NotHereToPlayGames

Well, I for one certainly hope that metro uwp framework and immersive shell *NEVER* gets backported to XP, lol.

Thanks as always to a thoughtful writeup. I'll add my own slight additions. I myself have not "installed" any software for the better part of two decades, I do as much as possible via PORTABLE applications. PortableApps.com popularized the use of portable software. They began in 2006. WinPenPack has actually been around for slightly longer (by mere months, not years). You go even further back (by years) when you include those of us with familiarity to UNIX. With regard to associations with protocols/files/applications, portable software isn't really about not having these associations, but rather having exact and precise finite control of these associations. This PRECISE CONTROL is really only limited by the user's own intentions/imagination. You really can have this PRECISE CONTROL be as simple or as complex as your heart desires. Your "host system" does NOT have to have *ANY* 'default browser' associations, no txt file associations, no ini associations, no pdf associations, no mkv/avi/mp4 associations. NO ASSOCIATIONS of any kind. But you can mix-and-match to your heart's content. Associate 'browser' protocols (http/https/ftp, for example) to all use Firefox *ONLY IF* PortableApps PLATFORM is running in the systray. But roll those ftp protocols over to something like CuteFTP *ONLY* if LiberKey is running in the systray. Split your media file associations so that audio files divert to VLC Player, mkv files divert to PotPlayer, mp4 files divert to Media Player Classic, and avi files divert to TEncoder Video Converter. "Portable" really can be as simple or as complex as you "need it to be".

No, not really. That is the "this is not an INSTALLER, just EXTRACT and EXECUTE" version. To make it PORTABLE, you have to "wrap it" wit a LOADER so that the .exe doesn't save files outside of its own directory, so that it doesn't make permanent changes to the registry, etc.

The way that I do it, it does not matter if there is a portable version or not - *ALL* Chrome/Chromium-based browsers 'can be made' portable Just replace the "bin" folder with the Supermium files that you want to turn into a portable version. You can start with anything that is already portable (360Chrome, PortableApps, WinPenPack, the list is endless).

Ooops, sorry, the thread title had me looking for Win7 but you did cite Vista.

Windows Telemetry has existed since Windows 2000! But that aside, maybe this will be of use -- https://gist.github.com/xvitaly/eafa75ed2cb79b3bd4e9

It does load *VERY* slowly. I would be okay with even taking a quality loss. Watching that image load in "chunks", wait a second, another "chunk" loads, is a bit of an eyesore. It is not my ISP, my download speed is 500 Mbps. Sure, there are faster plans available, but 500 works for everything else. Just not this Kyle of Lochalsh screenshot. My guess is that it is a server-side upload bottleneck.

I don't really look at it that way. If it were my BANK not working, then I would classify it as "security". I always ponder PRIVACY RIGHTS if a web site needs something that my browser isn't providing. None of these types of things ever make any sense to me! Web sites that use "cloudflare" captchas and cite "security" - I have never once ran across a BANK LOGIN that has to pass a cloudflare captcha !!!

I only upgrade if Speedometer 2.1 reveals newer to be faster. My preference has been v136. v137 is within margin of error so I never bothered to upgrade to v137. v138 and v139 took major hits and DECREASED scores, so no interest in either. v140, v141, and v142 are indeed faster based on Speedometer scores (and others, it's just the easiest to get a score). My next (once I do upgrade) will be v141. Then keep it until it "needs" upgraded. I really really REALLY prefer to stick with ONE and not update every (feel like) three days! The web site being discussed here isn't going to be enough to get me to upgrade, but it is probably writing on the wall that my v136 will have to soon be replaced.

Interesting! That is my official "first site" ever that v136 is apparently too old for.

That web site does not work in Official Chrome v136 on Win10. And does not work in Supermium v126 in XP x86. Personally, I am *AFRAID* to even try to intentionally make it work when it doesn't work with "real" Chrome. Also, I spent the better part of an hour trying to figure out HOW to get "yt-dlp" to work (XP x86 VM with Supermium v126)! I will not be spending more time on "yt-dlp"! The "installation instructions" are far too complex (or I'm looking in the wrong spot!) for me to dig THAT DEEP into something that my lifestyle WILL NEVER USE beyond assisting somebody else that does use it. Sorry, I really have absolutely NO USE in downloading from YouTube. NONE. "Te each their own", of course.

I use this to fix the context menu -- https://github.com/rikka0w0/Taskbar-Context-Menu-Tweaker At least something very similar or a version prior to being hosted on GitHub, as my version is dated 2016 (and if it ain't broke, don't fix it).

I clearly haven't been following close enough. I have no "d#mn clue" as to just what LibreWolf-ified means. I know what LibreWolf is (tried it several years ago, didn't like it, deleted it, never looked back).

I haven't heard anything. The recent Eclipse Community discussion seemed to be developmental proposals on the direction the project was headed. There were some outspoken disapprovals of those proposals. But it didn't come across as "hyper-critical" or anything like that. But sometimes you never know, it is his project and maybe he just got tired of those "disapprovals". I kind of doubt it, and hate to "speculate". I'm sure we'll know more soon...

I shall wait for a user of YouTube-DLP to assist. I have never used this and there is a LARGE following. I would think several of them would jump in. It is possible that you will gain more traction with a dedicated "Extension for YouTube-DLP" thread. I would think several would join in the new thread that aren't even seeing this in a Supermium thread. Granted, YouTube-DLP has been on my "To Do List", but very VERY far down on that list. I'll get to it... Eventually...