Thorium

[D.Draker]

The author released a half year old version, claiming  it "isn't going to turn your computer into some sort of virus magnet"...

The description is big and confusing, does it work on Vista? No clear mentions.

https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/releases/tag/M130.0.6723.174

[D.Draker]

Oh, I just noticed, as usual with those blind brightness die-hards, the contrast is AGAIN increased!!!

GEEEEZZZ!!!!!

"Text contrast increased "

[AstroSkipper]

Unfortunately, there are no legacy releases , especially for a Windows XP die hard fan like me : https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-legacy/releases 

[D.Draker]

13 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

Unfortunately, there are no legacy releases , especially for a Windows XP die hard fan like me : https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-legacy/releases 

Thank you very much, dear @AstroSkipper, unfortunately, I lost interest as soon as I saw the usual increase in brightness/contrast. I don't understand why those folks, win32ss and Alexander, keep pushing it up and up.

[Dave-H]

2 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

Unfortunately, there are no legacy releases , especially for a Windows XP die hard fan like me : https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-legacy/releases 

I abandoned Thorium when it became very clear that there weren't going to be any more versions in the near future, if ever, which would run on XP.
A version based on Chromium 122 doesn't really cut it any more.
Why that decision seems to have been made I have no idea, but thank goodness that we still have Supermium!

[D.Draker]

On 3/26/2025 at 4:35 PM, Dave-H said:

A version based on Chromium 122

I think there might be a reason they got stuck at 122. If you're going to throw rotten tomatoes at me, make sure they're of British origin and organic.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/page/123/#findComment-1279153

[Mathwiz]

On 3/26/2025 at 3:35 PM, Dave-H said:

A version based on Chromium 122 doesn't really cut it any more.

True. Also sad, as that version really isn't that old. Today I found myself unable to log into my discover.com account using Thorium. Seriously?

Perhaps a UAO would've gotten me in, but the discover.com site was not at all helpful with regard to minimum supported browser versions. I only tried a Chromium 125 user agent, which didn't work.

Version 125 works with Chase, which is only reason I tried even that one UAO. As a Windows 7 user, it was easier for me to just try R3dfox, which worked, so I didn't pursue UAOs any further.

[DrWho3000]

a Question
How do you export All bookmark, cookies, etc on thorium

[DrWho3000]

where and how do I update thorium to latest version

and

where do i change the useragent so it is upto date and version so it is (like in 360explorer (360Loader file))

[Mathwiz]

Unfortunately the Thorium author has not released a new version of Thorium since v.122.

But for a user agent to make Thorium "look" newer, you could try adding

--user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/132.0.5047.196 Chrome/132.0.5047.196 Safari/537.36"

... to the end of the command in your Thorium shortcut. Any Web server looking at that will think you're using Chrome 132 on Ubuntu Linux. That may get you past "please update your browser" pages or nags at some sites.

[DrWho3000]

how do i open and edit command line in thorium or shortcut in notepad, to edit command line, which file name is it

Edited 4 hours ago by DrWho3000

[Dave-H]

That's not how you do it. 

Right-click on the Thorium shortcut, and select 'properties' from the menu.

In the properties box which pops up, you need to add the switch to the command line in the 'target' box.

Add a space after what's there, and then add (copy and paste from Mathwiz's post will be easiest) the --user-agent switch.

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

And not to confuse the issue any more than it may already be, but I would submit that it also depends on HOW you are using Thorium.

Me personally, when I did use Thorium (or Supermium), I only used them as "wrapped portables".

I never (ever!) "install" web browsers (of any flavor).

Again, not to confuse, but you can (because that's how I ran it) run Thorium using 360Chrome's "loader".

Then you just do the UA string exactly like you did in 360Chrome (ie, edit the loader's .ini).

[DrWho3000]

so can i copy 360loader into thorium then where does it exactly go is it inmain folder

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by DrWho3000

[Dave-H]

Just copy 360Loader.exe and 360Loader.ini into the Thorium program folder (they can actually go anywhere, but I find that neatest and saves any complications with paths). IIRC (I don't have it installed any more) Thorium uses Thorium.exe as its executable, not Chrome.exe, so you will have to change the line in the ini file to be AppName=Thorium.

That's actually what I've always done too, it makes it a lot easier to change the command line switches.

Your shortcut will now have to point to 360Loader.exe of course.