Firefox for PowerPC Macs finally killed

Stefan Mileschin · 18th October 2021, 06:54

TenFourFox ports end after a decade

TenFourFox, a fork of the Firefox browser for G3, G4, and G5-based PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5. has finally been shut down.

The browser supported a community of Mac users who thought Intel was a development too far for Apple and insisted on keeping their PowerPC Macs running.

Maintained primarily by Cameron Kaiser, the TenFourFox project sprang up in late 2010 after Mozilla pulled PowerPC support from Firefox 4 during its development. And amazingly, the browser has continued to trundle on ever since.

In March of this year, Kaiser announced that TenFourFox updates would be ending after over a decade of development and the final planned release of TenFourFox was earlier this month.

Kaiser said he was frustrated with the realities of developing and supporting a niche app, but he also highlights TenFourFox's impressive technical achievements and ruminates on the nature of the modern internet and open source software development.
https://fudzilla.com/news/53702-fire...finally-culled

18th October 2021, 06:54	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,578	Firefox for PowerPC Macs finally killed TenFourFox ports end after a decade TenFourFox, a fork of the Firefox browser for G3, G4, and G5-based PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5. has finally been shut down. The browser supported a community of Mac users who thought Intel was a development too far for Apple and insisted on keeping their PowerPC Macs running. Maintained primarily by Cameron Kaiser, the TenFourFox project sprang up in late 2010 after Mozilla pulled PowerPC support from Firefox 4 during its development. And amazingly, the browser has continued to trundle on ever since. In March of this year, Kaiser announced that TenFourFox updates would be ending after over a decade of development and the final planned release of TenFourFox was earlier this month. Kaiser said he was frustrated with the realities of developing and supporting a niche app, but he also highlights TenFourFox's impressive technical achievements and ruminates on the nature of the modern internet and open source software development. https://fudzilla.com/news/53702-fire...finally-culled

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