eightballx Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Hey, My first post on the OSX for x86 Forums! (people exclusive to classicbeta wont know me, OSBA members will) So i was wondering how performance of Firefox Compiled for OSx86 is? Is it as fast as PPC/x86 slightly slower? Please reply -=eightballx=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 if you're asking the users here then we would really never know unless it is already possible to install mac osx86 in normal PCs (which currently isn't possible) or wait for ekylypse to purchase the dev kit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhLilDoggi Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 if you're asking the users here then we would really never know unless it is already possible to install mac osx86 in normal PCs (which currently isn't possible) or wait for ekylypse to purchase the dev kit... I didn't quite understand that...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetaler Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 i read somewhere that the firefox ppc binary runs through rosetta on the dev machines faster then it runs natively on a g5 or something to those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballx Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 I thought a few users here might just have a dev kit, obviously not, sorry -=eightballx=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 It runs about the same, faster than Safari, definitly faster than IE6+7 about the same as windows. They could do some tinkering with the way the images are rendered though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 *you have a dev kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Nope, but I know someone who does. I tried theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velayo Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I find it to be a bit slugish. At least the native osx86 version. Safari beats it by far. Haven't tried the ppc version yet. I find ppc versions to work ok, except that I only have about 768 MB of ram and it does slow down the rosetta process, specially because my card is not supported and the cpu has to do a lot sharing with the video. Overall the system feels better than my macmini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ageve Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Safari is faster, but not as stable (after removing the otf fonts that cause firefox to crash without sse3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sw1ngOnTheSp1ral Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I'm using the PPC Firefox right now. It starts up a little slower than Safari, but after that its just as fast as it is running under XP, if not a hair faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbgdog Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 My firefox performance is slow and sluggish. The scrolling moves slow and little and when u click on something the lag is annoying. Safari is ok but it isnt as fast than using windows xp. Everything else though is alright and fast but the internet is kinda laggy. I dont know why because browsing through the os is fast but opening it makes it hang and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myluvnttl Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Waht version of Firefox are you running? The newest is 1.6.0. Maybe the problem is you need to degrag your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 My firefox performance is slow and sluggish. The scrolling moves slow and little and when u click on something the lag is annoying. Safari is ok but it isnt as fast than using windows xp. Everything else though is alright and fast but the internet is kinda laggy. I dont know why because browsing through the os is fast but opening it makes it hang and stuff. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here too, i use deer park now, sort of clone of ff. ff took ages to start. DP is much faster. But the speed can compare to ff on the pc wich is 10 times faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munky^ Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Where can you get FF PPC? Isn't the official download PPC? FF on my OSX is noticeably sluggish compared to Safari and FF on PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Where can you get FF PPC? Isn't the official download PPC? http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Yes, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Try the wiki for updated x86 OS X builds... http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mac:Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 here the lastest build of x86 firefox is just amazing runs better and more faster than the official firefox on windows i'm using the lastest compiled from Josh (guy who give us the first build of deerpark) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzny Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 Shiira is the fastest browser I have tried on OSx86, and I've tried IE, Safari, Firefox PPC & DP. I like Shiira the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 OSx86 version of Firefox is excellent, but I still prefer Safari. The version with the 10.4.3 upgade/patch is so quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballx Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 Thanks guys! I cant beleive a post I posted AGES ago would be active today O.o I had it running natively ages ago, and havent still got it, but I tried and the performance for me was "OK" thanks -eight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutahir Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 here the lastest build of x86 firefox is just amazingruns better and more faster than the official firefox on windows i'm using the lastest compiled from Josh (guy who give us the first build of deerpark) hello carbon, where is the link for firefox osx86?? thanks mutahir hi carbon... i went to this url to get the firefox for osx86 : http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mac:Intel it comes out as 'DeerPark' still its firefox though Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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