awesome!

i hope you don't think i'm mad, but i've been hitting your site every couple of hours these past few days to see if this would show up.

alright, alright ... yes i'm mad.

I like the firefoxy widgets... if you have time to build that version that would be excellent...

Thanks for all the effort you put into these :-)

=> Wei Leong:

That's why i bookmarked the rss-feed of this side. ;)
Thanks from me, too

you are awesome...i too have been hitting the site...thinking, "Please update this!" Even though you have no obligation to do this, you do it anyways!

Thanks a lot - Jijoe

Thanks from me, too, Neil. I've been yet another frequent visitor during the past several days.

BTW, the Bloglines problem about which a few of us commented following the release of your G5-optimized FF 1.5.0.1 does not occur in this new version. Ah, relief!

Hope the caffeine was potent and the muffin was fresh....

Thanks for doing this.

Thanks for your work on optimization of Firefox, but I have trouble to download G5-optimized 1.5.0.2 version. 0 kb size of disk image... :-( :-O I hope in correct .dmg. Thank you!

Thanks for doing this. It is good work! But I have trouble with downloading of G5-optimized version 1.5.0.2. The size of disk image is 0 kb. I hope, it will be the good (correct) one in few days on your website. Thank you!

A version with Firefoxy widgets would indeed be much appreciated. I find the bottom portion of the aqua widgets get truncated too much and too often for day-to-day use. Many thanks for these fantastic builds! :D

Thanks for this stuff. And yes, I'm gonna whine and ask for a version with firefoxy widgets.

Just wanted to add my thanks to those expressed by others. I, too, have been visiting your site two or three times a day lately, hoping that you would indeed post optimized PPC versions for G4 and G5 Macs. I was even starting to worry that you might have decided to only create optimized versions for Macs with Intel processors. Glad I was wrong. Again, thanks Neil, for continuing to tweak 'em up in a variety of flavors and make 'em all available.

Firefoxy widgets please!

I was hoping to see this for the last week :)
I really like this aqua feeling of firefox, before this I was always complaining about mozilla and their use of carbon interface (ungly and slow). Now I'm a bit less concerned :D
Thanks a lot

as always , thanks for deerpark . the native widgets alone are worth the trouble : ]

I second the request for firefoxy widgets! Also, the download link (at least for the G4 version) doesn't seem to be working. Thanks again for building these!

I, too, would like the firefoxy widgets. I've used them for so long the aqua ones look really, really strange to me. That is, if you've got the time.
Thanks, either way.

Firefoxy widgets, please!

How does one go about compiling a native version of Firefox from source? I have a G5 and would be glad to offer some time and services to do a Firefoxy G5 build, but sadly, I have no idea how to do it. Where should I start looking?

:-( I am having G3 based Powerbook, so are there any G3 optimized version with Aqua look? Thanks

i love my old pismo G3 firewire powerbook
this 6+ years old pice of hardware is still faster in everyday media-planning and marketing biz than the rubbish pc notebook i shall use at work. os x still works fine and faster ever ;) but still seeking for every quench of speed grin

yours,
rob

Neil, thanks again for doing this. --Seamus

Thanks for making these builds available, especially with the Firefoxy widgets.

Radio buttons don't work properly. I need to mouse-over them in order to see if they are selected or not.

Thanks for the magic program used in my mackie

Thank you. I'm using your G4-optimized Firefox 1.5.0.2 (with native aqua form widgets) on my iBook and it works great, really fast. Keep up the good work!

Great release, pages load 3x faster than the official release. Is the source available?

Running 10.4.6 4 × 2.5 PPC G5 2 GB DDR2

Sorry to hear about your loss (G5.) I really much prefer your old metallic widgets, the native ones don't always fit right. Any chance you could persuade your colleague to use them? Much appreciate all the work you've done.

you are the man. Thanks...

Great work again! :D
Is there any easy way how I could change the localization of You Firefox build to another language than English?
Thank You.

Thanx for this. This runs a ton better on my 1Ghz iMac than the standard build.

As for the people that were complaining about the icon and name on the previous builds, there is an easy to fix this. First, move your original Firefox.app to a different folder than this build. Go to you freshly moved Firefox and right (or control) click it and select "Show Package Contents. In the finder window that pops up click the Contents folder, then the Resources folder. Next, copy Firefox.icns.

Now, navigate to your DeerPark.app, right click, show package contents, click contents, then resources, paste Firefox.icns, click yes to replace. Next, rename DeerPark.app to Firefox.app, drag it to your Dock, and there you have it.

1.5.0.3 out...

I really like the job you do compiling firefox with native widgets for G4, but it looks like firefox just got updated again for security reasons : 1.5.0.3 is out... I don't want to urge you, but I'll be checking your website now and then ;-)

Could you post a tutorial in order for us to help you make these builds available?

Thank you

Thank you very much for this very nice distribution. A small suggestion for improving it is to incorporate Emacs-like keybindings as described in this mozillazine article(Firefox)

Cheers

Thank you, sir, may I have another?

Another optmized-for-G4-version of the new 1.5.0.3 release, that is. Maybe the Firefox folks are just deliberately messing with you now by releasing yet another new version so soon after 1.5.0.2 came out.

Christine,
use the extension «Quick Locale Switcher »
you can get it from here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1333
I use it myself with G5-optimized Firefox and de-locale.
And thank you for all the work, Neil !
BTW Is there any hope to see a G5 1.5.0.3 despite you lost your G5 ?

There released a new version 1.5.0.3. Please build this version.

Thanks for the update :-) Firefox is only usable to me because of your continued efforts.

Peter,
I tried the «Quick Locale Switcher», but I couldn't change the language of the User Interface with it.
I used this solution instead now and it works perfect:
http://www.firefox-browser.de/sprachpaket.php
Nevertheless thanks for Your help. :-)

Since the optimized builds are only available in English, this is how You can change the language of the Firefox/DeerPark User Interface. This is an example for version 1.5.0.3 and the German language, it should work with all versions and all languages.

1. Install the Extension Language Switcher
2. Go to http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3/win32/xpi/ in Your Web browser. ("/win32/" is okay, it works.)
3. Click on de.xpi for the German language or choose the appropriate language and install it when asked.
4. Restart Firefox/DeerPark and choose Your language from the Menu "Tools/Languages".
5. Restart DeerPark again.
6. Finished. The User Interface should be in the desired language now.

1.5.0.3 runnning great on my iBook G4 Thank you for your efforts. :-)

thanx for the work you done for people like me...

Any idea why my "firefox-ppc970-1503-aqua.dmg" file is giving a "device not configured" message? thanks...

heya, does anyone know what versions of OS X these builds will run on (as opposed to processor architecture)? like, the official firefox builds are supposed to run all the way up to 10.2 - does that apply to these builds as well? (i'm guessing not the G5 build since 10.2 pre-dated the G5)

Are these builds for Tiger only? what about Panther and Jaguar?

thanks!!

how about some instructions ?

Does this need to be installed ? All I see is an app called dearpark is this thing a browser ? or a firefox plugin, I'm confused how to use it where to put it ?

now i'm really confused, just opened up the dearpark app only opens up as firefox browser whats all the fuss about ? I see no changes, what is this app suppose to do ?

am I missing something here ?

Mulan - what kind of instructions are you looking for?

the first line of this post includes "a G5-optimized build of Firefox" which seems pretty self-explanatory. it's ... a G5 optimized build of Firefox. So the fact that it opens up as "firefox" ... is the whole point.

it's also been pointed out that it's called Deer Park and not "firefox" because of trademark issues (Neil - you might want to search-and-replace the source for the menubar reference to "firefox"? could maybe help reduce the number of this kind of complaint... it's not so much that it's called deer park that is a problem, but the inconsistency (menubar says firefox, "about" option and app name says deer park).

sajdak - if you're still having problems, the problem is on your end not the server. no problem getting the download, server is up.

brett - i've encountered a problem like that before (not from downloads from here), IIRC there's an issue with the system cache and/or the download may not be complete. you might need to reboot (fix disk permissions with disk utility?) and redownload the app before a disk image will mount.

ok well i'm not complaining was just confused he he

so far I have not seen any real change with this deerpark, it looks the same as firefox, when you say optimized do you mean performance or the look ?

thanks

Mulan, just read what is written on this page and try the related links if that may be not sufficient.
Deerpark is the application - a simply ctrl-i in the Finder after selecting it reveals it's mysteries. :-)

Sorry, it's 'Apple'i, not ctrl-i. :)

Where's the G5 with Firefoxy form widgets?

uh oh - 1.5.0.4 on the way due to another DoS vulnerability...

Hey 1.5.0.4 is out, time to get a coding ;P

But really, I reallty apreciate what you do and thanks so much!

Great build but 1.5.0.4 is out...Thanks.

thanx for the work you done for people like me.

Thanks for your work and for the good information
Good luck
Dean

Thanks, too.
I think your tool is really useful!
Please inform me if further updates are available =)

It's a nice tool, thanks a lot.
I will use it and tell it my friends :)