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On 7/22/2025 at 8:02 AM, mjd79 said:
Yes, also on 8.0
So do you have a compiled release for Windows 8/8.1, of Firefox ESR?
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Great news - I received the notice on GitHub.
No rush. I just wondered if it was going to be a thing. Thanks K4Sum1
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I'm in no hurry @K4sum1, but I am curious. Will r3dFox be moving into ESR 140 territory? I posted on Eclipse, but I was just curious to know.
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Thanks @Tripredacus. I'm not fussy at all.
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I just found this thread and registered. I was going to Eclipse, which I like for other reasons, like r3dFox development
Is there a way to not use dark mode? I went to Look and Layout, but to no avail.
EDIT: It's funny that I say I "found this thread", because it turns out I created it.
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On 7/7/2025 at 10:32 AM, Jody Thornton said:
It appears that Windows Defender Updates may not work any longer without the Windows Update service enabled. Tried to enable the update service, and it worked. Turning off the service and trying to update Defender fails with an error now.
Strange, but it appears that the issue has completely resolved itself.
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It appears that Windows Defender Updates may not work any longer without the Windows Update service enabled. Tried to enable the update service, and it worked. Turning off the service and trying to update Defender fails with an error now.
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Darn! Seems the new release doesn't support tabs under the address bar (by using Zapp's Photon Theme). Still works with ESR 128.10. I wonder if something changed in core Firefox, but there are A LOT of different r3dFox options in Settings now.
Edit: It appears that custom entries in about:config that are used by Zapp's Photon Theme are now ignored by ESR 128.12 rc
GoodConscience wrote: on the Eclipse Forum: "This version of r3dfox isn't completely compatible with 128 ESR userChrome.css themes.
You will need to replace instances of "(-moz-bool-pref: " with "-moz-pref(" for the theme to work correctlyThat did fix it.
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New ESR releases for 128.12 (including a hotfix) ... yay!
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v128.12.0rc-hotfix
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I'm hoping for an update to ESR 128.10, as there was a major security patch issued last month. I think ESR 128.11 was next. Crossing my fingers
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On 5/5/2025 at 7:44 AM, Mark-XP said:
i do hook up with Mr. Thornton!
We Do ???
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4 hours ago, Leokids123 said:
I didn't mean r3dFox,I mean something like a 115esr fork for continued Windows 7 and 8.1 support.
And you wouldn't prefer to to have ESR 128.x? It's more up to date.
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@Leokids123, for Windows 7 and 8.1, there's r3dFox from @K4sum1. He has compiled ESR v128.9 releases.
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14 minutes ago, Dave-H said:
You're right, #compact-mode doesn't seem to do anything (I hadn't actually tried it before, as I'm very happy with it the way it is!)
132 looks exactly the same to me as 126 did.
Actually v126 R7, the height of the tab bar was less (equivalent to modern-day Chrome), and the transport buttons (back, forward, refresh and home were a fair bit bigger. I'll live. It's just that when using other themes like Blue Mica, or Classic Blue, you see a weird separator line between the most right tab and the New Tab button.
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1 hour ago, Dave-H said:
Have you tried #compact-mode in the flags?
Yes. That flags did not make any difference. Then I tried #compact-ui, but that was really small. Too small actually.
For what it's worth, I'm using Supermium on a Dell Inspiron 1420 notebook with Vista Home Basic. I have enabled flags for classic interface, and native user interface elements (both of which appear to make no difference). @Dave-H are you getting the same interface that you had with v126 R7?
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I still find the tab bar is too high, and the transport buttons are so small. I just wished win32 would have kept the same UI as 126 R7
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11 hours ago, hidao said:
It doesn't support to XP...
I appreciate the heads up. Luckily for me, I'm not affected.
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2 hours ago, D.Draker said:
Jody, friend, there's a huge improvement for us, Vista fanatics, a simply marvellous browser! Released recently.
Two versions. Choose marked "Vista".
136 (non-portable)
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7/releases/tag/136.0.7063.0
134 Portable, Ungoofed.
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7/releases/tag/ungoogled-chromium_134.0.6998.165
Made by a student from China, so I can't give any personal guarantees, you understand.
Sounds as though it's worth checking out. Thanks @D.Draker
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Just upgraded to R2. Look what happens to the tabs. I don't want to have to create a new profile each time (that was the way I was able to fix the tabs issue a week ago)
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Well I found that "something else going on" item of disruption; my old profile.
Backed up my old profile, started a new one, and voila, the UI is back to its old self on the new v132 release. Yay!
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27 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:
I have not witnessed this but I do not "pin" tabs. That bit of detail was KEY to this and nobody seems to have cited that tabs were being PINNED.
So my curiousity would be this - does the issue self-correct if you UNPIN the tabs, exit and relaunch, then PIN them again?
I'll have to try and look again. I do not pin tabs ever, but I could try that.
Just one thing, in case I'm worsening my own situation. I never actually "install" the browser. I open the setup archive in 7-Zip, and extract the "Supermium" folder into \Program Files\Supermium. Then I run the executable with a shortcut. Is that not recommended?
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Fair enough
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r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8!
in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
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Whew! ESR v140.20 has been released. Yay! And the latest release for the mainstream versions is v141.0.3
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases