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Most people don't care. But they have been noticed, and can be modified without much fuss from source, unlike chrome derivatives. The problem with the particular gstatic connection you mention is its history: it was once used to set up a unique identifier. Maybe that is not the case anymore. But that is why it irks people.

Thanks for the feedback, @XPerceniol. Following your posts, I am testing the following settings (the last 3 I had commented out before), and seem to make a bit of a positive difference on tests like https://testdrive-archive.azurewebsites.net/performance/chalkboard/. We'll see if they lead to (more frequent crashes). Two notes. 1) the magic number 4 may be increased, but I preferred to start low -will increase as I progress testing. 2) the autostart.2 thinguie was there somehow before even starting the tests; I reset it, and left commented in user.js for future use if it reappears. // MULTIPROCESS user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true); user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount", 4); //increase to 8 once stable user_pref("extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true); // (FF49+) (hidden pref) user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2",); //in case it comes back, reset it user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true); // discussed before in this thread, it may help prevent full crashes user_pref("extensions.e10sMultiBlockedByAddons", false); // not sure if necessary, most extensions are legacy user_pref("dom.ipc.process.webLargeAllocation", 4); //increase to 8 once stable Finally, I'm testing the following settings you suggested. Let's see. Thanks! user_pref("general.useragent.compatMode.version", "78"); user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0"); user_pref("javascript.options.strict", true); // wonder if this conflicts with umatrix/ublock/noscript user_pref("layers.acceleration.enabled", false); // may this slowdown things? user_pref("network.IDN.restriction_profile", "strict"); // not sure about this, will see, maybe high?

Good point. Up to intel i3 I used those, anti-freeze and all. It was a blast spending a day or two setting the damn thing up. With i5 and up, as you note, though, there has been no need (for me) to do it anymore -probably because I do not play games :P

Well, I finally found a sticky notes extension able to replace internotes, and am planning to keep multiprocess on for my working profile as well. My reasons: 1) For my casual profile, it allows me to run social media with reasonable speed (not as good as with the various versions of 360, but for casual browsing I do not need that much speed -i prefer a modicum level of privacy/security). I still have the modded 360s there when needed if I want fast food. 2) In my work profile I often work with 20+tabs, for reasons related to my work and the way I organize it. Call it whatever you want, but I need those many tabs or at least am used/organized to do my work that way. Years of discipline/routines/extension customizations to do what I want, how I want it. With sp52 with no ie10, though, I was reaching a point where more than 5 tabs would stall the browser for up to half a minute, and sometimes stay there, all tabs frozen circling and no movement until I restarted the browser. With e10 enabled, things are back to what it was before I moved to sp52 from ff52 (because I could/cannot trust ff52 anymore -that is me and my use of the web, btw). If anyone is seriously interested, I am quite willing to share more details. Bottom line (but subject to more testing) it makes the whole thing enjoyable once again. Thanks @Tommy for pinning this thread and so bringing it to my attention. Cheers!

I dropped ff52 a few years ago, mainly because of privacy/security/extensions support concerns, and I had e10 enabled. I sacrificed speed back then, but now it is getting to be too much of a drag. So I was happy to find this thread one or two weeks ago, and now testing over the settings that @VistaLover reviewed in the second or third post of this thread. So far I'm happy with it. But testing.

For those, like me, where hardware is not the problem (but obstinacy in pretending to keep using XP) it makes a difference. Beyond FB, YT etc, normal pages load way faster, even when loading a bunch of tabs at the time. There is simply no comparison with st52 without e10. It is like it was with ff52 (only that with more secure software, and more available extensions/addons). I am keeping it in my profile for casual/social browsing, and as soon as I find or mod an extension for annotating webpages, for my working profile. Cheers!

Yup. What @Dave-H says about FF52 applies to basilisf52: now you can play youtube and browse fb, without much stuttering, and with strict privacy security settings. For such heavy-scripted sites, t is still not as fast as @Humming Owl or ArticFoxie's 360Chrome mods (and using both concurrently makes both browsers crash) but usable. I have tested the extensions below (again, only in a fresh profile, as @VistaLover said, do not simply add multiprocess to an already used profile), and trying to find a way to get a few otehrs (internote in particular) to work. All in all, pretty doable, and much better than with no multiprocess (some of those extensions need updating, once installed). add_bookmark_here_2-52.0.20170311-fx.xpi Decentraleyes.v1.4.3-pale-moon.xpi open_with-6.8.6-fx+sm+tb.xpi tab_mix_plus-0.5.5.0-fx.xpi add_to_search_bar-2.9-fx pm.xpi diccionario_espanol_argentina-2.6.3.1.xpi OPIE210.0.xpi uacontrol-0.1.3.1.1-signed.1-signed.xpi backtotop10.0.xpi dismiss-the-overlay-1.0.3.xpi page_zoom_button-1.4.1-fx.xpi uBlock0_1.16.4.20.firefox-legacy.xpi clean_uninstall-0.2.0-fx.xpi english_united_states_dictionary_by_mozilla-60.xpi profileswitcher-1.7.7-fx+tb.xpi Umatrix-4.3.0.xpi 763 K clear_cache_and_data-1.1.2-sm+fx.xpi go_parent_folder-2.9.1-fx+sm.xpi pureurl4pm-3.3.xpi undoBookmarksMenu@alice.xpi close_button-0.4.1-fx pm.xpi mouse_gestures_suite-2.5.1-fx+sm.xpi reload_plus-5.2.3-fx.xpi url-clipper-1.0.2.xpi context_search_x-0.4.6.26-fx.xpi mozarchiver@lootyhoof-pm.xpi save_file_to-2.5.5-fx pm.xpi verificador_ortografico_para_portugues_do_brasil-2.5-3.2.13-an+fx+sm+tb.xpi cookexterm-2.9.10.xpi neat_url-5.0.0-an+fx.xpi speed_tweaks_speedyfox-0.2.2-an+fx.xpi xclear-1.8.2-fx+sm.xpi copy-as-plain-text-1.0.xpi foxclocks-4.2.3-sm+tb+fx.xpi image_zoom-0.6.3-sm+tb+fx.xpi 101 K ruffle-nightly-2021_06_29-web-extension-firefox.xpi all_in_one_sidebar-0.7.31.1-fx.xpi foxyproxy_basic-3.6.5-fx+sm+tb.xpi singlefile-1.18.25-an+fx.xpi art_project-0.1.5-fx.xpi github-wc-polyfill-1.2.2.xpi i_dont_care_about_cookies-2.9.3-an+fx.xpi singlefile.txt downthemall-3.0.8-fx+sm pm.xpi greasemonkey-3.30-pm_forkBranch.xpi kiwix_offline_wikipedia_reader-3.1.0-an+fx.xpi https-everywhere-latest.xpi 1,701 K menu_wizard-5.10-fx+sm+tb.xpi sixornot-2.0.2-fx.xpi enhancer_for_youtubetm-2.0.103-fx.xpi resurrect_pages-3-fx.xpi

I've been testing it and even though it crashes the browser every other day (depending usage, and in particular when using concurrently with chrome derivatives) multiprocess enabled basilisk52 makes (unnecessarily) heavy scripted sites like youtube, gmail, fb and the other usual suspects playable with xul (which is quite impossible now without multiprocess); which makes me thing/hope that xul development on the multiprocess direction (and not necessarily script support -which I heavily cripple) may be a way to abort doom. After testing and experimenting as per @Mathwiz summary in the first post of this thread, I use the settings (loaded via user.js) below (tried and decided not to use the the four commented out): // MULTIPROCESS user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true); user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount", 4); user_pref("extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true); // (FF49+) (hidden pref) //user_pref("extensions.e10sMultiBlockedByAddons", false); //user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true); //user_pref("dom.ipc.process.webLargeAllocation", 4); //user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2", true); // (FF49+) (hidden pref)

Well, I got it working on basilisk52, and works well. Most extensions do work (even if showing non-compatible) if installed in a fresh profile. One issue I have, however, is that I cannot use an old extension I use daily: internote-3.0.2-fx (https://sourceforge.net/projects/internote/files/internote/3.0/). Has anyone tried it in basilisk52 with forced multiprocess? Any clue on how to make it work? Thanks!

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Hey! I have to use webex every now and then, but I have not been able to do it in XP. Could you share details on how (which extension, what client if any, etc.) you do it? Thanks!

In V12 here, and in @articfoxie's V13:2206, I am able to run the following extensions: FUNCTIONS All in one web searcher Allow Right-Click Behind The Overlay Close Tab Context Menu Search Enhancer for YouTube™ Open With Sexy Undo Close Tab Social Fixer for Facebook PRIVACY AND SECUTIRY Clean All - History & Cache Cleaner ClearURLs [Cookie Autodelete OR Cookiebro (below 12)] Decentraleyes Google search link fix HTTPS Everywhere Neat URL Scriptsafe Ublock Origin Umatrix Since scripsafe and All in one web searcher require loading (or something in) \User Data\Default\Local Storage\leveldb, they lose settings on crashes or if you clean that folder, but there is a workaround I could share, if needed. Also, I run the V9 and V12 builds (have not tried V11) using ArticFoxies modded 360loader exe and ini, with command flags and custom folder/file deletes that I can share, if needed. Cheers!

Ucyborg is right. I haven't used the specific plugins, but winmerge can supposedly load and replace (at least file by file) word and pdf files, at least file by file. A tough cookie... As per openoffice/libreoffice, this may help (but not much): https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5067

For that function, I use https://www.inforapid.de/html/searchreplace.htm

Hi there. After a failed first attempt, V12 works well in my setup. It loads sites well, including use of multiple youtube tabs. No funny-worrisome connections. Sometimes launching chrome://flags/ crashes the browser. I will keep on testing.

First, thanks for getting 360 to be a usable browser. Then, with all due respect, you got this one wrong. You asked for beta testers (for those -not you- who wonder what such thing is, google it), and I (among others) did. In my case, I (as a few others did) reported that that all FB-AP-GG-MS sites were working fine, except for youtube. No frowning upon, just the facts of testing, ma'am. I have kept your modded 2206 for general use (for such unnecessarily script-heavy sites) , except for party mood, when I will have to (still) use a linux laptop. Otherwise, it is a welcome addition to XP: it is capable to run sites where firefox derivatives can't run without script-stuttering, and it performs well (give or take a few glitches we all are used to), reliably and stably -unless you need more than one instance of youtube in your browser- so thanks again. Sincerely. I look forward to your future contributions to this community, bro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3J_2R9rAp8 PS: if I were to share this song publicly, other than in youtube, it would be blocked (and I could be sued) for copyright infringement, BTW.

I only leave these services (of the ones shipping in XP) running in automatic and manual. I think workstation can be disabled if you do not plan to use a lan (but I haven't tested it). I wonder if com+ is really needed -has anyone disabled it or turn it to manual?.

Ha ha. The trick is to set up a playlist in one tab, then switching to another to change the mood, every now an then. :P

Miranda-ng works great. https://www.miranda-ng.org/en/

I prefer not to use the host, or the firewall, when I can avoid it. Following your suggestions, I added to the following lines to user.js user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL","''"); user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); Thanks!

On vanilla start, 1106 allows now multiple youtube tabs, no crashes. I would not abandon it :P

On latest basilisk52, vanilla and otherwise, the browser gets a connection from 104.22.12.159 (detectportal.palemoon.org). I do not want to enter this address into the firewall because it would block acces to palemoon's website and extensions. Can you check it out? Thanks!

Further report on 2206: 1) On vanilla first run, gets a connection from source www.gstatic.com, 172.217.173.3 -reported by NetworkTrafficView with ipnetinfo (nirsoft). It does not appear on second run and beyond. 2) In my nlited setup (vanilla and production) it crashes when opening two youtube tabs. 3) No other suspicious connection. But some extension(s) -can't figure out which one(s)- connects (sometimes) to 172.217.172.72 and 172.217.172.174 (google analytics). I have restricted those sites with umatrix and scriptsafe, but sometimes they managed to escape the cage (as per NetworkTrafficView). I have blocked them in the firewall. I will now report on 1106. Cheers!

I look forward to it. Your current 2206 is stable enough to use daily. Main issue is that it won't mostly allow two youtube tabs. A drawback if you are running a party or editing s*** for your own use. Laf. Soon you will be able to say the same running windows10. Envy consumes me.