TenFourFox
| Initial release | November 8, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.0s
/ March 24, 2011 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | PowerPC Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5 |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Mozilla Public License, GNU General Public License, others (see about: within the browser) |
| Website | TenFourFox.com |
TenFourFox is a Mozilla-based browser closely related to Mozilla Firefox, written for Power Macintosh computers running Mac OS X to retain compatibility with the older architecture and to add PowerPC-specific optimizations for improved performance. Like Firefox, it includes compatibility with a wide range of addons, Acid2 compliance and near-Acid3 compliance, and HTML 5 and CSS 3 features; however, it also includes JavaScript just-in-time compilation[1][2][3] and custom builds for specific PowerPC processor families,[4][5] and AltiVec acceleration of key media codecs is planned.[6][7] The primary maintainer is Cameron Kaiser.
History
In 2010, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner announced that the forthcoming Firefox 4 would not be released for Power Macintosh computers,[8], compatibility with Mac OS X Tiger having already been removed,[9] making Firefox 3.6 the last supported release of Firefox on the older architecture and platform. Mozilla stopped making universal builds of Firefox 4 with beta 7.[10]
References
- ^ "TenFourFox Wiki, Technical Differences". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "TenFourFox Final vs Beta 12". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "TenFourFox is Firefox 4 for your 10.4 PPC Mac". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "TenFourFox Wiki, Which Version". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "TenFourFox: The Best Browser for PowerPC Macs Running Tiger?". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Issue 28: Install AltiVec libvpx and modify build system (G4, G5 only)". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Issue 51: AltiVec libjpeg-turbo". 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Google Groups, Do we do any testing on Mac/PPC? Possible blocker for Firefox 4.0 beta 4". 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Google Groups, Dropping Mac OS X 10.4 support in Gecko 1.9.3". 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Releases/Firefox 4.0b7/BuildNotes". 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-10.