Tag: OPTIMIZED

Want to squeeze a little extra performance out of Firefox 4 on your Windows machine? Take a look at the builds from Binary Turf, which are optimized for Windows -- and now available in a glorious 64-bit version. I've been running their Firefox 4.0b7 remix all morning, and it definitely feels a bit faster than the current nightly from Mozilla. That could certainly be the placebo effect at work, ...

This week has been a busy one for Mozilla, and not in a here-are-lots-of-awesome-toys-to-play-with way. First of all, Firefox 4 was pushed back to 2011. We had originally hoped to see it launch before the end of 2010, but in all likelihood we probably won't see before March or April 2011. There are still a bunch of Beta releases to get through, and then the Release Candidates. On the flip side, ...

Enthusiastic users of an app or web service typically come to wish for some form of UI optimization or another. That near-vaporware Optimus keyboard that Engadget has been covering is a great example, but so is this Photoshopped mockup of a Google Reader-optimized keyboard from Flickr user paolovalde. For those who don't use Google's suddenly dominant newsreader, J is the key used to scroll ...

After you unwrap your new Mac this holiday (or maybe found a great Boxing Day deal) be sure to install the very latest version of BonEcho, the G5 and Intel optimized version of Firefox. The new builds also include: an overhauled version of the aqua form widgets the user agent has been changed so that the browser will identify itself as Firefox rather than BonEcho To help Neil (the ...