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Optimised Firefox?

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  • 10-05-2005 11:00am
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    Bri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭


    Sorry I'm sure this was mentioned here a few months back but can't seem to find anything on it.

    Wasn't there a 3rd party release of Firefox 1+ that was supposidly quicker/less of a memory hog?

    Any idea? Thanks.


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Supposedly yes. When actually benchmarked it apparently turns out to be the same, or marginally slower. Placebo effect :rolleyes:


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    garthv
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭garthv


    maybe it was just a configged firefox
    type about:config in the address bar and theres a few changes you can make


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    aaf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭aaf


    I think this is the one you were looking for. Tried it myself a while back but didn't notice any difference.


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    neGev
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭neGev


    There's also the CPU instruction-optimised Moox builds


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    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    Meh, it takes forever to compile, but I noticed that Firefox handles much better if you use the source version.


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Fenster wrote:
    Meh, it takes forever to compile, but I noticed that Firefox handles much better if you use the source version.

    Yep, there've been dramatic improvements; the renderer is as fast as the one in Mozilla again now. You might be able to find a compiled snapshot, if you have a look..


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