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Thanks for pointing to the last XP-compatible version 7.52.2806! Unfortunately, Windows XP support has been dropped in version 7.54.2808. Here is a quotation from its changelog on Softpedia:

Interesting, never heard of such browser before, but it doesn't work with XP, does it? Also, it doesn't allow to install extensions from other than Indian sources. In the name of "security".

117 in the lead, sad it doesn't work with XP, I agree with @NotHereToPlayGames, earlier versions needed to be polished first.

... Not being a JS coder and not involved at all in IT during the time of the "big browser wars", I was unaware of such coding subtleties - was it Microsoft (and their IE) then the "true first" ? FWIW, I tried the sample download page in my IE9 copy and it didn't work there ; nor did it work in FxESR 52 (which is understandable now, given the linked "Browser compatibility" table above) ... As for UXP, MC first declared an interest in implementing this feature in Pale Moon some 5 1/2 years ago, but good ol' M.A.T. was adamant against it ; with the latter "out of the picture", it was not until April of last year that it finally got implemented but, due to MC "being on the fence about it", only behind a disabled about:config pref ; it's all inside: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/595

Toggling the pref "dom.window.event.enabled" from false to true did the trick. Thanks for the tip! So this pref enables the Event interface representing an event which takes place in the DOM. I had a look at Mozilla. This pref unfortunately seems to be deprecated. Here is a link: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/event?

I had a deeper look inside the JavaScript file download.js. Here is the code of the performDownload function: (function(){function performDownload(num){event.preventDefault();var xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function(){if(xmlHttp.readyState==4&&xmlHttp.status==200){var response_text=xmlHttp.responseText;if(response_text.includes("sooftware.com/apps/")) location.assign(response_text);else window.open(response_text,'_blank');}} xmlHttp.open("post",tmp_folder+"performDownload.php?softId="+download_files_hash+"&linkNumber="+num);xmlHttp.send();return false} The window property event is not defined (download.js:1:43). I think the variable num should actually have been there instead of event to get the preventDefault function working. In New Moon 28, the script therefore doesn't seem to be executed in contrast to Mypal 68. IMHO, event is obviously not defined in the download.js file when looking into it. Just my thoughts.

The download from the website https://thesage-english-dictionary-and-thesaurus.sooftware.com/windows/download/395678 doesn't work in the most recent and the previous version of New Moon 28. Here is a screenshot: Besides a CSP warning, the issue is mainly related to a function in the JavaScript file download.js of this website. The culprit is the performDownload function. In Mypal68, the download of both files is working. Cheers, AstroSkipper

How "long time membership" is relevant if a member writes a gross over-exaggeration in terms of hardware requirements? You were "attacked" with the fact of Core Quad/DDR2 being enough for that Firefox task? LOL. Well, frankly, it's not my problem. Jody, this attraction is not mutual, sorry to disappoint, please stop chasing me, also don't involve me into the affairs with other members. If you want to talk, we can talk, but only if you try to prove me wrong with the similar results on your hardware. I'm not interested in your usual derailing activities. I don't see "admin" on your account.

Hi! Mp4 is just a container. Which codec do you mean, exactly? DX50? H264? Divx?

BTW, is it not rather the case that the legacy version of Adblock Plus is much older than the legacy version of uBlock Origin? I had a look at GitHub. The last version there is 2.9.1 from June 2017. Same version in the CAA. And its repository has been archived by the owner on Jan 26, 2024 https://github.com/adblockplus/adblockplus-legacy/tags. It is now read-only. I can't find any more recent version right away. And Adblock Latitude in version 5.0.9 is from May 2022 which I tried a very short time in the past. Very resource-hungry and not recommendable. So far as New Moon or other UXP browsers are concerned, Adblock Plus and its forks are not really an interesting alternative to uBlock Origin. And even the last webextension of Adblock Plus for Serpent in version 3.12 is from May 2022. Same problem with the webextension Adblocker Ultimate. The version 3.7.12, which is the last compatible version with Serpent, is from Oktober 2021.

That's indeed very funny. If something from 2021/2022 is old, then it's better not to use Windows XP or Windows Vista. They are much, much older.

I totally agree. And to tame and purify bloated websites, which are unbearable, for example, in New Moon 28, the extension uBlock Origin with good filter lists selected is the ultimate tool. Therefore, your recommendation here is not off-topic at all. A wonderful example is the website https://www.pcwelt.de/. If you surf this website with New Moon 28, you'll puke if you access it without the content blocker uBlock Origin. Especially on weaker hardware. However, with uBlock Origin enabled, it blocks nearly 1000 requests in my installation. Now, this site can be accessed easily again and seems to be suddenly a light one.

<Offtopic> I would say, try in a fresh test profile. But I think it doesn't support that syntax. Copilot: The URL for the "AdGuard URL Tracking Protection" list is: https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/ublock/filters/17.txt That said, why don't you try uBO? It's far superior to Adblock Plus. </Offtopic>

I had a deeper look inside the JavaScript file download.js. Here is the code of the performDownload function: (function(){function performDownload(num){event.preventDefault();var xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function(){if(xmlHttp.readyState==4&&xmlHttp.status==200){var response_text=xmlHttp.responseText;if(response_text.includes("sooftware.com/apps/")) location.assign(response_text);else window.open(response_text,'_blank');}} xmlHttp.open("post",tmp_folder+"performDownload.php?softId="+download_files_hash+"&linkNumber="+num);xmlHttp.send();return false} The window property event is not defined (download.js:1:43). I think the variable num should actually have been there instead of event to get the preventDefault function working. In New Moon 28, the script therefore doesn't seem to be executed in contrast to Mypal 68. IMHO, event is obviously not defined in the download.js file when looking into it. Just my thoughts. Ok! I injected a userscript in this website where I completely removed the event.preventDefault() function. The download is working then. Or, the pref dom.window.event.enabled has to be set to true as suggested by @VistaLover. I personally tend to do the latter. Cheers, AstroSkipper

... And this is a 100% pure Googl-ism , as the Browser compatibility table there indicates that feature as present in Google Chrome 1.0 (!), released 2008-12-11, but only implemented in Mozilla Firefox starting with v66.0, released more than 11 years (!) later ...

Please check your inbox, I found the right driver for you.

You mean this one? Found it for you. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020. https://legacyupdate.net/download-center/download/542/security-fix-for-directx-media-6.0-on-windows-nt-4.0-kb819696

DISCLAIMER: I am not completely sure if a link to the modded drivers are allowed by the forum rules to be posted publicly, but I guess sending them in a PM should be fine.

System level signing is REQUIRED, like explained in this topic... Install the driver I gave you, don't reboot! Sign before reboot! https://msfn.org/board/topic/185975-got-vista-to-run-on-nvme-with-one-of-george-kings-drivers-but-its-unsigned-any-way-to-permanently-bypass-driver-signature-verification-at-boot/

Yes, exactly! By all, I even remember there was a comparison of fonts in Brave vs Supermium, with photos.

Hi @VistaLover, apologies for the delay. Life call. I have never used palemon (except @roytam1's builds), so I'm not concerned with their approach and inherent limitations. As per https://webextension.org/listing/tab-reloader.html, I use it countersensically to effectively limit the rampant refresh behavior of scrip bloated sites. Specifically, I ask the extension to reload only every 30 minutes (which it does effectively), to not reload active tab (only those in the background at set time, using cache), to bypass form submission (which works only when pressed to do so), and to not reload offline tabs (which I do put them so, when I want to prevent their being awoken or discarded without permission). If you take a look at the code, you will see the addon uses scripts and workers that mostly prevent updating/refresh operations, preventing trash buildup. You can also set up custom scripts and policies (which I have not used so far), but may be of use for more specific tasks. ALLWAYS REMEMBER TO SAVE OPTIONS (bottom of addon's settings page). I also attached by settings for export, if anyone is interested. In my set up, with those settings I seem to effectively reduce undue garbage collection and overload. Not 100%, I guess, but noticeably so. Cheers! Tabloader.json

... He's mentioned that publicly in a previous post, the gist of it being: "it's difficult to familiarise with and old, as it hasn't been updated since 2021" (speaking about the XUL variant, of course) ...

I have made a new binary build of LOKI the indicator of compromise scanner, and have downgraded yara-python from version 4.3 to version 4.2.3 to eliminate the error message: "TypeError: 'yara.StringMatch' object is not subscriptable" The explanation in the release notes for version 4.3 is as follows: File: Loki-0.46.2-xp.zip (Google Drive) File: Loki-0.46.2-xp.zip (4Shared) MD5: 8D646734522303FCCD1058DFA126C11D SHA-1: E8F32E0F03AA55E5F3A419AFDBD47ED42E12F8EA Size: 24.5 MB Build date: 11/02/2024 Once unzipped the package does no need to be installed, except that an XP compatible build of bcrypt.dll must be in your path, and the IPV6 protocol must be installed from your Local Area Connection. The relevant Python modules to build LOKI under Windows XP are: colorama 0.4.6 future 0.18.3 netaddr 0.8.0 psutil 5.6.1 pyinstaller 4.10 rfc5424-logging-handler 1.4.3 python 3.8.13 pywin32 300 WMI 1.5 yara-python 4.2.3 Note: 4Shared is blocked in the UK. Use a VPN sever located in the United States or the Netherlands.

I reorganized the contents of cmalex's distribution of Python 3.8.13 and made a simple batch file to install it along with shortcuts, file associations and environment variables. You can download it here: File: Python 3.8.1350 For XP.7z (4Shared) File: Python 3.8.1350 For XP.7z (Google Drive) MD5: F7F1C486DDAEB417B0D46431947D3E18 SHA-1: CD5876AFD726029F713451E9F15AACB230CCB3EE SHA-256: C05D4F6F092565DEB8C7E89F9DB763605841FA865767936B945B9374F3E98AB6 Build Date: 14/07/2022 Size: 42.8 MB I intend to make a proper installer one day, but at least in this form you can see what is included and make modifications to suit your needs. Enclosed are batch files to temporarily set environment variables if you want to run more than one version of Python on a drive. Note: 4Shared is blocked in the UK. Use a VPN server located in the United States or the Netherlands. CP28_Env.bat CP34_Env.bat CP35_Env.bat

Apparently @D.Draker doesn't understand the concept of hyperbole. Of course it was an extreme exaggeration; I had hoped that was obvious to everyone, but apparently not. But he did leave me wondering: what exactly is an "over-exaggeration?" Is there such a thing as an "under-exaggeration?" If I had said 16 MB and an 8-core processor, would he have accused me of under-exaggerating because I only exaggerated a little? And what level of exaggeration is "just right?" Is 32 MB the "Goldilocks" level of exaggeration in D.Draker's opinion? (BTW, even 8GB and a quad-core processor is rather beyond the hardware used by the typical XP user.)

I'm not chasing you, so stop flattering yourself. But when I see crap behaviour, I'll make it my business to point it out as a good citizen. But I get it now. Your mantra if, "If I disagree with you, I'll treat you poorly." Thanks I got it loud and clear. I wish the admins of this board would do something about your behaviour (by that I mean collectively you, Dixel, and Saxon). Many of us other have been pulled aside and given warnings for WAY LESS.

What's wrong with you D.Draker? You and Dixel (starting to think you're one and the same) are acting horribly and unreasonably to people - some who are very long time members here. Keep it over in your own threads if you must. You've could have easily said, "I didn't experience the same symptoms as you did." or something of the like, but you just attack first without thinking or considering who you might be talking to.

Do you have K-lite Codec Pack 2.73 installed? https://filehippo.com/download_klite-codec-pack/2.73/

Over-exaggeration, it runs just fine with only 8GB of 20 years old DDR2 RAM and a 16 years old core quad processor q9650 with only 4 cores! What - you don't throw out and replace your PC every couple of decades? What's wrong with you?"

Restart & Purge - A custom button for restarting the browser and, if necessary, purging the startup cache, created by AstroSkipper As I have already reported in @roytam1's browser thread, I have been investigating the restart behaviour of New Moon 28 and Serpent 52 (and also Mypal 68, but this is off-topic here) for some time with a focus on the startup cache. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much useful information or documentation on this topic on the internet. Even my request in @roytam1's browser thread also went unanswered (addendum: in the meanwhile, @VistaLover has replied here. Thanks again for that! ). It seems that detailed information or knowledge about the startup cache and how the browser restart affects this cache is practically non-existent. The startup cache seems to be a replacement for the former Fastload. It resides in the profile directory to store continuous chunks of data in it. In my New Moon 28 installation, without using the custom folder chrome for scripts and CSS stylesheets, only one file resides there with the name startupCache.4.little. As both, the folder and file name, contain the string startupcache, one can conclude that data is stored inside this file to accelerate the startup of the browser. Which data exactly I really don't know. I didn't find any meaningful documentation. I noticed that very often or in most cases the startup cache was cleared or reorganised automatically without any additional commands when restarting the browser. Sometimes, however, it remained unchanged after a restart. At least, I could find the code responsible for purging the startup cache. Anyway! One thing is clear. If the data in the startup cache is corrupted, then starting problems can occur which only can be solved by deleting its content. This can be done, for example, manually or by the commandline option -purgecaches. But there is no button or item to start this purge of the startup cache in a convenient way from within the UXP browsers. That's why I created a custom button for this purpose in JavaScript (rather a variant of JavaSript), the programming language used for creating new custom buttons by the extension Custom Buttons. I branded this custom button Restart & Purge. It performes a normal restart when left-clicked and additionally purges the startup cache when middle-clicked. After creation I have tested this custom button over a longer period of time, and it works for me as it should. Here is a small screenshot of my custom button Restart & Purge and its tooltip taken from New Moon 28: As the code of Restart & Purge has to be initialised, you won't find it in the tab "Code" but in the tab "Initialization code" of this custom button. Here is a screenshot of its code: The former download links unfortunately contained an XML backup file of the Restart & Purge custom button which either couldn't be installed without additional editing or some characters were not transferred correctly. The problem has to do with the conversion of custom buttons into XML format, where the tool I had used did not work correctly. This time I therefore provide a custom button link for direct install (when the extension Custom Buttons is already installed, of course ). Copy the quoted link below and open it in a new browser tab: I can't insert the code of the link in this post! The MSFN forum editor is totally broken and hasn't been working properly for months especially when it comes to inserting of links. This has already reported multiple times! Well done, who is responsible for it! Due to the shortcomings of the MSFN forum editor, I uploaded the custom button link of Restart & Purge as an HTML file. Here is the download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/nrqim7ek9s6gp07/CB_button_Restart_%26_Purge.html/file Simply open this HTML file in a browser tab and click the embedded custom button link for Restart & Purge! For the installation of this button, the extension Custom Buttons is required which you can get from this post: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183923-extensions-and-custom-buttons-for-uxp-browsers-corrections-modifications-adjustments-and-special-recommendations/?do=findComment&comment=1226328 And since the legacy Custom Buttons extension runs in the UXP browsers, my custom button Restart & Purge can be used in New Moon 28, Serpent 52, Pale Moon and some other browsers. Greetings, AstroSkipper

I dunno - doesn't sound consistent to me. I think you are trying to dictate terms here, and I don't see "Admin" by your name. The difference in versions of Chromium (360 vs Supermium) is neither here nor there. You and your pack are the only ones making a huge deal of this. No one that has been here for any significant amount of time has any problems with the "issues" you have with our comparisons. I think we'll all just go on and post how we want. Anyway, it was noted that Dibya started this thread any way, not Win32. So let's agree to co-exist cordially, shall we?

Ported one could probably work. Intel UHD Video. I've just sent you a modded driver via PM.

But these fonts aren't any better than others reported.

I can't tell about Brave 121, but I compared Brave 110 vs this one, and Brave at least has no leaks, no crashes. But it's on Vista. I'm sorry, I didn't document comparison charts, but Brave was faster, and the UI in Brave is much better to my personal taste.

I think I was one of the first ones to discover it, I had hopes for this browser. The heavy leak was there some versions ago already, probably from the beginning. That said, I have enough RAM, but it won't just stop. https://msfn.org/board/topic/175262-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/?do=findComment&comment=1258182

Huge memory leaks, check if you have VC, uninstall it. https://github.com/win32ss/supermium/issues/204#issue-2104470031

Raising Hope 2010

And check this thread where we talked a lot about supported protocols: https://msfn.org/board/topic/184410-xpvista-compatible-clients-for-modern-email-services/ MailNews actually supports OAuth2. I set up an old hotmail email address months ago which is of course a Microsoft Outlook address today, and it still works. Just tested. And all my Gmail accounts were set up by OAuth2, and they also work in MailNews.

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When I am later at my desktop computer, I will provide the version, which is stiil working, including suitable settings. @dmiranda At the moment, I have replaced the version MPlayer Redxii-SVN-r37871-4.9.3 (i686), which comes with the installation package of SMPlayer 23.12.0, by the version MPlayer Redxii-SVN-r37940-6.2.0 (i686), you see a bit more recent one. This version works great with relative seeking selected and precise unselected. Another version is MPlayer Redxii-SVN-r37802-4.9.3 (i686) which even works with absolute and/or precise seeking selected. Versions higher than 37802 do not work with absolute seeking. And I have unselected the options "Remember time position" with "Remember for streams". I should still mention that version 37940 is the last XP-compatible one. Cheers, AstroSkipper