![]() ![]() Much like TenFourFox's IonPower, some of which was converted to 64-bit and transplated into this new JIT, the Power ISA JIT uses MIPS as a scaffold to hang new code off of. I think I've documented most of it in the readme, but here are the highlights. #TENFOURFOX SLOW MAC#It comes in different tuned versions for specific PowerPC processor families: TenFourFox is a fast, efficient Web browser always based on the current version of Firefox, but unlike the main distribution TenFourFox is compatible with OS X 10.4 and 10.5 running on PowerPC processors.On the suggestion of a few people, and the fact my time is somewhat more curtailed due to my attempts to do hal-fassed continuous integration testing on ppc64le Firefox and maintain TenFourFox for a still resilient 32-bit Power Mac crowd (and my day job, which as some of you know has pretty much zilch to do with this type of thing), I've uploaded the work so far on the Firefox JIT to a Github repo so that additional people who want to contribute can. If you feel unsure what type of PowerPC processor your Mac has, go to the Apple menu and choose "About this Mac" and check the processor field. On the G4 Mac open the Terminal app (in Applications -> Utilities) and type the command machine. ![]() ![]() TenFourFox no longer supports plugins or Flash - As of the previous TenFourFox 6.0, for the following reasons plugin support ships disabled. Sites will now act as if no plugins were installed at all. Plugins on PowerPC are of special concern because Mozilla is making updates to their plugin architecture which may require the plugins themselves to be updated, and there are certain difficult-to-correct bugs with them already on Tiger. Most importantly, Adobe Flash for PowerPC is no longer maintained and has known security risks that can crash or leak data, some sites require versions not available on the PowerPC, and QuickTime for Leopard will lose its own support with the release of OS X Lion. final point: built-in basic adblock of TFF.my second point is about extensions: most of you already know it, but keep them as few as possible.Thanks to TFF's dev, I've learned that those browsers enumerate the available fonts in your system, so minimizing their number will gain a considerable amount of time, especially for slow machines.My FPR15 review will be more of a "best practices with TFF and any Firefox based browser": For these and other reasons, TenFourFox does not run plugins, and they cannot be enabled. My little G4 mini was lacking RAM until today, so it was faster filtering heavy pages with uBlock +uMatrix +Decentraleyes (as calculations were made in virtual memory i.e. Now, with its RAM maxed out, TFF's built-in basic adblock alone is the overall best choice - if you don't mind trackers, etc.īefore applying those advices, TFF ate CPU for 50s at launch before calming down, then nearly the same time for loading very heavy sites: now I've achieved 20s launch time and even the heaviest site takes less than 20s to display ("normal" pages load between 4s and 8s). ![]() I've also applied the fonts advice on my Intel Macs with Waterfox and Firefox. )ĭon't believe the absurd bad reviews below! :-D I've tested all recent versions on an iMac G5 2.1 GHz and a Mac Mini G4 1.25 GHz. Be careful to pick the right version for your processor and be aware that also Firefox can mess up an old profile (it happened to me in the past!), especially with some extensions) Tenfourfox stable mac# #TENFOURFOX SLOW SOFTWARE#One word of warning though: Tenfourfox follows Firefox development, meaning that, as any growing software since computers exist, it gets slower across versions. ![]()
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