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I've never understood why people create forks of Firefox. Why not put the effort you spend into creating a brand new package into the official Firefox.
Correct, I'm on Firefox's side for once and I didn't even mention Opera, whoops!
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guinness wrote:I've never understood why people create forks of Firefox. Why not put the effort you spend into creating a bran new package into the official Firefox.
Correct, I'm on Firefox's side for once and I didn't even mention Opera, whoops!
Not all features and changes can make it to the official builds. Stuff like that needs testing and approval from Mozilla. The beauty of open source is that you can make your own fork with the features you want with no restraints.
Midas wrote:Sorry, didn't get that: didn't Mozilla cease their x64 development?
From what I can understand, they will continue to make x64 firefox nightlies but they won't provide support for anyone using them if they encounter any bugs.
From what I can understand, they will continue to make x64 firefox nightlies but they won't provide support for anyone using them if they encounter any bugs.
What are the system requirements? Like do you need only an Intel processor built after 2010?
Userfriendly wrote:The beauty of open source is that you can make your own fork with the features you want with no restraints.
There are some restraints, but I'd like to think of them as good restraints (the share-and-share alike requirements) rather than bad restraints (our software sucks but it's required to do X, you can't share it with anyone, you can't change or modify it to suit your needs or to fix something).
One reason you might want an optimized version of Firefox is if you're using it for a few specific operations and do it very, very fast. Such as a JavaScript computation or Web-only application.
One reason you might not want an optimized version of Firefox is that it may not work with all devices and sites. The very name "web browser" implies looking around, not just specific places or areas. Additionally, Mozilla would likely have no interest as it's in contrast to the very nature of the open tools and protocols that Firefox is trying to advocate.
Note: Haller will likely jump in here and make the point that the use of the word "fox" is a trademark issue. Although I don't disagree (I really don't know), please visit this topic we've covered before to avoid rehashing.
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guinness wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:37 am
I've never understood why people create forks of Firefox. Why not put the effort you spend into creating a brand new package into the official Firefox.
they're useful to me because i can open like 4-5 different portable browsers each with a different purpose (one for weather, another for tech tabs, another with 50 twitter tabs, another multi-purpose, etc) - i cant open 4 different Firefox last i tried anyway
ATM, I am having trouble accessing Cyberfox homepage with vanilla Firefox 66.0.2 64-bit.
Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to cyberfox.8pecxstudios.com. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
Midas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:40 am
ATM, I am having trouble accessing Cyberfox homepage with vanilla Firefox 66.0.2 64-bit.
Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to cyberfox.8pecxstudios.com. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
bitcoin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:56 pm
i cant open 4 different Firefox last i tried anyway
You can run multiple instances a few ways but the method for Portable Firefox is listed detailed in the Customize Firefox thread. The only thing I'd ad to that is that if you want to run multiple copies, you'd want to modify the Performance setting to reduce the total processes to 1 or 2.
I also probably would use the developer version of Firefox for one of those instances just to avoid icon duplication on your taskbar (standard orange+red vs. a nifty blue):