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  1. AstroSkipper
    No problems here in Thorium. I have just logged into my Google account and Google Drive opens fine here. No crashes to observe. All seems to be normal. And it runs surprisingly quite fast on my old machine.
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    What are you hardware specs? And which version of Thorium and the Chrome XP API Adapter do you use?
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    Which version of the Chrome XP API Adapter do you use for Thorium? The most recent one is 1.2.0.5057.
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    My Thorium installation and configuration is very stable under Windows XP. I use the SSE2 edition which seems to be suitable to my Pentium 4 CPU with SSE2 instruction set at maximum. No browser or tab crashes, no problems with my USB hard disk which is currently connected. At the moment, I am writing this comment from Thorium on my XP machine.
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    @chermany4ever You can't configure much in Thorium's Settings to improve its performance and running behaviour under Windows XP. What I actually meant was to change other things like updating the Chrome XP API Adapter, disabling animations and media autoplay, using a mobile user agent, setting suitable internal and external flags and so on. I did that, and now, this browser is running much better than before. PS: Also very important is a well-configured content blocker. Yesterday, I had to buy some articles on Amazon. Among other browsers, I also tested this website in Thorium. If uBlock Origin is not well-configured, the Amazon website does not load that fluently as it should. At the moment, I use uBlock Origin Lite as it consumes far fewer resources in Thorium and seems to be better suited to this browser.
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    My Thorium browser needs round about 260 MB for one opened tab and eleven enabled extensions. In my opinion, that's really low for a modern Chrome browser running under Windows XP. And don't forget my hardware is very old and weak, Pentium 4 single-core CPU and only 1.5 GB SD-RAM! Here is a screenshot: Personally, I can't confirm that this browser is unstable. Thorium never crashed here and is very stable. And the page loading behaviour is much better than at the beginning of my test phase.
  7. AstroSkipper
    Your comment is again offtopic. Read carefully what I have written here: No further discussions about 360Chrome issues in this thread. Post your 360Chrome issues in one of the corresponding Arctifoxie threads! A solution has been provided for you here in detail. And that means use ProxHTTPSProxy! And thus, we are finally on-topic again!
  8. AstroSkipper
    Regarding running Supermium under Windows XP on old, weak hardware, I definitely have to agree. This browser does not work properly there. On the other hand, Thorium does, though. But you have to exactly configure it suitable for your hardware. But TBH, my main browsers under Windows XP still remain New Moon 28 and Serpent.
  9. AstroSkipper
    @Anbima and @w2k4eva! Any in-depth consideration of certificate issues in 360Chrome are browser-specific issues and are actually rather off-topic here. In any case, this here is not a 360Chrome browser thread. Such issues should be discussed in one of the countless Arctifoxie 360Chrome threads. And just for clarification, this has happened several times there in the past, without any real solutions. 360Chrome 13.x had problems with certain sites and their certificates from the very first. This will never be solved as this ported browser has not been developed further for years. The only way to solve certificate problems in these browser versions is to use ProxHTTPSProxy. On some problematic sites, the Windows 2000 compatibility mode also helps to show the padlock and green, secure HTTPS connection under Windiws XP. I have tested all this myself, and it works. Or use a more modern Chrome browser in Windows XP as, for example, Thorium which does not show such issues!
  10. AstroSkipper
    Congratulations on your first browser compilation!
  11. AstroSkipper
    As far as I have tested until now, the Chromium Web Store extension works really great in Thorium. It indeed allows adding extensions from Chrome Web Store on ungoogled Chromium versions and also enables the extension updating by dragging and dropping. Now, I always get an extension update notification on the Chromium Web Store badge when extension updates are available and can immediately archive the downloaded update files.
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    What a service!
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    Thorium 122.0.6261.171? Where is such a version available?
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    In Thorium SSE2 122.0.6261.168 WINXP x32 under Windows XP, there is no update button on an extension page when an update is available. Updates of extensions are not shown on extension pages, and a manual update does not work. At least in my installation. That's why I installed the Chromium Web Store. I added one flag, switched an internal flag and now, updating works. PS: On an extension page, I can only see an Add or, if the extension has already been installed via the Chrome Web Store, an Remove button but never an Update button.
  15. AstroSkipper
    No. It is the Chromium Web Store extension in the latest version 1.5.4.2 from here: https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store
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    I don't know if this has already been mentioned here. Installing and removing extensions works perfectly in Thorium under Windows XP. Unfortunately, updating extensions does not. In my installation of Thorium SSE2 122.0.6261.168 WINXP x32, it does not matter whether the update is done by dragging and dropping the CRX file or by unpacking the extension (in developer mode). Both methods do not work as expected in a standard installation of Thorium, at least for me. Therefore, I changed some settings and installed the Chromium Web Store extension. Now, I can update my extensions simply by dragging and dropping the CRX file. And what I was always missing in Thorium, the Chromium Web Store badge additionally shows a red number indicating that updates are available. A click on the badge and then on the name of the offered extension update leads to the download of the latest version, which of course has still to be installed manually, based on my changed settings in Thorium. BTW, that's a very convenient method to directly archive all extension updates as I always do.
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    One core, only one task at once, I agree. But there is more necessary for a complete comparison. However, I won't go into more detail at this point, as it would unfortunately be off-topic.
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    I tried disabling multiprocess mode on St 55 on Win 7 and had a similar experience. Couldn't even type a post on MSFN at 10-20 seconds per letter, with one CPU core maxed out! So, even with a single core, you might have had better luck with e10s forced on. It's my opinion that the OS version makes little difference in performance, assuming the application (browser or whatever) will run on both OSes. The app might be faster if optimized for a newer version, but in that case it's unlikely to run on the older version at all. It's mostly the hardware, rather than the OS, that provides good performance. I always run Serpent in single-process mode as it is the only mode in New Moon 28. Furthermore, I think a real single-core CPU is not fully comparable with a multi-core CPU where only one core is enabled. Anyway! New Moon 28 works great but I have to agree with your observation on MSFN. Writing comments has become much worse than it was in the past. Many delays when entering letters. The whole forum editor has become more of a chronical disease. And I can't see any progress in the last few months that would represent any improvement.
  19. AstroSkipper
    I have been using this trick to execute all more recent versions than 360Chrome v11 in Windows 2000 compatibility mode from the very first. But it doesn't work for the DeepL website in 360Chrome v13.5. Using ProxHTTPSProxy solves indeed this problem. While doing so, I noticed some strange effects. Enabling the System Proxy mode in the Proxy Switcher extension doesn't work in the same way as enabling the Manual Proxy mode which of course has to be configured correctly. Although DeepL was shown properly in 360Chrome v13.5 with the padlock and green coloured https, the ProxHTTPSProxy logging window shows clean, green connection entries only in the Manual Proxy mode. Thus, I changed some proxy settings in the IE8 and, however, got finally clean, green connections entries in the System Proxy mode, too. In any case, that was the actual reason for my last recommendation to use the Manual Proxy mode instead of the System Proxy mode in the Proxy Switcher extension to avoid having to change the proxy settings in IE8.
  20. AstroSkipper
    Good to know. I will also change that in my next release.
  21. AstroSkipper
    In general, absolutely unnecessary. If Avast can't be removed from Windows inside, no matter whether in normal or safe mode, you can do this from outside. I did that in the past to remove locked registry entries which couldn't be deleted from Windows inside, not even by using Avast Clear in safe mode.
  22. AstroSkipper
    Just a little reminder. This thread is about proxies. I believe there is no need to use Thorium together with ProxHTTPSProxy. @Dave-H Can you please move your conversation with @Anbima to the Thorium thread? A bit offtopic is normal and ok but I think this is the wrong place here. The Thorium thread is more suitable. Thanks!
  23. AstroSkipper
    Glad it worked for you!
  24. AstroSkipper
    As I said, deepl is not important because no sensitive data is transmitted. DeepL was only an example. When using 360Chrome together with ProxHTTPSProxy, then either the settings in IE8 have to be changed or the Manual Proxy option has to be used by Proxy Switcher. All this can be clearly seen in ProxHTTPSProxy's logging window. BTW, the web interface of DeepL is broken in 360Chrome. It looks like a CSS issue.
  25. AstroSkipper
    When it comes to Deepl, you should use the Manual Proxy instead of the System Proxy option in Proxy Switcher. 360Chrome v13.5.1030 Redux in combination with Proxy Switcher seems to have problems when using the System Proxy option. Just tested with ProxHTTPSProxy. The Manual Proxy option works fine without any errors.
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