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  1. NotHereToPlayGames
    I didn't really read any condescension, per se. Disliked the pro-Mac rhetoric and the banking reference. Bingo! And that INCLUDES banking web sites. I once contacted Customer Service for one of the three largest credit card companies and requested to speak with the supervisor of the customer service representative. Then pulled teeth to get that supervisor to properly direct my call. All on account of me attempting to pay my credit card in a SECURE manner but their web site pulling over 60+ javascript files and I saw 8 (if I recall correctly) in the list that were coming from FACEBOOK and I don't even have a Facebook account. Quite a bit off-topic, apologies for the "rant". But it is kinda related, all these polyfills, from the way I understand it, all come into play NOT because the site you are visiting is employing them, but because they have OUTSOURCED large portions of their "web design". The "chaining" aspect of polyfill disturbs me, sounds similar to what "script kiddies" used to do when they "obfuscated" their code.
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    I think the operative word there is "talked" and it is PAST TENSE. The theory seems to have been dropped and there is no "current" discussion. I think more and more are realizing that non-polyfill javascript engines are "dying", if not already "dead".
  3. NotHereToPlayGames
    Post/thread is basically abandoned by the creator.
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    True. I have much better performance and functionality on my tweaked XP then I ever had with 2000. How about posting a how-to guide on your tweaks? I'm sure "somebody" will be interested (I personally do not have 11 and no plans to - but if your guide can demonstrate true performance improvements, then maybe 11 is in my future).
  5. NotHereToPlayGames
    This seems fitting -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick_on_a_pig
  6. NotHereToPlayGames
    Perhaps the BIGGEST difference is that mine is intended for XP but does work in other OSes. I have a strong "dislike" for XP programs that do not look like XP so my version uses the XP icons.
  7. NotHereToPlayGames
    HUNDREDS of differences. You will have to use both and decide for yourself which is right for you. BOTH have Chinese telemetry removed and they basically are 90% identical to each other. It is that 10% that you basically need to decide for yourself which is right for you. I want to throw a shoe at my monitor every time a Humming Owl version pops up a "nag screen" or I have to hit the "ESC" button to unlock the GUI - but those are first-run only and a matter of personal preference.
  8. NotHereToPlayGames
    Here -- https://msfn.org/board/topic/182993-360-extreme-explorer-arcticfoxie-versions/ I changed my member name from ArcticFoxie to NotHereToPlayGames because of some of the childish behavior that existed here at MSFN a while back but has since "cleaned up its act".
  9. NotHereToPlayGames
    You may need to extract and edit .xml files inside "skin.srx" also.
  10. NotHereToPlayGames
    For my versions (would require slightly different route in Humming Owl versions), you should only need to edit "browser_strings.xml" which is a file inside "en_skin.srx". The .srx is just a renamed .zip extension and should extract with any .zip program you have. View the .xml file using something like Notepad++ and change the English strings to German strings.
  11. NotHereToPlayGames
    Somebody that speaks German would have to create the German language file - I have no interest nor time outside of English. As far as having web sites deliver content in German by default, you should be able to edit the Preferences file and replace "en-US, en" with whatever the German equivalent is. You would have to edit and save the Preferences file while 360Chrome is not running (verify using Task Manager).
  12. NotHereToPlayGames
    I do not have that font issue in my 360Chrome (v11, v12, v13, v13.5). But there are hurdles you have to jump through and it's nearly impossible for me to isolate without knowing "exactly" the context of the screencap you are using to demonstrate font issues.
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    No clue what these screencaps are. You should also disable 3rd Party Fonts by using something like UBlock or uMatrix. Mypal and 360Chrome handle 3rd Party Fonts differently. Again, there will NEVER be a web browser that works 100% "out of the box", you will ALWAYS have to make changes to settings, about:config, chrome://flags, extensions, et cetera. I doubt it will be possible for me (or anyone else here) to walk you through the entire process. You are "used to" Mozilla-based browsers. The BIGGEST mistake that most Mozilla Users have made over the past decade is that they didn't keep up with Chromium-based and only now (the "modern web") are they faced with LEARNING how to use Chromium-based. I say this because I was one of them! I used Mozilla-based for DECADES. Mozilla (in my humble opinion) is DEAD - it's time to learn Chromium-based browsers. Will that change in the future? I HOPE SO. I won't make the same mistake this time around, I intend to "try" to keep up with BOTH so that it isn't a complete start-from-scratch learning curve whenever I "switch back". But for now, as sad as it may be to admit for most around here, CHROMIUM is kicking Mozilla "butt". We ALL have our fingers crossed that the butt-kicking is not "permanent".
  14. NotHereToPlayGames
    Go to chrome://flags and disable DirectWrite.
  15. NotHereToPlayGames
    You will *always* have this on XP! Which web sites show as "insecure" (THOUGH NOT ACTUALLY INSECURE) in one browser versus the next is IRRELEVANT. The bottom line regarding a web sites "padlock" is that you can NOT use XP if you "want" this padlock to indicate "secure" on the "modern web". If you want to use XP (which I myself do!), then you "must" ACCEPT certain "flaws" that come with opting to remain on XP.
  16. NotHereToPlayGames
    Here is 360Chrome v13 and it DOES have a javascript engine capable of the "modern web" and we know this because GitHub displays the "Go to file" button.
  17. NotHereToPlayGames
    Here's a screencap of 360Chrome v11 and it too does not have a javascript engine capable of the "modern web".
  18. NotHereToPlayGames
    Here's a screencap showing the most recent (just this past weekend) out-of-the-box installs for NM27, NM28, Serpent 55, and Serpent 52 and demonstrates that NONE OF THEM have a javascript engine capable of the "modern web".
  19. NotHereToPlayGames
    You will find that NONE of the web browsers in this thread will match that criteria "out of the box". I'll return to show some screencap's as this will take a few minutes to answer fully.
  20. NotHereToPlayGames
    This is the best answer I can find for you -- No two people on the planet use their web browser the same exact way. One user only needs "red and blue" so the "purple" web browser fits 100% of their needs but that web browser fails at "yellow". Et cetera...
  21. NotHereToPlayGames
    Did you keep any data to support this? I was given two laptops with i3's and I've opted to not put XP on these two laptops. I have tested Vista Extended Kernel and was thoroughly unimpressed - I applaud the endeavors of "extending" kernels, but I don't see myself going that route (at least not yet). I have been leaning towards installing Win7 Enterprise on these laptops until I stumbled into this 'claim' regarding Win8.
  22. NotHereToPlayGames
    That option sets 360Chrome to clear the selected items each and every time that you close 360Chrome. The click the button dialog is because the very first time that a user sets this, they could have selected items in the GIGABYTE range, so the prompt is to clear that 'now' instead of waiting for the next closing of 360Chrome.
  23. NotHereToPlayGames
    Love the way you think! And while I am a "conservationist" (I don't "hug trees" but I have a strong dislike towards "wasteful" habits that most folks don't even see as "habits"), I have a different take. I only live 0.7 miles from work. No traffic lights between me and the office, just one 4-way stop sign. One tank of gas in my SUV will get me a MINIMUM of one month, I have been known to stretch ONE tank of gas out for THREE MONTHS. I rollerblade to work, I ride bike to work, but seldom do I "walk" to work. My first year at this job, I peddled bike basically 80% of the time or so. If it wasn't raining, I peddled the bike to and from work. It ended up COSTING me in the long run. The tires on the SUV "dry-rotted", small cracks where it looked like the treads were going to fly off. I was informed it was BECAUSE the truck didn't get driven but once a week or so! The battery needed replaced because it could not start the vehicle in the colder winter. I was informed it was BECAUSE the truck didn't get driven but once a week or so! So in my case, it is far FAR better cost-wise to DRIVE TO WORK but I live so close that I get a MINIMUM of ONE MONTH on ONE tank of gas.
  24. NotHereToPlayGames
    Ah yes, right you are. It has a Services Tab (which I don't actually use) so I assumed it could delay services, my bad. I use it for programs because my OCD "must" have the systray icons in the same EXACT place every reboot.
  25. NotHereToPlayGames
    I use this to delay startup of programs and services. I use version 3.0, unsure if there has been any new updates and don't subscribe to "newer is better" so I'm at v3.0.
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