Subject: Re: Firefox on recent NetBSDs?
To: Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@xs4all.nl>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/17/2007 17:45:57
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On Oct 17, 2007, at 16:37, Peter Bex wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 03:46:18PM -0400, Michael Lorenz wrote:
>>> I poked at prebuilt pkgsrc directories and didn't see Firefox for
>>> macppc.  Does
>>> anyone know if it builds?
>>
>> Built it a couple days ago on -current - no problems anywhere.
>
> Is the problem with the disappearing menus and randomly
> resizing/disappearing elements fixed, then?

Looks sane now.

> Firefox on macppc is a disaster.

The rendering bugs disappeared when Andy replaced the thread library,  
so in 4.0 they're likely still present.

> I would love it if there was a proper replacement browser with full  
> JS/CSS support.  Any ideas?

Konqueror. Works fine on macppc, is reasonably fast, doesn't crash  
every five minutes and even works right on LP64 ( yeah, irrelevant  
for macppc but still ). Oh, and the latest version also passes acid2.

have fun
Michael
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