Thanks so much for putting these together! (And for the record I like these icons more!)

i just wanted to add my appreciation to everyone else's - when a firefox update comes out, all i think is "i hope that guy is going to build us a bonecho release, because i'm not installing that slow official build." you've pulled through again, and i'm grateful :-) keep up the awesome work

Thank you :D

Thanks, I'm downloading it now.

where are the g4 optimized builds? i'm posting this from my powerbook which is still very much working thank you. i'm not that far behind the times. its only a year and a half old. you can't stop supporting it.

> The Firefox name and icon are copyrighted

You mean trademarked.

Thank you! I was wondering if you could provide any information on what exactly was changed on the firefox-intel-2.0.0.1-aqua.dmg.

There's a bug in Firefox that doesn't render properly certain non-Latin accented characters on Intel Macs. They're planning to fix it in Firefox 3 along with all the other Mac-related transitions, but in the meanwhile it'd be amazing if I could test a patch that's been going around on the optimized builds.

Thanks a lot,

thatha.

The widgets look great. Thanks for putting these together. I appreciate it.

Dude I love you. These optimized builds are awesome and the Aqua widget improvements RULE.

Thanks so much!

Firefox is better than Explorer by far.

Man, you are a true "master in your domain"...

Keep up the good work, making FF "usable" in OS X!!!

Why is that firefox logo without the fox?

Great work! This is a great service to the mac community.

I don't really see what's so different about these versions. I downloaded both for the Intel Macs, but all I really see that's different from normal Firefox is the buttons.

I also like the new icons :)

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

1. Thank you for the good work.
2. Standing by the G4-Optimized version! :-)

can you make one WITHOUT form widgets, or where form widgets are optional?

yes ... firefox is good ...
happy surfing all ...

Best christmas present I got this year! Thanks man! I wasn't at all expecting you to do anything this so soon after that last post (totally understandable, btw), and I just happened to check your RSS feed this morning. I do very much hope you keep this going! LOVE having firefox with the aqua widgets!

Thanks huge. The aqua form elements are a nice improvement. Here's a question:

Is there any way to run BonEcho concurrently with Firefox? I did love the way BonEcho pulled up my firefox preferences automatically, but is there any way I can run them at the same time? I'd even be interested in being able to run both form versions of BonEcho concurrently.

Really nice!!!!!
Its faster, at startup and loading pages,more than I expect!!!The best is that it keep the previous configuration.
I tested it in a 2Ghz Macbook.
GOOD WORK MAN!!!

Has anyone else been unable to use 'FIND' with this release? When I try and activate 'FIND' I don't see the search bar -- thus I can't find.

Fantastic! Thank you so much for doing this :)

Actually, I too have been wondering what optimisations your Intel builds would have over the official Intel Mac builds. I can understand that on Windows and Linux, optimising for Intel Core over a standard x86 processor could be quite beneficial. However I would imagine that since all Intel Macs are Intel Core or better, even the official build would be optimised for it. Or is this not the case?

Thanks,
Sam

> where are the g4 optimized builds?
> its only a year and a half old. you can’t stop
> supporting it.

Um, dewd, he doesn't have to do any of this, it's a volunteer effort, so telling him he has to keep supporting G4s gives you that air of toolishness.

2 seconds in Google led me to http://www.furbism.com/firefoxmac/ which might have what you want.

So I installed the Intel Aqua build, and it does seem faster - either way I love the Aqua widgets, makes it feel more like part of the system along with UNO.

Thanks again,
Sam

Nice work, thanks a lot.
Just a question : what happens with automatic updates ? does it break your build or do you have a way to include only "patches" and keeping Intel optimization, while keeping up with security updates ?

Sehr schoene Webseite. Gefaellt mir sehr gut. Toll was von Firefox fuer Macintosh zu finden.
Viele Gruesse
Einen guten Rutsch ins Neues Jahr!

Gruss
RECON

Thanks. My Bon Echo solved a lot of Firefox problems -- especially CPU usage which was finally causing me to think of giving up on my favorite browser.
It also works on my 900mz iBook G3 so I will wait for your G4 build with great hopes.

big props to you sir for coming up with these builds.

beauty! much appreciated. cheers me

Wow, this is faster... especially when invoking a new window. Thank you thank you thank you. :)

For those of us that are slow, if I already have the official Firefox 2 release installed, can I install this update, or do I first have to install Neil's optimized version 2 before the 2.0.0.1?
And what does this do exactly again?
Thanks in advance,
Jon

I can't thank you enough for making these. The Aqua widgets are great and make Firefox usable on OS X(with a decent theme of course). With any luck Safari 3.0 will have better support for sites.

Great job! I'm using it in tandem with Safari now, there's quite a handful of site that just doesn't seem right when viewed in Safari (probably standard problem don't know for sure)

This release is indeed fast and so far the only issue I've come across with the aqua widgets is on the Yahoo page's search bar where the button extends into the search field. I've had similar issues occur with Camino, so it's most likely a problem with the way the aqua gizmos deal with certain CSS codes or something.

To "cross-build" as you put it an optimized build for another processor, all you have to do is simply change the optimization flags! A build compiled with -mcpu=G4 or whatever optimizations you use on G4s, can be compiled on a G5 too, and it'll run just fine on a G4.

Thank you very much!

As another long-standing PowerBook user, I'd like to express my hopes that you might find the time to make a G4 build of this. It's certainly a highly appreciated service, and your releases seem to be a cut above other optimized builds I've run across.

Thank you very much!
Camino ---> AppZapper
(not that I didn't like Camino...), but now I can finally use adblock, bugmenot, user agent switcher, firebug and web developer toolbar again... ;-)

Thank you very much for the G4 build. It works very nicely on my PowerBook G4.

I'm not sure why there's no G5 version with Firefoxy. But you can still use this program to add Firefoxy widgets to your app (just tell it you have v1.5; it works):

http://www.amake.us/software/firefoxy/

Wonderful! The official build crashes like crazy on my Intel Mac, this one works like a charm. I thought it was me, but I guess there's something iffy with the official version.

A Swedish build would be very nice. Or some instruction on how to optimize ff. I also would like to know where you got those very nice aqua widgets.

Plz mail me an answer!

//Eric

I would just like to say thank you. I hated firefox on OS X because it was just so 'slow' compared to other applications. Thanks to you, I think I will save my affinity for firefox.

Your optimized version of Firefox ROCKS! Faster and better than Camino and, guys, with all the amazing extensions of Firefox! Many Thanks!!!

Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you!

Thanks! Thanks a gazillion! I couldn't believe my eyes when I got hold of my brand new Core 2 Duo iMac 24" this weekend and launched the official Firefox 2.0.0.1. What had they done!!??!! It was like wading through molasses! What a relief when I found this site! Great work! (sorry for the excess of exclamation marks, but it reflects exactly how I feel right now).

!!!

An answer to my prayers for a faster firefox experience with extensions... f-in' rad. Thanks man.

Its nice to have someone like you contributing to the community. Keep up the good work!

Awesome. So very, very fast. Firefox is usable on my laptop again. Thank you.

I love it.

But, could someone post on how to make this your default browser? Or do I have to delete the actual Firefox?

I'd love for Bonecho to be my default when I open up a page via Quicksilver. anyone?

Hello BeatnikPad.
How´s it hangin´ in the wonderful U.S.A.?
I would like to thank you very much from Berlin.

I work with BonEcho sixteen hours a day (you know, I have a lot of time on my hand...) for three Month now and must say it is beautiful, alomst flawless work.

Is there a chance I can donate some bucks to you because I believe in the fact that good work or craftmanship should always get paid.

Thanks also for not forgetting us old G4/G5_Users.
Not everybody owns an IntelMac and I will fix my beloved iMac with Duct Tape and SuperGlue before getting one...:)

Anyway, keep up the good work

Ralf

Awesome Build!

I was just starting to wish I hadn't updated to ff2

You've made my day, thanks!

:-)

Great, fast version of Firefox, thank you so much for building it! Does anyone else have weird widget problems? The aqua widgets have text that is still a bit too small for my eyes, so I went to Firefoxy-ify this build (since there's no Firefoxy widget build of the G5 opt. version provided directly -- might be nice) and it seems to work if you tell Firefoxy that it is 1.5. But, when I open up the app I see a (not altogether uninteresting) mix of aqua and Firefoxy widgets. For example, checkboxes and dropdowns are aqua, whereas form fields and submit buttons are Firefoxy. Kinda cool, but then again kinda not. Any way to make all widgets Firefoxy? Btw, I'm also running Uno (system-wide unified look) and the GrApple (UNO) theme with this build.

You need to make Bon Echo your default browser. On the BonEcho pref panel click the "Check Now" button in the lower right (on the Main tab). This will allow you to set BonEcho as the system-wide default browser- the browser QuickSilver will use.

If you have both FireFox and BonEcho installed. If this is the case you may need to delete FireFox.

Good luck.

Two ways to make it the default -
In Safari | Preferences | Main
Select BonEcho as the default

In BonEcho | Preferences | Main
under System Preferences, check the box to make 'firefox' your default.

Thanks for these builds!

Jonathon - you set your default browser in Safari > Preferences > General

Are you planning on releasing an optimized build of 2.0.0.2?