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    It does sound like it is a "freeze". That is the word I would use for suspending execution. But searching for freeze brings up unrelated support requests for the program hanging or crashing. Some posts mention "Energy Saver" but I don't have that available to turn on or off.
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    There seems to be a feature that stops executing code on tabs that are in the background. Memory consumption doesn't decrease as far as I can see, but CPU load does, and dynamic content on the tab refreshes a moment after I open it instead of all the time. Usually this is a good thing on a weak PC. Is it possible to disable it entirely or for specific tabs? I've looked at settings mentioned here, but either they are off or not present in Supermium. https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/315269640/tabs-are-constantly-being-deactivated-although-it-s-switched-off-in-settings?hl=en Performance > Memory saver is off. In chrome://discards/ it says that the tab is "Freezable" after a few minutes, but it doesn't say when it is frozen. I don't know the difference between Discard and Frozen. Discard count is 0 for all tabs (presumably because memory saver is off).
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    I used to get BSOD, which, I suspect, surfaced because the browser stressed the HDD by saving many files to its cache, also maybe in conjuction with using video aceleration at the same time. So I can't say the browser was at fault, but that it exposed some problem.
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    For me --disable-web-security makes CloudFlare captcha always fail. I have installed the latest Supermium x64 in portable mode now, so I have a new profile. I guess this is an easier to put the profile onto a hard disk. I spent a lot of time moving individual cache directories off my SSD.
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    Agreed. I don't use it. DNS on my router is my principal adblock.
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    Seems like the extension "Allow CORS: Access-Control-Allow-Origin 0.2.2" with the config I experimented with disabled playback of YouTube video. May be accidental, unintentional. Or not... coming from Google. Since it didn't solve my problem, I will get rid of it. From my limited understanding I see the following scenarios involving a bank. (1) I open a malicious "Site B", which includes a call to my bank through an API that the bank denies. This does not seem very likely because my bank would not have such an open access API to fetch without a login. I can only stay logged in for a short time. (2) I open my bank with has X, Y, Z scripts that it normally uses. There is a DNS hack, which redirects them from bank.example.com to site.b.example.com. Since the denial rests onto Site B, it accepts this intentionally. For now, I have installed New Moon on this PC, where CORS can be disabled with 2 settings. I should have done this earlier, because it took less time than wrestling with Chromium extensions. content.cors.bypass_preflight_request content.cors.disable My bank only works in Supermium since the end of last year where I will have CORS.
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    I've been relying on Xythium for a year or two. It worked so far, but then Tidal decided to tighten their security about a month ago. I wanted to write to the author, but couldn't find contact details other than Twitter, where I don't have an account. I didn't want to open an off-topic issue on github, because there wasn't a section specifically for this tool. It seems to me that CORS is not so much about my security as it is a mechanism for the other website to enforce its access policy, in line what web browsers have been doing with secure DNS and manifest v3.
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    I looked in the network log with developer tools to find the reason. One option is to permanently switch to a profile with --user-data-dir. CORS disablement only works in conjuction with this option. I guess this is how you get a portable version.
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    Yes, I found the "action button" now. When I click on the puzzle button, it lists the extensions and Pin next to each, which brings up the button for accessing the extension's UI. I didn't realize that the list of extensions were a clickable menu (flat design). Unfortunately, when I enable defaults or everything, and go to the https://webbrowsertools.com/test-cors/ the test for OPTIONS always fails. One of the extensions explicitly allows to select GET, PUT, ... OPTIONS. I see in the network log that OPTIONS is sent out, and it fails.
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    What are my options for disabling CORS (cross-origin policy) in Supermium? I know about the command-line parameters, which require a creation of a separate user profile on the hard disk. They do work, but I don't want to have a duplicate profile. I have tried 3 extensions, but they don't seem work. One extension refers to an "action button" on the toolbar. Either it is meant for an old Chrome, or I have hidden this "action button" because I don't see it anywhere. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cors-unblock/lfhmikememgdcahcdlaciloancbhjino?hl=en The site I wish to access is https://xythium.github.io/tidal.html for searching music metadata (no downloading of music). With CORS active, it does not work because a "preflight" request is sent out to Tidal which is denied. With CORS disabled it brings up music albums in the listbox and data about composers and performers.
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    Is it possible to disable the Back/Forward navigation when presing Shift+MouseWheel in New Moon? On many occasions, I have had the browser unintentionally navigate back while typing some text. I just discovered that this shortcut exists and it is probably to blame for some of these cases. It is not a safe feature because a mouse wheel grows loose over time and can be rolled too easily. I expected to find some discussions about this relating to Firefox but not a lot is coming up.
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    How does OpenGL relate to passing this captcha? Does it render 3D graphics and requires a GPU to pass, assuming bots wouldn't have one?
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    We have only one bank that I know of that has a strict browser check. All other imporant sites where I have to submit meter readingsq can be accessed with older versions, and don't rely on CloudFlare, but something less intrusive. So far no problems with Supermium and I can go on all websites with it.
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    Reported on mainstream media, great. I would rather go back to finding bicycles and storefronts. I have discovered two useful settings in New Moon / Firefox. content.cors.bypass_preflight_request content.cors.disable What they do is, when using site A to load a piece of code from site B, they ask site B first for permission. With this system working, I was not able to use https://xythium.github.io/tidal.html because Tidal apparently has disallowed this access. But because New Moon is still somewhat a tweaker's tool, I was able to disable them to restore this site's functionality. I use it to find music albums and metadata about them.
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    Remember that serial line speeds use decimal prefixes and megabytes use binary prefixes (unless you are manufacturer of hard drives). So 1 Gbit is equal to 119.2 MiB/s not counting protocol overhead and TCP congestion control. I am getting old, but I would consider this speed to be completely sufficient when accessing files remotely or even streaming the highest definition film. 1 Gbit can have very long cable runs. What is the maximum practical cable length for 5 Gbit? Settings that could limit speed might be interrupt moderation in card's settings as well as TCP window sizes. Practical low overhead speed test can be done with FileZilla FTP Server without encryption. Isn't it simpler to obtain an older network card?
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    Yes, the Cloudflare just keeps looping with high CPU usage. Maybe my computer is too slow to solve it in time. Cloudflare is on an increasing number of sites now.
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    I believe that the update package is slow because it launches every Microsoft update separately as if they had been applied the official way. This comes with overhead of starting that many individual programs, each doing some housekeeping, enabling uninstallation of each pack. Back in the day, there was the Unofficial Service Pack for Windows 98SE. It was done differently. It combined all the files into a few big packs and copied the selected ones at once. The size on disk was also a lot smaller. Every instaler uses Windows API functions to write to registry. Now time has moved on, computers on average are a lot faster. Same story as with most software. I have never bothered to install the SP4. The size and inclusion of "bloatware" (media player, net framework, internet explorer) we wouldn't put on weaker XP-period machines was an immediate turn-off for me. Having all that defeats the purpose of using Windows XP. Instead I put on a handful of Microsoft updates that brought essential functionality.
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    I just noticed that a Discourse forum can now be scrolled with the mouse normally in New Moon without workarounds.
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    In New Moon, I've noticed that Google autocomplete now only shows 1 line if I have scrolled a bit down the page of search results. The rest of the box is blank. Not that this is important because those autocompletes are very sanitized.
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    The normal registry editor can load hives from other systems and make them generally accessible for reading and editing. I use the TorchSoft Registry workshop, but the loading is the same. I haven't messed with permissions. I guess it is probably fine to edit System or Administrator(?), but maybe other users have their own numbers within the target system. Only old Hiren's Boot CD makes sense to use on XP-grade computers. These developers should have not hijacked the name for their new boot medium (that doesn't fit on a CD). Now everytime I tell people to use Hiren's Boot CD, I have to add an explanation and sometimes face resistance from them to using an old version. Get both 10.6 and 15.2 where they only have free software (apart from Windows).
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    Yes, the icons are badly corrupted also inside the menus. Just use an older version. I have WinHex 12, 17 and 19, and I use 12 on a daily basis.
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    On my small screen this text takes two lines, with the word "Design" pushing everything down. Latest: Beyond Fragrance: The Engineering Behind Modern Perfume Design It took me a while to connect this to the header.
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    I stumbled upon a website that employs a strange, irritating JavaScript that a scrolls the text after a delay of a couple seconds. It wants to collapse a header at the top of the page that promotes "Latest" and sometimes takes 2 lines and other times takes 1 line on a small screen. When I start reading, the view moves out of my grasp relatively slowly and I need to move my eyes to follow it. Lol. This scrolling is even carried through in Opera 12, which doesn't support most current scripts, and in New Moon. Having any kind of scrolling billboard is a distraction in an of itself. Here Opera's ability to disable JavaScript by pressing F12 is essential. No current browser have this; they can only disable JavaScript entirely, causing pages not to build properly. But Opera can stop executing JavaScript later. USC Viterbi School of Engineering https://illumin.usc.edu/the-loudness-wars/
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    What are "mini-filters" for and in what situations would you install many of them?
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