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5 hours ago, Monroe said:

I did get some assistance from Yogi at the K-Meleon forum as to why I could not install uBlock Origin to New Moon 28.

Posted by: Yogi
Date: August 01, 2018

Web extensions work only with Firefox Quantum.

This is the legacy extension of uBlock which works with Firefox 52 and probably with its forks depending on how old the code of those forks is.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/firefox-legacy-1.16.4.4

The above link works with Basilisk, so probably New Moon 28 as well. Just click on the .xpi file then tell your browser it's OK to download....

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On 2/3/2018 at 1:14 AM, Monroe said:

Would like to know the location of the default New Moon user agent. I am not able to find it in 'about:config' ... I am getting this reading at a user agent ID site:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/3.4 Firefox/52.9 PaleMoon/27.8.0a1

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Better late than never, but here (I believe) is the answer:

The default user agent string normally isn't stored in the prefs; instead, it's built on-the-fly. However, you can create a string pref "general.useragent.override" which can contain whatever user agent string you want; e.g., "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.9" will make it look like you're running Firefox 52.9 on Windows 7.

Moreover, if pref "general.useragent.site_specific_overrides" is "true" (the default), you can create string prefs of the format "general.useragent.override.www.mysite.com" which can contain a special user agent string only for www.mysite.com.

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Mathwiz ... thanks for moving some of the topic as heinoganda suggested. I did add uBlock Origin to Basilisk (Serpent) and will add it to NM 28 also. I may also add it to K-Meleon, the version that roytam1 is working on. I'm not sure how it works so I can have it installed and check the results over time.

2 hours ago, Mathwiz said:

The default user agent string normally isn't stored in the prefs; instead, it's built on-the-fly. However, you can create a string pref "general.useragent.override" which can contain whatever user agent string you want; e.g., "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.9" will make it look like you're running Firefox 52.9 on Windows 7.

Also, thanks for this information and the user agent ... I will use it.

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2 hours ago, Monroe said:

Mathwiz ... thanks for moving some of the topic as heinoganda suggested. I did add uBlock Origin to Basilisk (Serpent) and will add it to NM 28 also. I may also add it to K-Meleon, the version that roytam1 is working on.

Although we were just trying to tame zippyshare.com so you could download one of heinoganda's files, I realized it would be of interest to other users of Roytam's XP browser builds. So this thread seemed the most logical place to respond.

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New Palemoon 27 Build!
* This build is beyond official 27.9.4 build.

32bit https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180804-065137b07-xpmod.7z
32bit SSE https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180804-065137b07-xpmod-sse.7z
32bit noSSE https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win32-git-20180804-065137b07-xpmod-ia32.7z

64bit https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-27.9.1a1.win64-git-20180804-065137b07-xpmod.7z

source repo: https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27

repo changes since my last build:
- import changes from tenfourfox: Bug 1397811, Bug 1411458, Bug 1406750, Bug 1347639, Bug 1371908, Bug 1357711 (065137b07)

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New regular/weekly KM-Goanna release:
https://o.rthost.cf/kmeleon/KM-Goanna-20180804.7z

Changelog:

Out-of-tree changes:
* switched Goanna repo to https://github.com/roytam1/palemoon27
* update Goanna3 to git 1e0176c7d...065137b07:
- import changes from tenfourfox: Bug 1397811, Bug 1411458, Bug 1406750, Bug 1347639, Bug 1371908, Bug 1357711 (065137b07)

* Notice: the changelog above may not always applicable to XULRunner code which K-Meleon uses.

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Hi everyone,

I have run into a problem with Google Maps using the latest build of New Moon 27.9. on my Windows XP SP3 machine.

The map can be seen at first, but then, as more data is loaded, the map starts to flicker and only a black screen remains.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? What could be the cause?

It's working OK with Firefox 52.9 ESR.

 

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New build of basilisk/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.1.win32-git-20180804-f1f409190-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.cf/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.1.win64-git-20180804-f1f409190-xpmod.7z

diff: https://o.rthost.cf/basilisk/UXP-xp-gitdiff-20180606.7z

PM28XP pre-release build:
Win32 https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.0.0b4.win32-git-20180804-f1f409190-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.cf/palemoon/palemoon-28.0.0b4.win64-git-20180804-f1f409190-xpmod.7z

Official repo changes since my last build:
- [PALEMOON] [frontend vs backend] Implemented "originPrincipal" and "triggeringPrincipal" (8d42d5cad)
- Merge pull request #680 from janekptacijarabaci/pm_principal_origin-triggering_1 (43cebecad)
- Remove dead WebApps code. (017cb0351)
- Remove dead Help Viewer skin mapping from Toolkit (68198c587)
- Enable d3d9 accelerated layers as a fallback. (f7b00e782)
- Merge pull request #681 from JustOff/PR_remove_helpviewer_skin (a92253e8d)
- Disable battery API by default to reduce private data exposure to the web (66d949a32)
- Tune the network stack (b450f90cd)
- Merge pull request #685 from trav90/default-pref-updates (ddb2b9768)
- Bug 1335296 - Expand about:support WebGL information (e7f7100ba)
- Bug 1341957 - Add webgl.getSupportedExtensions() to about:support (d84ee90be)
- Version bump (d66259dc9)
- Update HSTS preload list (e79f2ee69)
- Merge pull request #688 from janekptacijarabaci/about-support_WebGL-information_expand_1 (f8761cf8c)
- Fix theme/os mismatch with full screen/private browsing caption buttons on Macintosh (803dfd7b1)
- Link to developer site from readme. (f1f409190)

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3 hours ago, ivanbuto said:

Hi everyone,

I have run into a problem with Google Maps using the latest build of New Moon 27.9. on my Windows XP SP3 machine.

The map can be seen at first, but then, as more data is loaded, the map starts to flicker and only a black screen remains.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? What could be the cause?

It's working OK with Firefox 52.9 ESR.

 

same will happen with 52.9 as you're running out of memory.

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5 hours ago, roytam1 said:

same will happen with 52.9 as you're running out of memory.

But it did not happen with 52.9. I have 2 GB of RAM on the machine. I will test again and take a look at memory consumption while loading Google Maps.

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With NM28 Browser ; on the USER AGENT MODE (Compatibility) setting, I had changed to NATIVE for it. And that created PROBLEMS for me in Rendering HTML properly. Which, I was NOT clear on WHY that I was having problems on Rendering HTML. So, I posted a message here 'crying' about it, and ROYTAM did immediately suggest to check for FIREFOX COMPATIBILITY (USER AGENT MODE). And that immediately SOLVED my problems. NOT sure if that pertains to any other recent messages here. But now, once in awhile at least, I CHECK to see that the NM28 Browser is STILL set to FIREFOX COMPATIBILITY (USER AGENT MODE). THANKS again to ROYTAM to reply and help me in the past on this issue.

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As far as LOW RAM issues and NM28 Browser -->

Here, I have to use the TASK MANAGER (WinXP OS Program) to CLOSE NM28 Browser somewhat frequently. What happens here, is that over time, the NM28 Browser begins to get 'locked up' in SLOW MODE trying to access my DISK CACHE of Files, because I have 'used up' my RAM memory (that I can figure it out). The solution is to CLOSE the NM28 Browser via the TASK MANAGER, and then REOPEN it. I use the TASK MANAGER to verify that RAM has been freed up fully again. It can take like 10 seconds for the NM28 Browser (palemoon.exe) to EXIT from the executing 'PROGRAM STACK' listing (TASK MANAGER).

This is NOT ideal, having to CLOSE and REOPEN the NM28 Browser this way, somewhat regular. BUT, NM28 remains STABLE. It does NOT 'lock up' or 'crash' on me. It just SLOWS DOWN (drops to HEAVY DISK CACHE usage) in a significant manner over time. Which, to FULLY CLOSE (via TASK MANAGER) and REOPEN the NM28 Browser is a LOT faster than having to do a FULL REBOOT of the WinXP OS. So, NOT complaining here at all. More offering a strategy to 'keep on going' with the NM28 Browser. For me, the STABILITY of the NM28 Browser on my Very RAM Limited, OLD and SLOW WinXP Laptop is a WINNER here. THANKS to ROYTAM for NM28 Browser.

 

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On 8/4/2018 at 6:14 AM, roytam1 said:

same will happen with 52.9 as you're running out of memory.

So here is a screenshot... the memory usage did not exceed 400 MB while loading Google Maps. The computer has 2 GB RAM. So I doubt it's a memory problem. As I mentioned previously, the map does show briefly at first, but then goes into black. Street View doesn't work either.

Has no one else encountered this issue?

Is there a configuration preference that I could try to modify that might help?

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1 hour ago, ivanbuto said:

So here is a screenshot... the memory usage did not exceed 400 MB while loading Google Maps. The computer has 2 GB RAM. So I doubt it's a memory problem. As I mentioned previously, the map does show briefly at first, but then goes into black. Street View doesn't work either.

Has no one else encountered this issue?

Is there a configuration preference that I could try to modify that might help?

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did you try PM28XP?

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ivanbuto said:


The computer has 2 GB RAM. So I doubt it's a memory problem. As I mentioned previously, the map does show briefly at first, but then goes into black. Street View doesn't work either.
Has no one else encountered this issue?
Is there a configuration preference that I could try to modify that might help?



Would much like to know too if it's just a pref!
Have a very similar prob, although with another (very old) browser and another map service. But the behaviour is the same: first the map works, but when moving or zooming it soon gets a hickup and is broken, needing a browser restart. That nonsense started only 1-2 years ago. About the same time when the SSL cypher overlap probs got epidemic in old browsers. And some major websites started getting hickups in the middle of a session too and refused to connect anymore, out of the blue. Just like the maps, and only after a restart everything starts working again. For a long time I felt it's rather random and suspected RAM too, and also it seemed like after a restart the servers were happy with getting 'older' cyhpers, but during the session started requesting more and more 'newer cyphers' which I don't have. But some day I noticed: those sites just do not like to be INTERRUPTED while loading encrypted stuff! For example when hitting the Stop-button etc. It's like they wait for some final confirmation that everything encrypted which started loading has also finished, or otherwise they close the door for the rest of session. This theory also suits well to map loading: when zooming and moving around quickly, tiles start to load but before finished I've already moved or zoomed further.

As mentioned, that's on another (very old) browser and system and other map service, but that behaviour looks suspiciously similar.
The big question is: is that behaviour fully enforced by the servers only or does it perhaps depend from some browser pref too??
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