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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
... Please read my previous post here and try the same "laptop" entries in: https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/category/notebooks-362.html I've tried myself ca. an hour ago and the same issue (image overlap on text) manifests itself in the Ch86-based forks : ; additionally, if you had paid closer attention to the screengrab UCyborg posted here, you'd have spotted the still missing images of the notebooks themselves: Since those laptop entries display OK in [Chr]Edge 94, the CSS/JS feature "mediamarkt.de" rely on was implemented between Chromium 87-94 ... But, guess what? Kafan MiniBrowser seems to display correctly those laptop photos (I have enabled dark mode there): ... so, by pure chance, we now have an answer to your previous question in another subforum : So, it's a feature first implemented in Chromium 87 (actually, in Chromium 88; kindly read this followup ...) -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
In case no-one here noticed it already , "our" roytam1 is now formally mentioned inside the "official" UXP repo: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/commit/7f8ea9ae2f92b71eefcd1dc286baaf529cc5686a Thanks to Brian Smith (aka dbsoft), the MacOS dev member of MCP ... -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
You are most welcome ; of course, it was impossible for either of us to know that a post on that same subject was about to be submitted imminently by another member, while in the process of putting the "finishing touches" on an already composed post of ours ; so, actually, nothing to apologise for ... Since you are a new member here, I was uncertain of the level of your "tech know-how", so I was somewhat more verbose in my reply to you; this post of mine, while proven unnecessary towards the resolution of your predicament, might still serve other people with similar issues ... Best regards . -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
@WSC4 : Had you posted your last post some mere minutes earlier, it would have saved me (composing and) posting mine on that same subject ; in any case, I'm glad you got things sorted out on your own ... Regards ... -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
My screenshot was with a fresh NM28 32-bit profile (+uBO, of cource ) on Vista SP2 32-bit, userscript manager being the "legacy" Greacemonkey for Pale Moon ... Same "picture" in my "dirty" Serpent 52 profile, with the EoS Violentmonkey version (2.14.0) as my userscript manager ... I don't have access currently to a Win7 SP1 64-bit machine, to try your Mozilla Firefox version (which one, exactly?) ; that laptop is on summer vacation, along with its owner ... -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Hi @WSC4, welcome to the MSFN forums (the last "stronghold of XP-diehards" , as someone in another forum called it), best greetings to Oz ... In general, as posted already by another member, it's not a good idea to "try" financial services in "legacy" browser engines & OSes, because these institutions usually expect the "latest and greatest" in both departments (to generate a "sense" of security for their clients...); but we'll try to help, if we can; then, it's up to you to follow any offered workaround ... For starters, when I load the posted link in my FxESR 52 copy, I get a "warning" banner: Since you wrote already that FxESR 52 "works" for you, I'm inclined to disregard this "update" warning ; however, following the "Learn more" link it contains will land one on: https://www.westpac.com.au/personal-banking/online-banking/support-faqs/supported-browsers/ Reading that article immediately gives the impression it hasn't been updated (pun intended) for quite a while; Fx>=52 ? Chrome >=58? In the OS entries, no mention of Win8.1/10/11 (?); if it's minOS requirements, then it's obvious they don't support WinXP anymore (but you said FxESR 52 worked in your WinXP SP2 64-bit machine ) ... If we take that table "seriously", then UXP-based browsers (NM28, St52, etc.) have engines far superior to the one FxESR 52 has... Based on my small analysis above, and without having any failure details from you (Web/Browser/Error Consoles of NM28), first thing I'd suggest is a SSUAO (site-specific-user-agent-override) on NM28 targeting that bank, in the hope they're simply rejecting NM28 based on its default user-agent string (a practice known as UA-sniffing) ... If you had been lurking here "silently" for more than a year, perhaps you're already familiar with the procedure; if not, then: 1. In NM28, open a new tab and in the URLbar type about:config - press enter, and then press the "I promise to be careful! button"; you should now be inside the advanced preferences interface 2. Place your cursor inside the existing entries and right-click, invoking the context menu 3. from the CM entries, select New -> String 4. in the preference name field, enter general.useragent.override.westpac.com.au and click OK 5. in the string value field (in the second pop-up), enter Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 and click OK Done! You should now have created a new entry that looks as below: Restart your NM28 browser (just for good measure ), then try your "bank" site anew; this time, the bank's software will think you're visiting with Fx52 on Win8.1 ... Tell us how it went! Cheers ... -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
@UCyborg : With your "(mediamarkt|saturn).de" userscript applied, I get on some occasions graphics overlapping text: https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/category/notebooks-362.html Can you investigate a fix? Thanks ... -
360 Extreme Explorer Modified Version
VistaLover replied to Humming Owl's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
... And, believe it or not , I do agree with you on this ; one other serious irritant for me is the preposterous waste of screen vertical space due to their very "tall" address bar: Agreed, too... Grabbed just half an hour ago ; disclaimers: 1) I don't use a NHTPG/HO modded version, 2) as can be seen, I'm using the 360EEv13 dark skin...- 2,340 replies
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360 Extreme Explorer Modified Version
VistaLover replied to Humming Owl's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
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360 Extreme Explorer Modified Version
VistaLover replied to Humming Owl's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
... I don't think, personally, an apology was owed ; those who follow closely this thread should have already been aware of the original post mentioning Kafan (albeit in a 360EE topic): FWIW, I, too, dislike this "behaviour" and, to this day, have not found a way to override it ...- 2,340 replies
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Correction : Mozilla, aping Google to the letter, but with a delay of a few years, put Vista SP2 on the same boat as XP SP3; FxESR 52.9.x was/is the last version of Firefox to run on (plain) Vista SP2; release channel v53.0.x. could be "hacked" to launch there, too, but with serious shortcomings in the media playback department... TL:DR: Fx 53.0+ requires Win7 SP1 and higher (obviously, I'm not talking here about Vista's 64-bit Extended Kernel implementations ) ...
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Well, who would have thought? German sites/services not loading properly in "our" legacy browsers? "Dirty" workaround in Serpent 52: Pick only one (doesn't matter which) on the list of below four "about:config" prefs: layout.css.all-shorthand.enabled;true layout.css.is-where-pseudo.enabled;true layout.css.legacy-negation-pseudo.enabled;false layout.css.unset-value.enabled;true ... and toggle its value; then the sites will render OK: As I am unsure of the eventual effect on other sites, once you're finished with MM/Saturn, reset the pref you initially selected ... Regards -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
... Can you also test whether "github.dev" now loads successfully in UXP? Below screengrab is with latest NM28: Although, besides the BigInt one, there's another alarming TypeError: Thank you so much ... -
Thanks ; however, UAC was turned off from the very start this Toshiba laptop, with Vista OEM 32-bit, came into my possession ...
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... And why would you "fear" that? Why, OTOH, didn't you "fear" that something had gone wrong on box's side ? If it wasn't immediately obvious, no wrong doing on "your part" was implied/insinuated; I posted the "Sorry..." box screengrab as an indication that at the time I tried to fetch that file (thanks ), I was met with that box response ... Sure enough, currently (ca. 15:40 GMT) the page loads as expected and the download button(s) works, too (screengrab from St52):
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... Yes, have also been using BC myself, but on Vista SP2 32-bit ; it was someone here that suggested it to me , but can't remember who now (either you, jaclaz , or, possibly, UCyborg ) ...
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... I often do that myself when I have to batch-change file extensions inside a directory, however it won't help me much when needing to change something in the actual filenames ; and one other thing: the functionality you described in the first line requires at least Windows Vista, as it's not present by default in Windows XP SP3; I have seen, though, over the years, some .reg files or other utilities intended for XP that try to emulate it; e.g. https://techjourney.net/add-open-command-window-here-to-windows-xp-folder-with-powertoy/ https://petri.com/add_command_prompt_here_shortcut_to_windows_explorer/ [Use at your own risk! Have not tried myself...] Regards.
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... And just because I am, I posted my "reservations" wrt the "chocolatey" package referenced; simple as that ...
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360 Extreme Explorer Modified Version
VistaLover replied to Humming Owl's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
... I believe the focus by users here is on Client versions of Windows (XP) 32-bit, not on their Server counterparts; WinXP SP1 (x86), as pointed out by @Dixel, as well as the x86 Server Editions, had PAE enabled by default; MS disabled PAE in SP2+ x86; at least that's what I understood after a bit of searching (was not having a computer around the Win XP SP1 era ) ...- 2,340 replies
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Thanks for your kind and genuine concern ; Wed, July 26th, will be a living inferno at "my" place (33-44C) , but temps should fall back to tolerable figures after Thurs 27th ... ... In all fairness to that "previous post" you're alluding to, a download link was never asked originally: OT: I'm finding myself posting less frequently in MSFN lately, especially when I see "behaviour" I don't condone myself - I really hate "politics" and some posts and actions by certain members here are being "policy"/strategy-driven; "opposing" groups of members have formed and the reason of the "opposition" isn't actually based on the merit of one member's contributions, but on (often irrelevant) matters like age, nationality, political "tendencies", "way/style" of expressing one's thoughts, etc. I'm no member of any social medium, I, practically, only post here (when I feel the need to ) and on GitHub, so I have no "addictions" related to "like/approval" counts; I have striven to remain impartial and only (positively) react to content I find useful/helpful, never giving a second thought if the member posting it isn't to my full approval as a "character/person"; sadly, that same impartiality isn't exercised by everyone here and this has become quite evident to those (few?) of us frequenting the forums on a steady basis... I was raised as a liberal person so I had to speak my mind about how I feel; apologies if any of you found that little "rant" as unacceptable/offending... Best wishes to all : remember, we all share the same planet ...
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Unless I'm being thick due to the excessive heat where I live, how is that link useful here? It requires "chocolatey" package manager, an attempt to equip the Windows OS with a package manager like MacOS (Homebrew) and various Linux flavours... AFAIAA, Chocolatey isn't compatible with Windows XP: https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/chocolatey-components-dependencies-and-support-lifecycle#supported-windows-versions If one uses the "Download" button at the bottom of the left sidebar, one ends up with a "sqlite-studio.portable.3.1.1.nupkg" file... I even went as far as extracting that file with 7-zip, in PS script file "./tools/chocolateyInstall.ps1" there indeed lives a "download URL": $packageName = 'sqlite-studio.portable' $url = 'https://sqlitestudio.pl/files/sqlitestudio3/complete/win32/sqlitestudio-3.1.1.zip' $checksum = 'ddcaae8f6579de62174337f50e3a64a6f2112b8189796a7902933dd1bbe140ac' ... but, sadly, that url 404s now (but was actually "saved" by the WA, as @AstroSkipper posted later on) ... So, why was that link posted, especially since some 4min ago before your post "we" already had an answer: If I'm still missing something obvious, please enlighten me ... Kind regards.
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
PR#2276, which "closes" issue #1240, has been now merged in the official UXP repo: https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/compare/7175868...b4ddadd -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
VistaLover replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Relevant info on HSTS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Strict-Transport-Security Emphasis put on the "note":