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My default for the longest time was Roytam's NewMoon v27 (primarily due to preferred formatting in Stylem user styles over NewMoon v28) [before that I always used GreenBrowser + Proxomitron and that combo worked for close to a DECADE]. One of my savings account web sites links to a retirement IRA account and that was the one-and-only web site that would not work in NM27 or NM28 - the savings account side would but the IRA side would not. But the funny thing there was that I then downgraded to a MyPal v27 that was OVER TWO YEARS OLD at the time and that one-and-only web site would WORK in it. Proving once again that "newer" is not always "better". But it was also short-lived and before I knew it I had to use THREE DIFFERENT BROWSERS -- FOUR if you count Google Voice from an ungoogled-chromium running in a Win7 VM. That was the straw that broke this camels back! Having to resort to FOUR different web browsers was a bit INSANE. Especially when a decade ago or so, you could create your own context menus in pretty much every browser out there but browsers nowadays don't allow for that and it is viewed as a "security vulnerability" instead of a "useful feature". I loved the days where I could be browsing along in one browser, right-click a link and open that link in another browser, then do the same from that browser, bouncing from browser to browser all from context menus or right-click drop-downs. You probably still can, to be honest, but you have to jump through too many hoops nowadays because software developers have to "dumb it down" 'for the masses' and "protect us" from what they perceive as "vulnerabilities". But like I say, using FOUR browsers on a daily basis was the straw that broke this camel's back, it was time to STOP THE MADNESS. That is when I found 360Chrome. I'm not claiming it to be "perfect", don't get me wrong. BUT NEITHER WAS ANYTHING ELSE SINCE I HAD TO RELY ON FOUR DIFFERENT BROWSERS!

I strip out swiftshader and disable WebGL so unless you added them back and enabled yourself, then you weren't really comparing apples-to-apples when comparing to Firefox-based browsers. I've never had any luck on any browser with hardware acceleration, haven't for several years - but that's quite likely just my hardware (six computers). There really is only "so much" that can be done as far as a go-to YouTube - I've never had anywhere NEAR the issues that others reported as far as YouTube is concerned (I can't really debug what I can't witness firsthand). The MOST RECENT upload for 2206 is reported to do better on YouTube than 2250. Over-clocking a 2.8 GHz to 3 GHz could be causing some instability in-and-of-itself. I do seem to recall reading that most hardware acceleration pertains to Intel and not AMD, but my reading on that is a bit dated. I'd be interested to hear if the MOST RECENT upload for 2206 works out better for you. My version numbers are actually going BACKWARD. 2250 caused stability issues so I ditched it and reverted to 2206. I plan on a 1006 version later down the road - but again, I'm going BACKWARD because OLDER versions are more stable than "newer".

To Do: I plan on digging into "ungoogled-chromium" as far as some of the embedded extensions discussed earlier in this thread. I plan on my rebuild going the same route as "ungoogled-chromium" as far as disabling or keeping embedded extensions. That's likely a couple weeks out.

I have done several cosmetic tweaks since my last update. I'm officially done tweaking and have everything where I like it. Only need to download and replace one file -- https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzafuzylfgpvqzu/options.zip?dl=0 I don't remember the full list, but to name a few of the changes -- Extensions text on Settings - Basic now lines up with above tabs that were shifted to allow Mouse Gestures to fit even when bold/selected Search dropdown box in Settings - Basic now smaller and text is centered Overall padding between sections has been reduced so most pages don't popup a scrollbar on a 1920x1080 screen Font Size for custom font smaller and centered Switch Tab milliseconds box smaller (I think this one was already centered) Download location boxes larger (admittedly to fit my exact folder selection) Advanced Tab Web Content boxes now displayed in-line with surrounding text Lab Tab prerender box smaller (now the same size as other boxes used throughout various settings) Power Save percentage box now displayed in-line with surrounding text (basically adds a space between the box and the start of the text that follows the box) Security Tab green-box caret now aligns with checkbox

For your mixed content preference (if I follow), add the below line to the very end of the Parameters line in the [FileToRun] section of your 360Loader.ini file, make sure there is a space between the new command and the previous command: --enable-strict-mixed-content-checking For your tls preference, I think you need to set a min and a max both to 1.2, add the following: --ssl-version-min=tls1.2 --ssl-version-max=tls1.2 Either that or you might just need the following: --tls1.2 For reference -- https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ I would personally always use 360Loader.ini over "flags", but that's because I can do more with "switches" than I can with "flags".

ps - have you tried this in an Admin-Rights Command Prompt window - powercfg.exe /hibernate off

I would be interested to see if it does it WITHOUT any VMs running. Maybe that would at least isolate it to whatever you use for VMs (VirtualBox?).

Oh, I also compared RAM with and without those five embedded extensions - no noticable difference. Also why I provided the resources.pak file numbers so again under the guide of "trust, but verify" so people who are following can see for themselves how TINY those embedded extensions are. Don't misread, I applaud and appreciate learning something new (disabling embedded extensions) - but again, I saw ZERO performance gain. Is that due to XP? I suppose it is possible.

It's honestly not that simple. I am from the Ronald Reagan Era - Trust, but verify. Which was not coined by Reagan, just popularized by Reagan. The Russian Proverb is actually a bit cooler because it rhymes - Doveryai, no proveryai. I never trust any claims on performance without witnessing a quantitative and repeatable measurement that others can use on their system as well - which is why I tested the performance claim using PassMark AppTimer. Without some form of quantitative and repeatable measurement, all we really have is some form of Placebo Effect or some form of "gut feeling".

Load times after reboot -- 6.3227 0.5036 0.5153 0.5105 Load times after reverting changes and keeping these inside resources.pak (no reboot) -- 0.4841 0.4948 0.4821 0.4841 According to PassMark AppTimer, my 360Chrome actually loads FASTER when I KEEP these embedded extensions. With them being Chromium/Chrome upstream files and in no way tied to China or Russia, I'm kinda leaning towards the side of keeping them. At least until I can find some proof that they are making connections behind my back (which I have not seen yet). The "feedback" one is kinda the only one that bugs me - but I also only think it "does" anything if you yourself click on a Help - About - Feedback link.

Okay, so I successfully removed PDF Viewer, CryptoToken, Feedback, and Cloud Print and everything seems to be working without them. Load times BEFORE removing them -- 0.4871 0.4907 0.4938 0.5447 Load times AFTER removing them -- 0.5064 0.5096 0.5037 0.5163 Rebooting and timing a load of first run after a reboot -- reference reboot first-start is 6.7134 and 6.1693

I couldn't get my 360Chrome to launch if I removed the above manifest.json's embedded in resources.pak by way of hex editor. Revisiting the route of unpacking, isolating pertinent files, then repacking. 156 == PDF Viewer 162 == CryptoToken 160 == Feedback 152 == Cloud Print not found == Identity API Scope Approval UI --> will attempt to kill again via hex editor

Note to self -- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/71.0.3578.98/chrome/browser/resources/pdf/manifest.json https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/refs/heads/main/chrome/browser/resources/cryptotoken/manifest.json https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/refs/heads/main/chrome/browser/resources/feedback/manifest.json Cloud Print deprecated December 2020 - unable to find manifest.json - removed code from "name:" through "display_in_launcher": false https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/refs/heads/main/chrome/browser/resources/identity_scope_approval_dialog/manifest.json

Preserving offset locations for reference.

I think I found a way. Replaced sections with "20s".

Found it. But how do you "remove" it?

Okay, what do you mean when you say OFFSET 13022 ??? When I unpack resources.pak, I do not get any FILE by the name 13022.

2205 ??? I don't have a 2205 anywhere. Did you mean 2250? If so, it's been abandoned.

Font and DPI settings fixed and new upload is ready for download, same link as above and reposting link here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2pwk0551kbe4b8/360ChromePortable%20%20--%20%20Build%202206%20-%20MSFN%20rebuild%20v2.zip?dl=0

en-US.pak This can work after browser restart, it will cause some views display exception if tht font is too big --> Setting font too large can cause display issues on some sites (requires restart) == file 6570

Yep

There are some "command switches" for DPI and that setting may pertain to those. But as mentioned, I have no clue and haven't seen that setting "do" anything in the Chinese or Russian versions either.

I assume that the custom DPI lets the web page that you are visiting set the DPI instead of using your system DPI. I have not seen that setting do anything in the original Chinese release or the repack Russian release. I'll have a custom font size change shortly but I'll upload again as the same file name. Also will change Use custom DPI to Do not use system DPI - but technically I have no clue what this setting is "supposed" to do. I'll post when you can re-download.

Updated build 2206 rebuild has been uploaded. Did not do any changes with Chinese Avatar (I don't use the Avatar but I'll visit that at some point). No resources changed as of yet, the discussed resource changes also exist in "vanilla" Chromium so I'm unsure as of yet on their removal. 360Loader.ini has been reverted to default format as far as cache and cookie management - but the settings to keep cache and cookies between sessions will require the end-user to visit the pertinent settings. https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2pwk0551kbe4b8/360ChromePortable%20%20--%20%20Build%202206%20-%20MSFN%20rebuild%20v2.zip?dl=0

en-US.pak Set boss key... --> Set boss key == file 6053