algorithms, but does anyone have a good metric for how optimzation benefits a whole application?

What about all of us G3 users? I am running Mac OS X 10.4.8 proudly and prominantly on a Blue and White G3 400mhz, 512mb, 120gb ATI rage 128 (stock) beast. firefox runs fine, but it's not nearly as fast on this mac. I could use a specailly optimized build, even if i'm the minority, but I KNOW there are other people running OS X on G3s out there who would like this. remember, the G3 era lasted from 1997 thru 2003, and all of them can run OS X, and run it well.

just my holiday 2 cents.

Umm... Isn't Firefox 2.0.0.1 that I get from GetFirefox.com already Intel optimized? My activity monitor is say "Intel" when it's running.

G4 + more Intel builds: http://www.furbism.com/firefoxmac/

or are these significantly different?

I'm in love with the Intel build on my MBP.

Although I haven't had as much luck with the G4 build on my stalwart PowerMac. Sometimes it occupies 70-85% of the CPU. I am not smart enough to discern why this might be.

Also, I think BonEcho is a cool name, and the icons are snazzy.

One can not copyright the name "Firefox."

It is trademarked -- a different set of laws with a different set of rules. Common misconception. (The icon is copyrighted, I'm sure, but again, it's more it's trademark nature that keeps it from being used there, too).

Yah, been using the FF Intel build w/Cocoa widgets and so far it's good. I'm still a Camino person, but it's nice to see a non-horrid widget version of FF. I understand the whole XUL thing, but I never liked the way FF looked like Windows on every platform.

FF is starting to be a requirement for testing via Firebug; I'm bummed this doesn't work in Camino. I also recommend the 'Pinstripe' theme with FF.