Best PowerPC Web Browser v2 (Make your PPC Mac useable again!)

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WebKit

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ONLY WORKS WITH  G4 & G5 MACS

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SO I thought Camino was "The Best" Browser for PowerPC Macs not to long ago. Because it was the fastest I had used until then, in the post I said something like "Make sure you try every browser before settling with one" taking my own advice, I did and next on my list was Webkit, at first glance it looks like safari which is known for its speed, but not the default version for PowerPC Macs, at least in my experience. 

     SO I thought it would be pretty shitty. BUT to my suprise after being fed up with camino for the day, I decided to try Webkit. And basically, it blew me away. It's Fast. It reminds me of old Internet Explorer, when it was good. It might take slightly longer to load a page the first time it loads it, BUT the more you go to a page the faster it loads. 

ALSO when I installed I clicked the script to install advanced features, so if you have bad initial performance I would suggest that.

Optimizations:

Download ClickToFlash Extension

https://extensions.apple.com/
OR Here:
http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/

ClickToFlash is a MUST for WebKit. See Below

GlimmerBlocker
Blocks ads (not as much as adblocker) but ad blocker really bogs down performance.


Enable Html5 on Youtube

Click Here

NOW Restart WebKit

Once opened back up, check out youtube it should look like this:

And the playback should be pretttty kick ass. It usually lags for the first 3 seconds, after that its fine. You also don't have to sit through an ad before watching a video. AND as you can see you have the option to switch from 360p to 720p and 1080p, you can also go back to flash player if that runs better for you, and if your on a really old fart you can click to play in quick time player. If the HTML5 Player doesn't play audio, just restart Webkit.

Watching Youtube videos in this format may take away ad-revenue from the content creator so keep that in mind. 

BUT if your on that old of a mac I would suggest Youview or Mactubes as your Youtube viewer.

THAT is pretty much it, I love WebKit so far ^_^ hope this helps you fellow PowerPC users, please share this with others to get the word out. This browser really makes my Mac worth it again. Also the icon's sexy.

WITH all this being said, remember "Make sure you try every browser before settling with one" I'm running off a Powerbook G4. Which maybe this browser was coded better for. Don't be lazy.

-Peace out Girl scout