The Intel aqua form widgets version displays a dark grey colored background in the dropdown form boxes, shouldn't it be white?

Thanks for putting these builds together.

Neil Lee, you are a saint. Can't imagine where you found the time.

-systemsboy

Unfortunately it didn't work for me; http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o285/KapiteinProzac/darkgrey.jpg

Love that you keep putting these together :) Cheers, and congrats on the little one!

Thanks Neil! Your work on these builds is definitely appreciated!

Tried again today and now it works! Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work!

Hey,

thanks for the builds. they are working great for me.
Could you by any chance let me have a look at your build configuration files like .mozconfig? That would be interesting for me, since I m trying to build firefox by myself.

Thanks & Regards

Phil

why are the builds missing the firefox name and icon?

haha, no, joking buddy.

great stuff, and i tip my hat to you, fine sir!

Don't know where you find the time to do this build with the little one keeping you busy already but thanks for the update !!

Chris

Thanks very much. I like Firefox but hated the look of the widgets, now I have the best of both, a browser that I like with the aqua widgets from mac.

Thanks a lot, you rock!

Hi,

I made a build by myself and it's working very nicely for me and even seems to be very fast and stable. I am talking 70 open tabs and smooth fast working. If interested you may find it at :
http://philippcrusius.de/bonecho/

Many thanks! These are really great!

Neil,

As always, thanks much for the optimized Firefoxen.

And mega-congratulations on the birth of your son Alec! Is it true that everyone's calling him "Bon Echo" because he's been deemed an unofficial build?

;-)

Love to all,
V.

2.0.0.5 is out today... All those .0.0.1 updates are getting silly! :-P

I'm having the same problems with dark grey appearing in Aqua forms - extremely ugly! :(

God Bless and Keep You!!!
Thank You for 2.0.0.5!!! FF Three has Aqua Widgets
and I have been a lab rat for Mozilla with most of
their Nightly Builds. BUT NOW I'LL GO BACK TO USING
SOMETHING THAT IS UP TO DATE AND WORKS!

Pax vobis
Dan Welsh

In spite of your statement, I'd very much appreciate a firefoxy G4 version. I love BonEcho, and I'm sure I'm not the only G4 user who would greatly appreciate an update. Thanks in advance.

Thanks a lot.

Each time I attempt to download this (Aqua style) I end up with an incomplete disc image, even though the download shows completed. Happens if I use safari to download it also.

Thanks for the quick update. Btw, "Optimized version of the Firefox" is awesome (my default browser).

THANKS!!!!! :D

thank you. thank you. thank you. works great on my g5 desktop and g4 ibooks

Sorry for the nagging, but I would also greatly appreciate a Firefoxy G4 build. Thanks in advance.

Just another person throwing out a request for a G4 build; no rush, but it'd be greatly appreciated whenever you could find time for it!

What?! 2.0.0.5 already! You da man!

Hi,

I have a huge problem ! Since I upgraded from 2.0.0.4 to 2.0.0.5 (both optimized for Intel with aqua widgets), it doesn't recognize any of my extensions/themes. I also launched Firefox (from the Moz site) in both 2.0.0.4 and 2.0.0.5 version with the same problem.

In the add-ons window all my add-ons have the following message "This add-on will be installed when Firefox is restarted."

If I restart, it doesn't change a bit !

Anybody has any idea ???

Thanks,

Ritchie

I write not to pester, but to offer...

If you will provide the relevant source files/project/commands for Xcode to run with, I will devote as many CPU cycles as it takes to build the G4 versions (or at least the Aquafied one), and pass them/it back to you....

I need the G4 version because I'm still on a PowerBook, so the G5 doesn't help me, and until I can afford to bump to a MacBookPro, neither does the Intel...

Huge thanks for taking the time to do these.

Another "plea" for a G4 Firefoxy build. BonEcho is my browser of choice, and I would greatly appreciate if you update it for us G4 users. Thank you very much.

First, I want to thank you for putting this out. I am a father of two (one 1 yr old and an 9 yr old) and I know how hard it is to find time to get things done that are non-kid related.

Anyway, I am writing to see if anyone else has the issues I'm seeing with 2.0.0.5: I have tons o' tabs open (which I admit could be the issue, but I don't see a direct correlation to my closing a tab). My CPU's (dual core) both spike to above 100% on the firefox (bon echo) process and the fan comes on.

Could this be due to a particular set of sites that I visit, i.e. Pandora.com, etc? Is there a configuraiton item I might set? I'm still trying to track what could be causing it, i.e. certain website or number of tabs, but nothing seems to correlate.

Any help from others here would be most appreciated.

The Intel build flies on my Mac Pro. Absolutely no comparison with the regular Firefox off the Mozilla website. Thanks for the update.

Outstanding build! Literally flies on my Mac Pro. No problems at all with bookmarks or extensions. Thanks for the build. Icons don't matter, only speed.

I'm having issues with the intel aqua-form build.
It's no longer displaying aqua buttons for certain sites (i.e., facebook.com).

Can you look into this, or at least put up the 2.0.0.3 version back up?
I was just going to suffer through with that but you took it down.

2.0.0.6...need...builds....

hehe thanks, you are the man.

A 2.0.0.6 G4 build will be greatly appreciated.

where's 2.0.0.6?

The correct spelling is minuscule, not miniscule.

any chance for a Firefox 2.0.0.6 build?

anyway thanks for all this optimized builds... have been using this ever since i found out about this version of FF for OS X... Thx!

any chance for a Firefox 2.0.0.6 build?

anyway thanks for all this builds!!

Ok, so when is the 2.0.0.6 build coming out? Firefox keeps complaining that it wants to upgrade.

Very nice build, looks very beautiful with the FoxyForms. I like it better then the Aqua look. Nice work.

I'm also gonna put in a request for a Firefoxy G4 build; more than willing to build it myself if provided with the files (I saw another commenter said the same.) Use the Intel build on my Mac Pro, thanks so much for doing these :) Cheers!

You are a saint :)

whats the diference between this build, and the normal one, is it faster? is it 64-bit and the normal one is 32-bit? please tell me the diference. p.s. i looked at my procces veiwer, normaly it says 22-33% for firefox, now it says 5%. i gues it is faster.lol i just found out about this, i cant beleive it.

G4 (7450) optimized Firefox 2.0.0.5 PLEASSSSE

Hi. I have tried downloading the Intel Aqua build several times, but it fails to mount every time. Can you check the dmg?

Hi, I'm new here... (in every way you can imagine) and I have a question :)

I have Firefox on my new Mac which I got from the Mozilla website. I'm interested in Neil's intel optimized version however. Do I need to remove the FireFox app, or can I leave it and install Neil's optimized version?

Thanks!

Damn, dude, this thing is wicked fast!
(How you do dat?)

Its September and I've been on version 2.0.0.4 of BonEcho for G5 since before July. I saw that you announced there would be no G4 version. You've said nothing about PPC G5 version although FF for Intel was upgraded to 2.0.0.5. Is there any hope for me? Or should I just revert back to Standard version of FireFox and leave you alone? I know that both updates have to do with security issues, just how vulnerable am I without those updates?

Any updates on the horizon?

thanks for making these builds, i really appreciate it. i was just wondering if you plan on continuing with this. 2.0.0.6 has been out for a while now.

Isn't 2.0.0.7 out now?

http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.7&os=osx&lang=en-US

Gah, no more G5 builds? I mean sure I have been running .0.0.2 forever now, but knowing that I have no future updates in store is really depressing.

Seriously, you're a saint

Sorry, but I don't have a G5 machine and as far as I can tell it's not possible to cross-compile optimized builds. If someone can point me to information on how to cross-compile I'd gladly look into it, but my understanding is it's not doable.

If someone here has a G5 machine that they'd like to donate to the cause you can email me via the contact page.

Thanks for putting this up. I was looking for a new compile this afternoon before you posted this and was wondering if you were going to compile a new version. As a Mac user, I appreciate greatly developers such as yourself taking the time to contribute this sort of work back to the community. Hopefully Firefox 3.0 will integrate a lot more OS X functionality and make this work obsolete, huh?

Here is somebody still doing G5 builds.
http://fox.lazycat.info/archives/10

Thanks, I was just thinking about this yesterday morning.

If someone could post a basic how-to on building FireFox on OSX, that would be hot. I like keeping up to date, but don't like bothering you for my optimized FF.

thanks again for doing this

Thanks for the .7 build, highly appreciated!

Still stuck on my PowerBook G4-7450, with much sadness I've shifted to ElFurbe's builds, for they are not Aqua-fied, and the widgets are UGLY, but they have kept up with the patches (which do matter to me) and even produce nightly builds. (I dunno, Neil, maybe they could help you script or otherwise automate builds, too?)

I share the link for others in the same boat --

http://www.furbism.com/firefoxmac/

Sorry, G5 users, no builds there for you. But G3 and G4-7400 users -- you win!

hey ritchie,

i have the same problem.

but it didnt do it yesterday when i downloaded bonecho 2.0.0.7

i closed it yesterday and open it this morning and boom

tried to install previous versions, the same things happen.

Did you find a solution?

thanx
D

Simply amazing - the "original" version keeps chewing up 10% CPU time on my netvibes.com page.

Beside starting up blazingly fast your version uses < 5%. Well done! If we can support you please let us know (didn't spot a "Donate" button on your page...).

Hi Dyonisis,

Just installed ...7, same symptom. It thinks all my extensions are not compatible.

I'm using Safari a lot more now, and FF only when a site doesn't work in Safari.

Mozilla people don't fix enough bugs, they only care about security fixes. FF has so much memory leaks that I have to kill it about 5 times a day on my office PC !

Cheers,

Ritchie

Is there anyway to install aqua widgets in the official firefox build?

Hello Ritchie,

Thank u for the reply.

I found out that there might be a bug in my firefox system files, so I performed a clean install .

you follow this path: /library/application support/firefox

and you delete the three files that are inside

you reistall firefox and it is accepting add ons and everything. But you have to install them maually from the beginning.

Hope this helps. I really dont understand why i wanted a damn update, my previous version worked like a charm. Next time I am going to think abot it before I make a quick update.

cHEERS,

Dionysis

Well, that would work because that would be like starting from scratch !!!!

There must be a better way without losing the extensions and saved sessions !

R.

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G4 pretty Pleeeeease!

Very nice! Noticeably faster on my Mac Pro. :-) Thanks!

Dude, thanks so much for doing this... holy crap the performance is fantastic. I'd switched back to Safari for the last few months... just couldn't take the load times any more. SO GLAD to be back on Firefox!

Not intending to bug Neil, but does anyone know whether a G5-optimized version of Firefox 2.0.0.8 is available, and if so, from where?

TIA!

Firefox 2.0.0.9 was just released. You were right about those miniscule updates. :)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.9/releasenotes/

Would you be as kind as to share some build instructions? I would like to replicate your work and tinker with the automatic update feature.

I just installed Leopard and had to perform an "Archive & Install," thus losing my settings and stuff to the "Previous Systems" folder. Where are bookmarks typically kept?

Get the latest G3 and G$ builds here:
http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk/builds/firefox/

I found this at Mac 'n' Bits when I was looking for a fix for the [Firefox] tab browser glitch and I'm glad I did. This is an excellent build! Thanx very much for the great work Neil!! thumbs up

BTW...what planet is that on the logo/icon? It sure ain't Earth. Perhaps it's "Mac-world"? hehe!

Thanx again, Aloha from Hawaii. ;)

I have three desktops using fast switching - I just installed 10.5.1-I had to reinstall Bonecho. It works fine in that desktop- the other desktops say 0k in the appl. folder. When I reinstall Bonecho in the other DTs It makes the other DT's non functional.

Is the mozconfig used still like the one for 2.0 or has something changed since then?

Second sentiment of @75. Please share the aqua build instructions. Thanks!

hmmm... Firefox 2.0.0.11 has been out for quite awhile already... hope to see an update to this..

btw

those having problems, what you can try is to "Show Package Contents" of the application and "Get Info" on the folder "Contents"... under "Sharing and Permissions:" make sure you add all your users and put them as "Read & Write"...

finally, you "Apply to enclosed items" (can't rmb where in Tiger, but in Leopard you have to click on the nut button with an arrow on the right, beside the "-" button)..

xkiller213- that was the first thing I did.
I made Bonecho in all three desktop "read and write", Bonecho still doesn't work in the other DT's.

I love BonEcho!

The Intel-Mac version can use in Apple G5 PPC?
Apple G5 PPC juz hv v2.0.0.7 only?

have you tried adding users? as in... in Get Info then the bottom half it gives you the ability to add other users to the file?

if i'm not wrong you can do this by the "+" sign?

XKILLER - thanks for the tip- I used your suggestion in the get info in the package contents and it worked

are we going to get the latest build? .12?

Damn! That's brilliant. It runs twice as fast. What a nice man you are - I've even blogged about this :)

http://blog.listingslab.com/2008/02/25/got-an-intel-mac/