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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/opt-firefox.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/opt-firefox.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c1b463 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Mon/opt-firefox.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +<img border="0" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/firefoxlogo_1.png" title="Firefoxlogo_1" alt="Firefoxlogo_1" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right; width: 133px; height: 133px;" />Every time there's a new build of Firefox, Neil Lee over at Beatnikpad compiles a bunch of [Mac optimized builds][2] for various different Mac processors (G4, G5 & Intel). I picked up a copy of the MacTel version this weekend and I'm happy to report that it is indeed noticeably faster than the standard Firefox build.
Some people claim they can't tell the difference so don't expect miracles, but i've noticed that javascript seems to execute faster (making GMail much quicker) and the overall memory footprint seems smaller.
All of my Firefox plugins and add-ons work perfectly and updating them in one build also updates the other builds. I haven't tried running both versions at the same time since that seems like asking for trouble.
Swiftfox offers a similar set of [optimized builds for linux users][1], and further digging revealed that Mozilla has a [whole forum full of different optimized builds][3]
[1]: http://getswiftfox.com/ "Swiftfox optimized Firefox builds"
[2]: http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2006/10/26/firefox-20 "Beatnikpad Mac-optimized Firefox Builds"
[3]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=42 "Third Party/Unofficial Firefox builds"
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