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I'd also be curious to know if this ties in with "fingerprinting" in any way, shape, or form. Score a ZERO of 42 and you "failed" this new W3C specification but you PASSED "fingerprint vulnerability".

I'm not familiar with this "new W3C specification". I wonder if it's Pass / Fail and a "score" of 1/42 is a PASS and a "score" of 42/42 is a PASS. And a PASS is a PASS, doesn't matter by "how much" ???

I've been working on a "dark theme" to release alongside my publicly-shared rebuilds. One of the nuisances I have found is that I clear my cache with every exit and use "ungoogled" so my GOOGLE cookie is also cleared with every exit. The FIRST visit to Google or YouTube will SOMETIMES be "light" but will always be "dark" if I refresh the page. IRRATATING.

Makes sense, thanks for the info.

Ran the test TEN times on XP x64 SP2 from 360Chrome v11 -- 30 Pass 15 Pass 13 Pass 15 Pass 38 Pass 21 Pass 16 Pass 42 Pass 30 Pass 16 Pass Sorry, zero confidence in a test with no consistent score. Repeating TEN times doesn't have to give the same EXACT result. But nor should it have such a wide range when just hitting REFRESH to repeat the test.

Same exact v11 (ran from USB stick on multiple machines) -- 30 Pass in XP x64 SP2, 38 Pass in Win 7, 5 Pass in XP x86 SP3 single-core AMD Sempron 3100+, 16 Pass in XP x86 SP3 on Intel Core2 Duo T7500, 42 Pass in XP x86 SP3 on Intel Core2 Quad Q6700. If this "test" was truly about the "browser", I shouldn't see such a very wide range when the same exact browser is ran on different machines and different operating systems. A score ranging between 5 and 42 on the same exact browser, same exact operating system, but on different computers? Again, that's not testing the "browser".

Test doesn't even run in Mypal or New Moon 27 - but mine are (intentionally) not the "latest-and-greatest" so that may play a role.

No real concern, but thanks for the info. I'm showing 30 Pass and 12 Not Run for v11.

I'm curious to know which plugins/flags you disable.

H#LL No! I comment on topics I like, PERIOD. I'm not sure if your post here is "conceit" or "ego". Nor am I really sure what the difference is. I visit the Unread and the Active links, the answer to your question is H#LL NO!. I was already active in THIS thread, so I replied. I "see" the HUNDREDS of posts you have in OTHER threads, and H#LL NO!, I do not reply to everything you write. I'll never fully understand you, dear friend. Nor care to, for that matter. You remind me of a "talkative" neighbor that I 'have to' say "hello" to when crossing at the mailbox. Spend 20 minutes in a conversation I wish was over 18 minutes ago. "Neighbors", what can you do? Carry on, wayward son.

AGREED! And that is certainly my goal with my "dark theme"! But yeah, I may have inadvertently mixed the two adjectives in the past, don't know, not concerned. HOWEVER, 360Chrome's 'official' "dark" theme AND mode are tied together, one in the same. If you enable the dark THEME for your SKIN, then it gives you dark MODE for web sites such as Google and YouTube. I agree with you that they should be "absolutely different things". The end-user SHOULD be allowed to set the GUI to "dark" WITHOUT it changing the view of Google and YouTube (there may be others, don't use "dark" to really know).

I just wouldn't really be myself if I didn't mention, yet again, how I so DISLIKE anything-everything "dark mode". But anywhoo...

Bingo! We are in the same exact boat! I have no "loyalty" to ANY web browser - I just want something that WORKS and doesn't have a GUI that looks like it was designed as part of a high school project for extra credit because the student was failing the course otherwise. Selecting a browser has ALWAYS been about PERSONAL PREFERENCE in my view. They ALL have PROS. They ALL have CONS. Anyone that tells you differently is BIASED, whether they will admit that bias or not is often a different story. It's only been within the last four years or so where MAJOR differences came into play. Learning how to change settings that weren't part of the GUI has always been a matter of "learning curve" on how to use Chrome's "flags" or Firefox's "about:config". So in my view it has been DURING the past four years where "brand loyalty" basically became more of a FAMILIARITY ISSUE than anything - some of us learned "flags", some of us learned "about:config", but very few of us truly learned BOTH. The last YEAR of the past FOUR has been particularly "interesting".

That's the name of the program = POP Peeper. It checks IMAP accounts also.

Interesting! Didn't even notice that. If you click the gray padlock, ALL sites are listed as "valid". Even INVALID sites. I don't really pay much attention to "red" or "green" (because malware sites KNOW HOW to get a "green" padlock), but I do still "notice" it and don't like that padlock ALWAYS saying "valid".

My Hotmail accounts are close to 30 years old! I used to have three Yahoo accounts that were also close to 30 years old. POP Peeper v3.8.1 cannot check Yahoo anymore so I let them "expire". Those ancient accounts can't be "tied" to me-the-person, you didn't need to "verify" new accounts back then. I mean, the "law" can track them, they always can (nor do I promote such a world where they cannot, as far as that goes, within "probable cause" of course, no Richard Nixon recordings).

I thought I was bad with two Google accounts (I've let at least three "expire"), two Hotmail accounts, three Yahoo accounts but they should have expired now since I cannot check them with my old POP Peeper, and an Outlook.com account. I stopped using "throw-away" accounts that I had to "create" because now I just use Guerrilla Mail (when allowed, several web sites have caught on and don't allow them anymore).

The Device Log ( chrome://device-log/ ) indicates that DcBrowser searches for local bluetooth devices at startup. Printer? Earbuds? Speakers?

You asked WHY, I didn't say you'd like my answer To be honest, the BIGGEST con I have is the lack of an ALWAYS-ON status bar. Not a fan of hover-only status bars. Agreed

Not to judge a book by its cover, but I will not be watching those YouTube videos.

I'm with @Mr.Scienceman2000. Just because .js is coming from HTTPS instead of HTTP, that doesn't mean I'm going to start "blindly" trusting it!

I use XP. I hate hate hate when Chromium browsers don't use the system-wide title bar with system-wide close/minimize/maximize/restore icons. All of my computers, including laptops, have multiple monitors. DCBrowser's Chromium title bar (which is alreay my first dislike) has a context menu, that context menu only works on my primary monitor. I do not like the gigantic upper left logo - I could probably fix this (and system-wide title bar) with my own "theme" (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant my time with this browser). It should be small and fit in a standard XP title bar. The GUI menu font is "narrow" and looks "squished". The GUI menu for "Open new tab", "Open new window", and "Open new incognito window" all only say "Open new..." The GUI menu for "Save page" and "Save as image" do not have a SPACE between the function name and the keyboard shortcut. It uses Internet Explorer's proxy dialog instead of having its own proxy setup - I could add an extension like I used to use in Chromium v49 (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). Too many folders are stored outside its own folder - I could probably fix this by adding a portable wrapper (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). There is no option for the "status bar" to ALWAYS be present - I have a very strong dislike for hover-only status bars, they "hide" information on certain types of "hovers" (.bat files used to be exploited this way, you can click on a .bat file and never know it). I see no way to disable it attempting to fetch a spell-check dictionary - I do not use spell-check dictionaries and "fetching" them is a kind of telemetry. "slosing" typo in Tab settings for multiple tabs - I could probably fix this (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). It uses DirectWrite font rendering and does not have the flag to disable it. It embeds Google's Cloud Print API and this API has been depracated for over a year - I could probably fix this (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing do). BrowserAudit shows 10 warnings and I only have 4 in v11. There is a BrowserMetrics file that it stores in the User Data folder. It's 4MB huge and the time stamp is updated every LAUNCH but with the timestamp of the PREVIOUS CLOSE. This is highly suspicious to me! There is a WidevineCdm folder in the User Data folder. It is empty but this strikes me as evidence that it will install Widevine by itself and will not ask me if I do not want it installed. I do not want it installed. There is a Safe Browsing folder and two Safe Browsing files. "Safe Browsing" is generally a code word for "we are tracking you, but we do this for your own good". I do not want such features that I don't have a way of opting-out. Cloud Print and Web Store data is not cleared when you set the preference to clear on exit - I could probably fix this by "ungoogling" it (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). The Settings -> Conventional -> Cache location references TSBrowser instead of DCBrowser - I could probably fix this (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). Settings -> About calls it DcBrower, lowercase C and no S - I could probably fix this (but I do not have enough "likes" to warrant doing so). It connects to Google on every launch. it attempts to ping my IPS DNS six times with every launch - it returns a "Name Error" and is likely a "network discovery" or "Chromecast" connection. Users were up in arms if we did not prevent this in 360Chrome so why allow it in DCBrowser? To name just a few...

The one I really get a kick out of is SRWare Iron. Also promotes itself as "privacy oriented". FALSE ADVERTISING. They only remove "half" of Google Telemetry but REPLACE IT with SRWare Telemetry. Telemetry is Telemetry. We don't want any of it! I think Iridium is probably the best as far as little to no telemetry (though I personally have very little experience with Iridium as I do love my XP and Iridium does require Win7 or higher).

I do not recall ever hearing you mention this flag, to be honest, but don't care either as far as that goes, life is too short The flag does have like 6 or 8 different "enable" styles (cannot verify as I use v11 by default and that flag is not in v11). And as you know, I do not use "dark mode" (never will ). I am about 80% complete with my own "dark theme" skin for users of my builds, so I'm not completely ignoring the useless-to-me "dark mode" Oh, and the ROCO screenshot is making me say this, can't quite place 'why', but here goes... "Rock On!"...

I recommend Comodo also, for those taking the software-approach for a firewall. I prefer hardware + wireless. I did use Comodo for a good 10 to 15 years before buying this house. I prefer the security of wireless over wired but alway used Comodo when connecting "direct".