Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

still testing a few options, I will provide a download link probably on monday ;)

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

So, here's what I did until now!
Let's sum it up, READ EVERYTHING BEFORE POSTING

Things that are still unfixed first:
-As said I tried fixing CPU and memory leaks that Mozilla never tried to fix. Don't expect miracles.

-While the browser is loading a page it's best to not interact with it because CPU usage is 100% and browser responsiveness is very low. Once the page is loaded everything's good

-If you open a site that you have never opened there will be a few seconds when the browser is caching, at that time, browser responsiveness is very low. For example - I benchmarked loading time of "maemo.org" via "numion.com/stopwatch", first result - 24 secs, second - 11, third&fourth - 7 secs.

-Some keyboard keys like / & ' cant be input while typing in forms from the hardware keyboard (these can be input from virtual keyboard) but can in address bar. I cant figure out why..

-Still cant enable layers acceleration which will give a VERY BIG performance boost

Let's sum up the good things now
-Firefox Icon and label

-Improved greatly page rendering speed

-a LOT smoother page scrolling now

-decent flash support ( to enable flash support, disabled by default, open "about:config" search for plugin.disable and set to false) but take in mind that loading a page with flash content is significantly slower. And dont forget to update flash player, look at the respective thread in this forum

-30% page loading times; +20% more fps in flash and other content, if u want even more speed- overclock it!

Now I'm going to test a few settings in about:config to see if I will be able to achieve even more ;)

Download Link
http://rapidshare.com/files/94168600...17.0_armel.deb

P.S. Updated first post of the thread.

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Thanks a lot! And I mean a LOT.

I liked the Fennec logo more, though, to emphasize a personal preference.

Is the fennec.prerm problem that crashes out when uninstalling the program, the one some Fennec n900 packages had, gone now?

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Yes there is no problem when trying to uninstall it.

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

How optified is this build?? I only have 12 to 13MiB free in rootfs and I don't want this to finish filling it up :)

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

It will take up to 0 MB from your rootfs :D

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Just tried the new pixman libraries and all I can say is that everything is sooo much smoother. Here it is, try it by yourself
http://rapidshare.com/files/29505856...17.0_armel.deb

Also I would like to see ANY feedback on this, what is your opinion? Write a few words, I will greatly appreciate it!

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

the smoothness on the webpages is great but the one in menu is slow , very slow

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Hm, which version are you talking about? This new, with pixman, or the previous one? With the new one I don't see any slowness and even less in the menu.

NB! One thing I haven't mentioned anywhere is that there are 2 version of Fennec - with QT and GTK GUIs. QT is faster but is less adapted for Maemo and has some bugs with virtual keyboard support and buttons and text fields placement on some pages. Also GTK Fennec can be used in Portrait mode. I'm releasing only those QT builds but I have built many GTK ones too. I just built GTK with that pixman library, gonna test it and see how it is, then probably upload it.

P.S.: Edited the first post.
I forgot to mention that I took into account Raimu's request to stick to Fennec and not Firefox branding(Icon and labels)

P.S. 2: As I thought GTK build is again a crawling snail, absolute trash...

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Cripes, this thing does feel a good bit faster! Thank you so much. :)