10.0.3pre is available. This fixes the issue with black images (in a better way than previously planned), adds Ben's patch for another 8% speed improvement on JavaScript SunSpider regex performance, and properly launches the right number of threads for WebM decoding on multiprocessor Macs (four on the quad, two on dualies and one on everything else -- note that dual CPU G4s under 1.25GHz are still likely not to do well, just less badly). The pull I did was before Mozilla dropped a big load of patches on the ESR tree, all of which are small individually, but the sum total suggests we should have an RC and we will a few days before this is scheduled to come out (mid-March). I'm also going to start working on the 11 changesets over the weekend between doing my taxes (TurboTax still runs on PPC Tiger, which is awesome).
Sweet, Google Adwords is noticeably faster on my dual 1.25GHz G4. Thanks for the great work!
ReplyDeleteDude, yer awesome! Keep up the good work! I love that I can still run a decent Firefox on this old G5 at work...
ReplyDeletePeacekeeper on my 1.33 GHz G4 went up to 319 points (another 3% faster than 10.0.2). Meaning that my PowerBook is now faster than an iPhone 4S :-)
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One additional issue, and this is specific to YouTube. Unfortunately, when one has Flash disabled, YouTube automatically plays any video it can in HTML5. The problem is that HTML5 basically grinds my laptop to a halt. I've found an add-on called HTML5 Toggle that does exactly what you'd expect it to do, but it won't work with the newest versions of the browser. Is there any way for me to disable HTML5?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if HTML5 Toggle ever worked; the code looks like it's missing some stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds more like what you want is for videos not to automatically start playing rather than a blanket "HTML5 off."
well, that too I suppose. :-)
ReplyDeletechtrusch,
I have to ask, how are you able to get that speed from your 1.33 GHz G4? I'm running a 1.5 GHz G4 with 1.5 GB of RAM and my speed test result is 204. Can you give me some specifics?
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ReplyDeletejust one thing more, I installed 10.0.3pre and I can get a test result of 245 if I run the speed test with no other tabs open and all other programs quit...still crap, though.
ReplyDeleteUnknown,
ReplyDeleteTest with a fresh profile, in performance mode with processor speed set to highest.
I haven't remotely approached chtrusch's astronomical benchmarks even with the above ideal scenario.
Make sure Performance is set to Highest. Use a fresh user profile with no add-ons (every add-on, howerever useful, slows down the browser a little bit, sometimes more than a little bit). Don't render 3D scenes in the background while testing your browser. Have a look at Activity Monitor and close all applications that eat processor cycles. Sometimes, the Mac is busy doing its own background stuff (need I say „MD Worker“?). Also, Peacekeeper isn't perfect, and the results seem to vary quite a bit. Always test three times in a row, and ideally repeat several hours later. Server slowsness on Peacepeeker's side seems to bring down your result.
ReplyDeleteYou have to be as fair as possible to your machine. This may not be a realistic scenario. But then, no test suite is, either. And it's necessary to be able to compare results.
Chris (chtrusch)
In a more realistic scenario, with my own profile with 10 add-ons and some apps in the background using ~10-15% CPU I get 293-302 point with 10.0.3pre.
ReplyDeleteok, thank you, guys. I'll give it a shot.
ReplyDeletejust out of curiosity, how well does HTML5, particularly in YouTube, work for you? I basically can't view anything in YouTube in HTML5 without my laptop being brought to its knees.
Well. My PowerBook isn't exactly brought to its knees (like it would be with OS 9). Audio is fine in TFF 10, but video is just a fast slideshow. So it's not really a pleasure to view. Performance is worse than with the Flash plugin, and I never thought this would be possible. Without hardware acceleration (like h.264 in Safari) this may not become significantly better. It helps, though, to watch in the lowest resolution available, and to let the movie load completely first. The tough part for the browser is decoding the video while simultaneously receiving data. Watching the same movie in QuickTime Player (using the QuickTime Enabler add-on) works flawlessly.
ReplyDeleteChris,
ReplyDeletemy experience with HTML5 has been exactly the same since switching to "better performance." it's not nearly the drain it was previously, and audio is ok, but video is choppy as heck. and yes, if using Flash, which I really don't want to do, playback is basically fine. this has been my experience using this browser in all its iterations. to its credit, TenFourFox handles video better than any other browser I've used on this laptop - particularly Flash, which makes it a real shame that there's no longer any support for the hardware.