ArcticFoxie/NotHereToPlayGames -- 360Chrome v13.5.1030 Redux

[Milkinis]

5 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

You need to polyfill the Object.hasOwn function.

is there a script available for Tampermonkey to sort this out ?

BTW, this forum is down sizing shared pics for no aparent reason.  https://postimg.cc/SJXjnYBn

Edited December 14, 2023 by Milkinis

[Milkinis]

11 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Edited 9 minutes ago by NotHereToPlayGames

Thanks. problem solved. 

I wonder if the developer mode has anything to do with MV3 so it doesn't call home

https://www.tampermonkey.net/changelog.php?version=5.0.0&ext=dhdg

 

[Anbima]

On some pages the date is displayed in the wrong format.
The correct date would be 23.5.2023

Beispielseite

Where can I set it to be displayed correctly?

360chrome (wrong):

MyPal (correct):

Edited December 26, 2023 by Anbima

[Milkinis]

is it worth using a different chrome loader ? 

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

2 hours ago, Milkinis said:

is it worth using a different chrome loader ? 

I've never had any issues with just using the Russian Repack loader for 360Chrome (accompanied by a heavily customized .ini).

I only use the winPenPack loader for Ungoogled Chromium v114.

It technically has only ever been people that don't even use this browser that "cast aspersions" upon the loader.

That type of "assistance" should always be taken with a grain of salt.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

5 hours ago, Anbima said:

The correct date would be 23.5.2023

I get the identical date (the "correct" date) in Mypal 68, 360Chrome, Serpent 52, and Ungoogled Chromium v114.

[Anbima]

8 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I get the identical date (the "correct" date) in Mypal 68, 360Chrome, Serpent 52, and Ungoogled Chromium v114.

I have the following entry in the Preferences:
 "intl": {
      "accept_languages": "de-DE,de"
   }

and under "locales" the following file:
de-de.pak

This is a partially translated en-us.pak

What can I change to make the date correct?

[NotHereToPlayGames]

16 hours ago, Anbima said:

On some pages the date is displayed in the wrong format.
The correct date would be 23.5.2023

Beispielseite

Where can I set it to be displayed correctly?

360chrome (wrong):

MyPal (correct):

You've reported time issues several times, even with v11.

Each and every time, they seem to be you and only you.

I really think this is something to do with your operating system settings and nothing to do with 360Chrome.

 

Times display correctly for me, as I've pointed out several times.

[Anbima]

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

You've reported time issues several times, even with v11.

Each and every time, they seem to be you and only you.

I really think this is something to do with your operating system settings and nothing to do with 360Chrome.

 

Times display correctly for me, as I've pointed out several times.

 

If I have en-us.pak, it is displayed like this:

 

When the page is started, it is displayed correctly for a second and then switches automatically:

 

In 13.5.2036 the date is correct.
In 13.5.2044 the date is incorrect.
It can't really be due to Windows.

What settings do you have so that it is displayed in German format?
Because it is displayed in American format when installed without any changes.

Windows-Settings:

Edited December 27, 2023 by Anbima

[Milkinis]

14 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I've never had any issues with just using the Russian Repack loader for 360Chrome (accompanied by a heavily customized .ini).

I think the 360 loader handles the RAM usage better than chrome.exe so the browsing feels faster.

only drawback is that when it reaches just about 90% of RAM the active tabs will crash or try to switch to IE.

maybe it's just an issue on my side because I have recently had over 100 tabs open at a time...

 

[Anbima]

It looks as if the icudtl.dat contains information on country-specific formats.
Can these be unpacked?
Maybe there is an error.

...As I found out, Chrome takes the setting for the date format from the "Language and input settings".
I would have to set "German" here.
How is it possible to add another language here?

Edited December 27, 2023 by Anbima

[Saxon]

4 hours ago, Anbima said:

...As I found out, Chrome takes the setting for the date format from the "Language and input settings".
I would have to set "German" here.
How is it possible to add another language here?

What happens if you change the format to English UK? Don't forget to reboot to apply.

[UCyborg]

4 hours ago, Milkinis said:

I think the 360 loader handles the RAM usage better than chrome.exe so the browsing feels faster.

And what does the "loader" do? I thought people only use them to pass million command-line arguments to .exe (which I'd do with a batch file or similar if I really "needed" them and shortcut wouldn't accept all of them) and delete some files off profile folder on exit (which I personally consider a snake oil, a feel-good drug for a modern day paranoid).

[NotHereToPlayGames]

9 hours ago, Anbima said:

In 13.5.2036 the date is correct.
In 13.5.2044 the date is incorrect.

 

4 hours ago, Anbima said:

It looks as if the icudtl.dat contains information on country-specific formats.

 

Now we're on to something.

Google has often discussed that the pros and cons of reducing the icudtl.dat file size tilts heavily towards the "we will not reduce it" side of the argument.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aC64nJZ4nKeah-KwsGuAAf2vDApYhkPPhdz2km3zlrg/edit#

I've seen some Chromium Forks where this file size is only 2 MB and I've seen other Chromium Forks where this file size is 20 MB.

Between 10 MB and 12 MB seems to be most common.

I use the 2044 file even in my 1030 version because of file size AND because it "works" for en-US.

You can't use just "any" icudtl.dat file HOWEVER the files between 1030, 2022, 2036, and 2044 are interchangeable (limited testing, 360Chrome won't launch if incompatible).

So you can use the larger file from 2044 and replace the smaller file in 1030 and your de-DE may be what you are wanting.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, UCyborg said:

And what does the "loader" do?

"It's complicated."

I could illustrate some Ghidra flowcharts to answer this if you truly want a complex answer to a complex question.

It's something even Opera used to do, I think it was called Opera Mini but I'd have to revisit.

The web browser world calls them "loaders" - Opera, PortableApps, winPenPack, X-Chromium, Portable PaleMoon...

MAME would call them "front ends".

Other similar apps would be called "wrappers" or "sandboxes".

360Chrome's "loader" is more of a "loader plus wrapper" utility.

You don't need the "loader" to launch 360Chrome (ie, HummingOwl versions do not contain the "loader").

I use the "loader" because it doubles as a "wrapper".

Which is just a generic term that was shortened from what it does - "registry wrapper".

I limit the number of programs that are allowed to KEEP data in my Windows Registry.

The 360Chrome "loader" stores/redirects registry read/writes to a local .reg.

1000 people will have 500 definitions of what is meant by a browser being "portable", this loader-controlled .reg carried from one computer to the next is "part of" being "portable".