Supermium

[hidao]

14 minutes ago, Dave-H said:

I've used this program with great success to register programs with the system.
It works fine on XP.

could it mod the data folder path?

[Dave-H]

No, but you can do that with a switch.
I use a launcher to run Supermium on XP, and its INI file contains the necessary switch.

--user-data-dir="D:\Program Files\Supermium\User Data"

You can also, of course, just add it to the shortcut you use to run the program.
The disadvantage of that, I found, is that you need to add it to all the places in the registry that the program is run from too.
I found the launcher solution much easier, as you just run the launcher from the registry and from the shortcut, and the switches are then automatically applied.
If you need to change them, you can just change them in the launcher's INI file, and job done!

[Sampei.Nihira]

I noticed that a new version of Supermium for W.10/11 was released 2 days ago.
Could any forum member show me how the browser is looking at the sandbox level?

I would also be curious to know if the outgoing Internet Cache,when you have set the data deletion on closing the browser remains as disastrously high as that of Chrome?

Edited yesterday at 01:22 PM by Sampei.Nihira

[NotHereToPlayGames]

34 minutes ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

if the outgoing Internet Cache,when you have set the data deletion on closing the browser remains as disastrously high as that of Chrome

You're doing something wrong.  My cache clears at every session-close.

[hidao]

1 hour ago, Dave-H said:

No, but you can do that with a switch.
I use a launcher to run Supermium on XP, and its INI file contains the necessary switch.

--user-data-dir="D:\Program Files\Supermium\User Data"

You can also, of course, just add it to the shortcut you use to run the program.
The disadvantage of that, I found, is that you need to add it to all the places in the registry that the program is run from too.
I found the launcher solution much easier, as you just run the launcher from the registry and from the shortcut, and the switches are then automatically applied.
If you need to change them, you can just change them in the launcher's INI file, and job done!

I want to make Supermium to the default broswer,and mod the data folder path, portable launcher only can mod the data path,--make default browser only can make it to the default broswer

Edited yesterday at 02:39 PM by hidao

[Dave-H]

The Portable Registrator program should make it the default browser, or at least register it with Windows so you can do it manually.
I would try that rather than just using the switch.
If it were that easy to make it the default browser on XP just by using the switch, there would be no problem, and the developer would have probably built that option in.
Making a browser the default I think uses a very different mechanism on XP than it does on later versions of Windows.

[Sampei.Nihira]

2 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

You're doing something wrong.  My cache clears at every session-close.

I didn't understand if you are talking about Supermium or Chrome.
My curiosity is for Supermium.

Chrome (which I don't use) has a monstrous Internet Cache.

Internet Cache= folder cache,GPU cache,Code cache,Service Worker,CrX_cache,Shader Cache........

What about the sandbox situation of Supermium?

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Sampei.Nihira

[hidao]

52 minutes ago, Dave-H said:

The Portable Registrator program should make it the default browser, or at least register it with Windows so you can do it manually.
I would try that rather than just using the switch.
If it were that easy to make it the default browser on XP just by using the switch, there would be no problem, and the developer would have probably built that option in.
Making a browser the default I think uses a very different mechanism on XP than it does on later versions of Windows.

look at this project https://github.com/Bush2021/chrome_plus

it could mod the data path, and you can use cmdline make it to the defualt broswer, but but but it unuseful to XP

[Dave-H]

Yes, I'm well aware of that project, I use it with Supermium on Windows 10!
It's a great thing, but as you rightly say, it does not work with Windows XP.

[Dave-H]

Supermium 132.0.6834.191 R1 now released.

"(#1229) Resolving status of experimental web features. They are now defaulting to off, and the wording has been reverted as well. This fixes issues with the British Gas website."

[NotHereToPlayGames]

5 hours ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

I would also be curious to know if the outgoing Internet Cache,when you have set the data deletion on closing the browser remains as disastrously high as that of Chrome?

 

2 hours ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

My curiosity is for Supermium.

Chrome (which I don't use) has a monstrous Internet Cache.

Internet Cache= folder cache,GPU cache,Code cache,Service Worker,CrX_cache,Shader Cache........

 

Supermium uses all of those folders in the same way "as that of Chrome".

But you should NOT have a "disastrously high" cache IF YOU HAVE SET THE DATA DELETION ON CLOSING THE BROWSER.

Personally, your BEST route of CONTROL is to use a LOADER.  Supermium does not ship with a LOADER and I myself do not use Supermium "as it ships".

This is for every end-usser to LEARN and ADJUST.  No different than any browser, as far as that goes.  There are "nuances" with ANY browser that only those that USE will LEARN and tweak accordingly.

If you really really really have a vested interest in using Supermium, then you would already be studying how to resolve such nuances.

Bottom line, my Supermium/Chrome/Chromium cache is NOT "disastrously high" but that is also because I have taken steps to NOT RUN AS IT/THEY SHIP.

I don't think it is the responsibility of the Supermium Developer to "also" create a "loader" - but speaking solely for myself, I would never use it without a "loader".  To each their own...

[hidao]

10 hours ago, Dave-H said:

Yes, I'm well aware of that project, I use it with Supermium on Windows 10!
It's a great thing, but as you rightly say, it does not work with Windows XP.

Look at this project:https://github.com/yikuaibaiban/GreenChrome (the language is chinese, so you have to translate)

Chrome_plus is based on it, but you know Chinese goverment, the devloper has caught to the prison before, and then he is banned to use the Internet for some years

The lastest version:https://www.mediafire.com/file/s5ea6d2m50weon3/GreenChrome6.6.6.7z/file

I tried it on Supermium 126 R7 on XP, it could be used, but it crashed often

[Sampei.Nihira]

12 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

 

 

Supermium uses all of those folders in the same way "as that of Chrome".

But you should NOT have a "disastrously high" cache IF YOU HAVE SET THE DATA DELETION ON CLOSING THE BROWSER.

Personally, your BEST route of CONTROL is to use a LOADER.  Supermium does not ship with a LOADER and I myself do not use Supermium "as it ships".

This is for every end-usser to LEARN and ADJUST.  No different than any browser, as far as that goes.  There are "nuances" with ANY browser that only those that USE will LEARN and tweak accordingly.

If you really really really have a vested interest in using Supermium, then you would already be studying how to resolve such nuances.

Bottom line, my Supermium/Chrome/Chromium cache is NOT "disastrously high" but that is also because I have taken steps to NOT RUN AS IT/THEY SHIP.

I don't think it is the responsibility of the Supermium Developer to "also" create a "loader" - but speaking solely for myself, I would never use it without a "loader".  To each their own...

OK I take your conclusion at face value.
If Supermium has the same internet cache after closing with data deletion on exit identical to Chrome I don't care to know anything else because the Internet Cache is at least 2/3 times that of the chromium-based browser I use.
Probably also the sandbox situation at default is identical to that of Chrome,so lower than that of Microsoft Edge.

Thank you I don't need any more information.

It is hard for me to understand this lack of cooperation in a forum.
Few facts and many words.
A user has a problem you recommend a solution and punctually that user does not follow through.
Or to a request for info follows......nothing.
You at least responded,others did not.

This is aggravated by so many words that do not try to solve a situation that is by default deficient with respect to a better setting.
You rely on the developer.

Mah.....

Have a nice day.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Sampei.Nihira

[D.Draker]

11 hours ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

It is hard for me to understand this lack of cooperation in a forum.
Few facts and many words.
A user has a problem you recommend a solution and punctually that user does not follow through.
Or to a request for info follows......nothing.
You at least responded,others did not.

This wonderful forum assumes *at least* some basic computer skills, What was there to respond to? Every schoolmate knows how to define Chrome's cache size via cmd.

Make a dedicated topic, I'll personally teach you how. OK? Step by step.

[D.Draker]

On 3/13/2025 at 3:17 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Bottom line, my Supermium/Chrome/Chromium cache is NOT "disastrously high" but that is also because I have taken steps to NOT RUN AS IT/THEY SHIP.

  We also gotta take into account user's behaviour. From what I read from @Sampei.Nihira, this member extensively uses heavy modern, "safe&secure" sites like tutanota.

Of course they would have a super large cache! Supermium is no different than any chrome since it doesn't artificially reduce it.