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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
This thread is about @roytam1's browsers targeting legacy OSes. And that means even browsers under Windows 7 and Windows 8 as they are also legacy in the meanwhile. But I think @Zorba the Geek is looking for a solution under Windows XP. -
My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I assume that @Zorba the Geek is looking for a client targeting Windows XP. However, your recommended email client Betterbird requires at least Windows 7 64bit. -
Yes. Install it from the Mozilla Add-ons page! For example the British English Dictionary (the only real English ): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/ Here is a screenshot taken from my Mypal 74.1.4 installation:
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@feodor2 released Mypal 74.1.4 some days ago. Today, I have installed it and made some tests. The good news: my favoured Alice0775 script loading method still seems to be working with this new version, without any additional modifications. The bad news: the Custom Buttons extension stopped working completely.
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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I haven't used these extensions for years. All modifications are done by me manually inside extensions themselves if they need to be fixed. And that means I am not interested in these two extensions at all. They are of no use to me. -
@Monroe For simple things ,where a no logging policy does not be of any interest, free VPN services may be used. BTW, VPNBook is another one. However, I personally prefer paid VPN services. Luckily, I own several lifetime licenses which have been working for years. Even though not all their servers can be used under Windows XP due to modern protocols, my VPN providers still offer older connection protocols on some servers as I prefer the L2TP/IPSec or in second place the PPTP protocol under Windows XP. Unfortunately, OpenVPN puts too much strain on my system.
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Announcement Due to the fact that @feodor2 has been working for months to ensure that the Custom Buttons extension runs smoothly, so as soon as the new version of Mypal is available, I will publish my custom button PMT - Process Mode Toggler. This custom button, now in version 7.0, allows the user to toggle between single-process and multi-process mode in Mypal with one click and appropriate, pre-selectable settings. The toolbar icon and the toolbar tip always show the current status. Since version 3.0, the PMT custom button comes with a Compatibility Service inside the script which, if activated, checks, whether the browser used is compatible with this custom button or not, and gives advices what to do to ensure that it is working there as designed. The PMT - Process Mode Toggler custom button is in any case compatible with all versions of Mypal 68 and Mypal 74 released until now.
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New, temporary fix for the Custom Buttons extension in Mypal 74.1.1 A temporary fix can be done In line 782 of the bootstrap.js file and in line 36 of the addons-html.js file inside the extension: - means remove + means add ************** In line 782 of the bootstrap.js file: - if (!FOX85 && appVersion >= 78 && url == "chrome://custombuttons/content/overlay.xul") + if (!FOX85 && appVersion >= 74 && url == "chrome://custombuttons/content/overlay.xul") In line 36 of the addons-html.js file: - if (version >= 78) { + if (version >= 74) { The latter fix of the addons-html.js file comes from @feodor2. Alternatively, you can follow his instructions for patching here: https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/issues/426#issuecomment-3172415836 Now, the list of all installed custom buttons appears again.
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@DrWho3000 I have abandoned Thorium months ago due to the lack of updates. At that time, I used a ThoriumLoader.exe and a ThoriumLoader.ini file customised by implementing the Thorium Icon Set. If interested, I can upload both files for further use. I do not have any use for it anymore. You still have to adapt the ThoriumLoader.ini file to your needs, of course.
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Thanks! This works. The list of all installed custom buttons appears again. So, I was spot on with the addons-html.js file. Anyway. One of the two "Uncaught - undefined" error messages has thus been fixed, however, the other one still remains. That means clicking onto the entry Custom Buttons in the Add-ons Manager for opening its list leads to only one error message each time in Mypal 74.1.0 instead of two from now on. Time will tell whether this remaining error has a negative impact, too.
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Alternatively, you can create custom rules for the AVSForum. uBO's logger will tell you which rule is the causer. But TBH, I do not use the Phishing URL Blocklist anyways. But I think there will be more and more filter lists coming up with certain rules no longer working properly in such old versions of uBO.
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Temporary fix for the Custom Buttons extension in Mypal 74.1.1 A temporary fix can be done In line 782 of the bootstrap.js file inside the extension: In line 782 of the bootstrap.js file: - if (!FOX85 && appVersion >= 78 && url == "chrome://custombuttons/content/overlay.xul") + if (!FOX85 && appVersion >= 74 && url == "chrome://custombuttons/content/overlay.xul") However, the list itself of all installed custom buttons is still empty. But this is caused by one of the unfortunately undocumented changes @feodor2 did in Mypal 74.1.0.
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@Monroe Actually, uBO 1.62 is compatible with FF78 and up. And uBO 1.65 is compatible with FF92 and up. But as @feodor2 wrote, one can't rely on version numbers in Mypal anymore, it is now a mix of different ones. So, only trial and error is the game. Personally, I prefer uBO 1.62 at the moment since I don't want to go too far away from FF68 or FF74. Who knows what would be missing if you moved too far away from FF68 in terms of compatibility. OTOH, do not think if something is compatible with FF68, it has to work in Mypal. That's water under the bridge. Think, for example, of the Nuchi-Sporif script loading method which no longer works in Mypal! P.S.: This and the last few posts are an exception. Everything concerning extensions, custom buttons, CSS stylesheets or UC.JS scripts and their loaders in Mypal will be dealt by me with in this dedicated thread: I personally consider this thread here for the Mypal browser itself. At the moment, my favourite version of Mypal is 68.14.8b.
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uBO can be installed in Mypal 74.1.1 and is working there. Here is a screenshot showing that uBO 1.62 is installed: I was also able to install the latest version 1.65. And TBH, there are no other adblocker extensions comparable with uBO.
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@feodor2 This is how the list of all installed custom buttons should look like inside the Add-ons Manager if all is fine. This screenshot comes from Mypal 68.14.8b, the last version where the Custom Buttons extension is fully working and the Add-ons Manager seems to be more stable: P.S.: BTW, clicking extension entries in the Add-ons Manager does not work in single-process mode of Mypal 74.1.1 and leads to the well-known message that the address is not understood. OTOH, in multi-process mode, it seems to be working.