I have a PowerPC G4. Firefox 5 for Yahoo says that I meet the requirements. But I cannot open the Firefox.app on my computer. Why not? Thanks
I was able to download Firefox 5. When I transferred it to my applications folder, it states that I cannot open, because my architecture doesn't support it. Why doesn't it state that when I looked up the minimum requirements? According to that, I should be able to use it.
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You night want to mention that issue to Yahoo. The Firefox system requirements page is clear about that issue.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/
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Beginning with Firefox 4, Macs must have an Intel x86 processor; your system is a PPC Mac.
The good news is that Firefox 3.6.23 still supports the PPC Mac architecture. The bad news is that support for the Firefox 3.6.x series is likely to end in the first quarter of 2012.
- Download Firefox 3.6.23: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
- Installing Firefox on a Mac: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Mac
- System requirements: Firefox 3.6.x
You can try the third-party product TenFourFox that supports PPC Macs. The product is based on Firefox released versions. All support is provided by the developer, not by this site:
- Home page: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
- Developer's blog: http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/
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I kind of figured that, but they should change their posting that states that it is good for G3, 4 & 5 PPC Macs. It should clearly state good only for Intel based Macs. But, I appreciate your taking the time to answer.
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You night want to mention that issue to Yahoo. The Firefox system requirements page is clear about that issue.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/
http://downloads.yahoo.com/firefox/sysreq
The Yahoo page looks like the Mac requirements was taken from Firefox 3.6 and earlier Systems Requirements page and never updated for Firefox 4.0 and newer.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/3.6/system-requirements/
Tried to send feedback on Yahoo Firefox download page and it only gives "Sorry, the page you requested is currently unavailable".
Yahoo contact really sucks. I have tried to get in touch with them before, but they make it very difficult. I've let them know this in the past. Seems they don't really want member feedback. I guess that's why Google has blown them away.
Why not use the official Firefox version, and stay away from the 3rd party version provided by Yahoo.