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by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 16, 2004 5:00pm PDT

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Ten pm ER might be the new eight pm ER, but not tonight!

- Don't spend money that doesn't belong to you. - Picasa released, Google tech powered picture organizing program. - Martha Stewart gets five months of jail time. - Las Vegas now has a monorail. - Don't play illegal chess, they'll get you!

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ATTN FIREFOX + AMD64 MENZ

Okay, so you're running any 32-bit version of Windows, Firefox, and you want to make your rendering time over 100% faster?! DEAL!

http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/

I downloaded the most recent Branch Build.

Using this test: http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/benchjs/benchjs.html I marked 18+ seconds in IE6, 13+ seconds in Firefox unoptimized, and 5.97 seconds in the 64-bit optimized build.
Obviously these builds aren't sanctioned, but I haven't come across a problem yet. It's just really, really fast at rendering. :)

Jul 17, 2004 12:42am PDT

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ATTN FIREFOX + AMD64 MENZ Okay, so you're running any 32-bit version of Windows, Firefox, and you want : cajuncook
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  ok.. firefox owns everything else? end of thread? : hxman2k
  - No, giving the new AMD64 menz a heads-up on using an optimized build. And then boasting that it fucking ... : cajuncook
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  sorry to rain on your parade, but i'll never use firefox because most websites are optimized for IE, plea... : pvtmike
  - And on the same level, there's a lot of websites that are optimized to fuck IE up -- what's your point? ... : cajuncook
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    Exactly. I never ran the original DOOM on my pentium machines, because it was made for 386 and 486 machin... : protozone
    - apples and oranges : pvtmike
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      Entirely flawed logic to respond to his point. You should know better. : seven
      
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      My point is that some people are just afraid of new things, even if they're clearly superior. Most likely... : protozone
      
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      yeah, if the webpage is designed for it : pvtmike
      
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      No. If the webpage is standards-compliant. Which most pages designed for IE are very much NOT. : Helter Skelter
      
      and there's the difference between an ideologist, and a realist ;) : seven
      
      Ok, designed for IE, but renders faster (and correctly 99% of the time) on FireFox. Got it? : shyguy74
      
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      Speed wasn't his point, though. Do you understand that? : seven
      
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      He said "optimized" not "works on". Speed might not have been your point, but it does seem to be his. : protozone
      
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      No, many pages do not display correctly on any browser but IE.
      
      Also why I use IE. (and that I just don't like Moz/FF/Opera/etc
      
      Jul 17, 2004 3:02pm PDT
      
      No, many pages do not display correctly on any browser but IE. Also why I use IE. (and that I just don... : Ebu
  - given the obvious popularity of firefox here i think he is more sharing information about performance tha... : Mansmells
  - he wasnt talking to IE users, he made this post for Firefox users, he's not trying to convert anyone : phobium
  - Want some cheese to go with that whine? : genjuro
  - Have you tried it? I've only found one site that has minor problems with firefox (the web-based config on... : nudel
  - Everything, including all of the viruses, are optimised for IE. Great argument you've got there! *continu... : cdbeckman
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  So to install, I just extract this over my current installation, right? Will it retain all preferencesm, ... : godwit
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    It's the same as installing any other nightly. Honestly, running on a new installation of Windows, I don... : cajuncook
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      I've never messed with any of the nightly builds before. : godwit
      
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      The ones that are coming out now have a few new features, mainly with the '/' find feature, and a little ... : cajuncook
      
      Well the nightly build is a lot faster on that test, but I haven't noticed much of a difference in regula... : godwit
- Works for Intel P4 to. Got a little lower than 6 seconds. And its not 64bit builds. Its just SSE2 an... : nosseman
- so like this new hotness 64-bit thing, will this be a continued trend in other software? if so, soonish o... : geedeck
- Did the AMD64 patch for Far Cry ever come out? Did it make much difference? : nudel

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