tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post3106111418660417850..comments2024-03-24T17:13:53.855-07:00Comments on TenFourFox Development: State of the user base: Power Macs 7 years after the switchClassicHasClasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331846076856918359noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-12919759992189334332013-08-13T02:31:45.708-07:002013-08-13T02:31:45.708-07:00Big thanks to all the guys still maintaining T4F! ...Big thanks to all the guys still maintaining T4F! I'm using it every day at work on my 2.3Ghz Power Mac G5.<br />tnxgalaxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419269018372128298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-2305996001985618322013-08-07T17:33:12.532-07:002013-08-07T17:33:12.532-07:00Thanks, everyone, for the kind words.
@Nodarkthin...Thanks, everyone, for the kind words.<br /><br />@Nodarkthings: if your user agent is set to something other than TenFourFox, either by an add-on or because your ISP or provider is masking it, the TenFourFox website won't recognize your browser. You'll still get update notifications, though, because your browser pulls those (rather than the TenFourFox website pushing them to you).ClassicHasClasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331846076856918359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-52136492870929713632013-08-07T12:18:29.226-07:002013-08-07T12:18:29.226-07:00Hi! Since its inception, every time I update TFF, ...Hi! Since its inception, every time I update TFF, I've got a message saying "You don't appear to be using TFF but welcome anyway!"<br />I've never felt the need to spend time to understand why, but it's very likely that you don't see my computer as a PPC running TFF, I suppose?<br />Thanks for this great work!Nodarkthingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010789702747256559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-21728096901528210322013-08-06T04:35:38.775-07:002013-08-06T04:35:38.775-07:00I would like to also thank the individuals who kee...I would like to also thank the individuals who keep TenFourFox a safe and reliable browser for the PowerPC users. The work you do makes surfing the web a pleasure!kphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222352777872766575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-30869116072343030282013-08-01T21:15:13.196-07:002013-08-01T21:15:13.196-07:00Thanks for all your hard work!Thanks for all your hard work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842361081158153816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-7756431832298218462013-07-31T14:29:22.441-07:002013-07-31T14:29:22.441-07:00Also, because I like making incongruent (or what p...Also, because I like making incongruent (or what people think are incongruent) things work.<br /><br />http://imageshack.com/a/img547/289/nfmg.jpgErik Youngrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711946802274394820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-36898027206410189982013-07-31T14:16:22.715-07:002013-07-31T14:16:22.715-07:00Preference.
I do have FF24 installed, but I'm...Preference.<br /><br />I do have FF24 installed, but I'm not using it. I can't put my finger on anyone particular thing, but I just like the interface in T4Fx better.<br /><br />Also, I have a few profiles and I have them set up to use Dropbox. Anything I do on one Mac reflects to another Mac via Dropbox (I just have to close T4Fx out on one Mac first before opening it on another).<br /><br />Keeping it all in the family (T4Fx) so to speak seems to work better when doing this too.Erik Youngrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711946802274394820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-61592714760164409162013-07-31T13:37:28.760-07:002013-07-31T13:37:28.760-07:00So, I have to ask: why not regular Firefox?So, I have to ask: why not regular Firefox?ClassicHasClasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331846076856918359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-34816509890550609462013-07-31T12:04:43.953-07:002013-07-31T12:04:43.953-07:00I can attest to G4/7400 builds under Leopard. Had ...I can attest to G4/7400 builds under Leopard. Had a TiBook 400 which I installed Leopard on using Target Disk Mode and used it.<br /><br />Two 17" PowerBooks at home running T4Fx 22, one Titanium DVI running a version (unsure) and one 12" PB running the stable.<br /><br />I use an Intel Mac at work. The Intel version of T4Fx is what I use. I know you didn't run numbers for that, but you can count at least one 2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro running 10.8.4 ML as using T4Fx.<br /><br />Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130124 Firefox/17.0 TenFourFox/386Erik Youngrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711946802274394820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-36155556768113570722013-07-31T07:48:11.366-07:002013-07-31T07:48:11.366-07:00Well, and I do think that this brings up the large...Well, and I do think that this brings up the larger issue of confounding factors. I certainly wouldn't use a study like this to quantify how many Power Macs we've saved from the landfill. :)ClassicHasClasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331846076856918359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-81697560192821513202013-07-30T14:46:17.844-07:002013-07-30T14:46:17.844-07:00Yikes....not sure what's going on with my scre...Yikes....not sure what's going on with my screen name (2002cafo...???). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-33844066336042050292013-07-30T12:17:07.033-07:002013-07-30T12:17:07.033-07:00There are also daily-use PowerMacs which fly under...There are also daily-use PowerMacs which fly under your radar because they aren't connected to the Internet - such as the two machines I use at home. An eMac or G4 mini running MS Office 2004 and Adobe CS ("CS1", if you like) is a very usable machine!<br /><br />My G5 and I thank you for all of your hard work.alterbentzionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13677278087965009679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-25964816895186642992013-07-30T01:00:24.404-07:002013-07-30T01:00:24.404-07:00One thing missing from this post: a lot of these c...One thing missing from this post: a lot of these computers are still in use because you've ensured they'd have an up-to-date browser. We can get by with old software for most things, but a web browser needs to keep up with the web. So muchos kudos (and also to the LibreOffice developers) for letting us enjoy this hardware a few more years before turning to whatever dark side we eventually decide on.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-64257450794143441702013-07-29T10:25:08.505-07:002013-07-29T10:25:08.505-07:00Nice numbers! Word of mouth is spreading well, e.g...Nice numbers! Word of mouth is spreading well, e.g. on Facebook in the PPC/LEM etc. groups TenFourFox is mentioned almost daily. <br /><br />I think it's hard to tell how many people really use TenFourFox, or on how many Macs it's installed. There may be people who have one Mac, they download one version (e.g. 7450), and that's it. If they have four Macs, all 7450, they may still download only once and distribute the .zip file by memory stick or via their WiFi network. One user, but many Macs. They may have three different Mac and download the appropriate versions, three download counts, still only one user. They may distribute one .zip file to their relatives/friends (family support), that makes one download, but many users… it's complicated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015214236289077798.post-18196856986606349262013-07-29T07:51:34.709-07:002013-07-29T07:51:34.709-07:00Well, barring failure, my late G3 iMac should stil...Well, barring failure, my late G3 iMac should still be running TFF for a while yet - it's the only Mac I have that still works with my old HP scanner and as a backup server using Retrospect 6.<br /><br />It's also now my newest working Mac - all my newer ones have suffered motherboard failures, including my 2008 MacBook Pro last week :-( They don't build them like they used to.<br /><br />Thanks for allowing my old kit to still interact with the web :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com