Riddle Me This

Something The Riddler might ask:

When is an architecture-optimized version of Firefox not an architecture-optimized version of Firefox?

Answer: When the unoptimized version runs faster and better.

For a few months now, I've been using "Bon Echo", a custom-built version of Firefox that is optimized for the PowerPC G4 chipset found in my Apple iBook. Problem was, the performance as a whole started to seriously degrade and network latency in the browser was getting so bad it turned into an "oh no, do I have something saturating my router" situation last night.

I downloaded Firefox 2.0.0.3 and the overall experience is much better. So long Bon Echo, I'm sticking to the branded version of Firefox from now on.