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  1. NotHereToPlayGames
    Sweet! I am a big fan of "benchmark" scores. I do think that some of them can be misleading, but at the same time they are a great way to compare browser performance (especially on the same machine, not necessarily between two different machines). I say "misleading" because I often compare Chrome-based to Mozilla-based and Chrome-based ALWAYS wins! BUT when a Chrome-based scores 40,000 and a Mozilla-based scores literally HALF at 20,000 you would think you would NOTICE such a difference when "browsing" the internet - BUT YOU DON'T! I also cite my own v11 compared to my own v12. v12 scores higher in "benchmarks" but I really like v11 because after a reboot the GUI loads in under THREE seconds compared to it taking SIX seconds for v12 (and v13, NM, Basilisk, Mypal! [4.0s to 6.5s for all of these]) But despite v12 scoring "higher", real-world page-load times show v11 to load pages faster.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_VPRCtiUg
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    I have an old Compaq Presario SR1520NX lying around gathering dust. Sempron 3100+ @ 1.8 GHz, 2 GB @ 400 MHz PC3200 SDRAM. I'll install XP x86 SP2 on it one of these weekends for future testing purposes. Might be a few weekends though, in the middle of a DIY bathroom remodel. All interior walls being replaced, new bath/shower/toilet/vanity, pocket door for bathroom to have a second door accessible from back yard.
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    What do you mean when you say "no GPU" ? ps - it's not a "competition", it's just that I specifically test all of my builds across several benchmarks and mine win here, on this hardware, I won't lose any sleep over it not winning on "everybody's" hardware my only way to test XP x86 SP2 is via VirtualBox and it's a NIGHTMARE to get it to connect online.
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    My v11 scored 1901 on that test with WebGL disabled.
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    Your numbers do match @IXOYE's XP SP2 numbers with @Humming Owl posting slightly higher results. Your results show my 13 rebuild 4 to not only post the HIGHEST number for v13 but also the LOWEST number for v13. I don't really like tests with results all over the place (wide variance) like that. I prefer tests where the results are like what you scored for my 12 rebuild 5 -- one low "outlier" (18067) [outliers get tossed in many forms of statistical analysis], the other three all within 63 points of each other. 63 points when the average is 18,509 -- that's an "accuracy" of 0.35% My 13 rebuild 4 did the same thing -- one high "outlier", the other three all within 178 points of the 17,566 average, an accuracy of 1.01% Not sure why Humming Owl's versions have such a wide variance and much more "all over the place".
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    Mypal 27.9.4 == 30,962 New Moon 27.10.0 (2021-09-17) == 27,190 Serpent 52.9.0 (2021-09-16) == 40,661 Serpent 2021.09.10 (ie, 55) == 41,750
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    I find your http://antutu.com/html5/ test results a little hard to believe. Possible, but still hard to believe. Can you run the test three times in each browser and see if you just had a "bad run" the first time you ran it? my v11 -- my v12 -- Humming Owl's v12 --
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    I had to have the ROI talk with a brother and sister when I remodeled the laundry room. They were pushing left and right for the high-efficiency washer and dryer models over my no-thrills bottom-of-the-line but still has EIGHTEEN different dial settings. And I only ever use TWO of them! They bought their washer and dryer based on the yellow EnergyGuide sticker. But was totally CLUELESS on what the yellow sticker actually says (intentionally decieved by the salesman, I have no doubt). That one is for a refrigerator but it still shows my point. My brother and sister both thought that the $67 was how much that model SAVED compared to a different model - despite it saying Estimated Yearly Operating Cost right there in black and wh.. er.. yellow. And neither one of them even noticed the SCALE and the RANGE displayed UNDER that $67. The energy-effcient costs $57 per year, this model costs $67 per year, a low-end cheap model costs $74 per year to operate. $67 minus $57, that high-dollar energy-efficient model saves $10 per year in electricity. But costs $800 to $1200 more than a simple model without the STUPID ice dispenser in the door - and then some if you want a digital display on the door telling you how cold it is inside the freezer. According to the National Association of Home Builders, an average refrigerator lasts about 13 years. $10 in savings per year spanning that 13yr life span is only $130 - and you spent $800 to $1200 more than the simple model because it was "saving you money" ??? Good Luck With That lol...
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    Most new visitors walk into the living room and always are like, "Holy cow! What's your electric bill?". I always reply, "Less than yours" and they just laugh like I don't know what I'm talking about. So I always have to prove it to them! So I ask them, "How often do you do laundry?" Typical answer is always EIGHT TO TEN loads EVERY WEEK! (Families with one to three kids). $0.1029 per kWh. Me -- 50" LED TV = 95 watts turned on 16hrs/day = $4.76/month 32" LED TV = 55 watts turned on 2hrs/day = $0.52/month 20 watts per monitor turned on 10hrs/day = $3.15/month TWO loads of laundry per MONTH -- washer roughly 1000 watts and a 30 minute cycle = $0.10/month... dryer roughly 3000 watts and a 45 minute cycle = $0.46/month So just the TVs/monitors/washer/dryer runs me roughly $8.99/month (my bill is higher than that, throw a refrigerator and your air conditioner costs in the mix and those with washer and dryer are bulk of electric usage). Them -- eight loads of laundry every week = 32/month... no TV factored in, no computer factored in... washer = $1.60/month dryer = $7.36/month $8.96/month (their TV is costing them more than $0.03/month - I win!) Them -- ten loads of laundry every week = 40/month washer = $2.00/month dryer = $9.20/month $11.20/month (I win!) Eight to ten loads of laundry per week seems EXCESSIVE to me, but these people SWEAR BY IT. I'll rotate through three pairs of jeans for two to four weeks between washes. I honestly cannot fathom how a family can run the washer and dryer DAILY let alone WEEKLY, but again, they SWEAR BY IT.
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    Newer Basilisk versions do test better than they did a year or two ago, back on par with late 2019 versions. Not that they varied "that far", but I try to eek out every bit of performance that I can.
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    The Basilisk (52) file names will have a -g4.x portion in their file name. g4.1 and early g4.2 versions were the worst performers as far as benchmark tests. Early g4.5 seemed fine but by late g4.5 and anything newer all slowed down considerably compared to the g4.3 and g4.4 versions. And the g4.4 releases tended to slow down a tiny bit with each weekly update. I'm showing the best Basilisk to be basilisk52-g4.4.win32-git-20190727-9b0ff0e8b-xpmod.
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    Also while some people get an extra cable TV box for a different room in the house, I have two cable TV boxes right here in my little corner of the universe. And an audio mixer that plays BOTH of the TVs and my brain is trained to be able to follow the audio on one and tune the other out, then switch on a dime and follow the opposite TV and tune out the other. Not that both TVs play 100% of the time, depends on the "news" of the day. And when I watch sports, I only "watch" sports, I seldom actually "listen" to sports (dislike broadcasters not rooting for the same team I'm rooting for!).
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    I personally wish there was a way to port the cubeb fix into 27.9.4 and 28.2.2. Or any version, for that matter, but those two are my favorites.
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    I was actually scouring some of my archives for an informed answer and @cmccaff1 posted while I was still scouring. I agree with everything that @cmccaff1 just posted. I personally take a "benchmark" approach and one of the benchmarks that I often use is called Basemark Web 3.0 -- https://web.basemark.com/ That particular benchmark would crash NM27 and NM28 - but please note that this pertains to versions a year old or so (I have been focusing more on 360Chrome lately than Roytam builds). But what I found at that time is that the OLDER (two years old versus one year old) versions of NM27 and NM28 would not crash when running Basemark Web 3.0. And you tied my hands in only offering those three options because my benchmarks show Mypal to perform better on low end systems. My personal favorite for low end systems is Mypal version 27.9.4. Mypal version 27.8.3 is also very good for low end systems. As is Mypal version 27.6.2. If I "had to" go with NM27 then my choice would be 27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180707. That version of NM27 should be able to do take anything you throw at it. My secondary backup for "modern" compatibility in the rare cases that 27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180707 won't work, I would use NM28's 28.1.0a1.win32-git-20180922.
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    Updated links for my v11 and v12 rebuilds. These now by default assume the user wishes to keep cookies from session to session (my logins would stay logged in from session to session, "mileage may vary"). I personally clear cache and cookies at every browser exit but several users new to my builds prefer session-to-session workability and more advanced users will know how to change settings and the loader .ini for more advanced needs. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2roh9848dwapzy1/360ChromePortable_11.0.2031_rebuild_1.zip https://www.dropbox.com/s/55z2z082oeu87m9/360ChromePortable_12.0.1247_rebuild_5.zip
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    Can't use Google-supplied themes in 360Chrome. Creating themes for 360Chrome isn't difficult but it can be time-consuming. Navigate to your 360Chrome's folder and hunt for the "Application" folder. It will contain a sub-folder with this naming scheme -- version.0.build.0 For example, I'm posting this from 360Chrome version 11 build 2031 so that sub-folder is named 11.0.2031.0. That sub-folder will contain a "skin" folder. The "skin" folder will contain several .srx files. An .srx file is just a .zip file with the extension renamed to .srx. 7zip will extract them. Extract one of the .srx files and take a peek at some of the files - you should be able to determine pretty quickly if creating a skin will be over your head or within your capabilities. I was actually going to create a Win2k skin a while back but decided the time and effort didn't pique my interest for something that I myself would never use. But it really wouldn't be that difficult for somebody that has the time to throw at it.
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    Please post your guide in a thread on MSFN and I will be happy to follow the guide and post my results within that same thread.
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    I've opted to remove this from my builds afterall. I like how it pulls your local favicon for a bookmarked URL but dislike it fetching an icon for www.am while I am in the process of typing www.amazon.com, as an example.
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    I think that we need a detailed step-by-step guide on how to create the executable. I realize that Pale Moon provides these "details" - but has anyone HERE tried them? I have and they do not work! I have heard LINUX users say that they work, but I have never been able to get them to work in WINDOWS.
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    My rebuilds use the loader .ini file, Humming Owl rebuilds do not.
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    That was it! Good find! Trial runs with and without that icon and I'm going to go ahead and keep it. I just didn't like the idea of URL Suggestions or Prediction Services kicking in but this is not related to those features.
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    lol, no prob. I just didn't want to add it to my next uploaded rebuild if I didn't know "what" it was doing or "if" it was needed. The "_" at the beginning and ending inside the quotation marks is also not needed. Thanks for the find! I personally have no interest in videos (on the computer) any higher than 720p but I certainly understand why the capability needs to be there for those that do have that preference.
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    I do not delete these because they are re-created every time that a new browser session is launched. I have not seen these ever get "updated" or "added to" from session to session. By deleting these files, the computer just has to consume CPU cycles and HDD read/writes to recreate a file with each and every browser launch that is otherwise only created when a new profile is created. edit: I do not save passwords and clear cookies and cache on exit, otherwise I suspect that the "Login Data" file would get updated or added to from session to session. But since it does not and I only show it created when a new profile is created, I just let it "sit there" instead of recreating it with each and every browser launch.
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    Limited searches on it shows that it is not part of the UA and it's what is called a "field code". More field codes can be found from here -- https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s07.html
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