Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on Yesterday, 17:20

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roytam1 still publishes updated backports of Pale Moon and Basilisk compatible down to Windows XP under the generic unbranded names New Moon and Serpent, which seems to have become synonyms for his builds for Windows XP. Shame these browsers struggle with many sites, but modern web has become a …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on Yesterday, 08:32

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Previous weekend was the first time I ever compiled a web browser from source code. Pale Moon on Raspberry Pi 5 specifically. It took little over 58 minutes, the source code was put on an external WD 5 TB HDD, the slower kind using SMR tech.

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Re: 2004 Condition Zero resolution limit?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 13:12

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What about OpenGL mode? I remember old versions of the engine having issues with strange (for the time) resolutions in software mode. Not sure about -heapsize, but I'm sure there was a lot of advice written for games in general regarding various tweaks by people that didn't have the actual technical …

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Re: Obnoxious Chrome anti-feature, download blocking now too paranoid.

Posted on 2024-04-29, 06:14

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Never mind, there's a setting to turn off the warning for specific HTTP sites: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/2490 … onnection?hl=en

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-27, 08:12

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I'm in IT just because it seemed like the only thing I could manage and not be totally useless at. I hate it though, wish I could escape, but it seems the only escapes are suicide or winning the lottery.

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Re: Obnoxious Chrome anti-feature, download blocking now too paranoid.

Posted on 2024-04-26, 12:53

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I tried Ungoogled Chromium 124, it complains about files downloaded from HTTP sites, just like plain Google Chrome. Maybe some folks have web apps on the local network where it doesn't matter!? Boycott Google is the only answer, but it won't happen 'cause people suck.

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Re: Make Windows 11 look like Windows 98

Posted on 2024-04-20, 20:38

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Maybe there's something useful there: https://winclassic.boards.net/board/3/classic-theme-general Personally I think appearance mods are too much bother, and sometimes too invasive, especially if you're going for 9x style. BTW, Classic Shell is no longer maintained, why not go with Open-Shell?

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-04-16, 22:47

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XP compatibility should be the same, given those patches come from Supermium.

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Re: What is there in New York City for a Retro PC Enthusiast to check out?

Posted on 2024-04-15, 21:06

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Interesting, I wouldn't associate Raspberry Pi with retro...unless I came across RetroPie.

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-04-15, 20:42

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Well it is the thread covering all OS...XP build is here: https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-legacy/releases Same bugs as Supermium it seems (on XP - yay disappearing fonts), different set of patches that may or may not work. JPEG-XL decoding seems working, though h.265 decoding which seems to be …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-04-14, 08:50

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Who would've thought, Google didn't have to lift a finger for their browser to find its way into most obscure corners. I find it absurd there's a newer Chromium for XP than there is for Android 7. Oh well, it will probably take a while before 119 is not good enough for general browsing... For …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-22, 16:21

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From my limited experience, performance of the OS can vary greatly between virtualization solutions. It's been few years since I ran XP more often on a VM, but VMware sucked while VirtualBox was OK. That VMware version generally worked best with Windows 7. I base this on general responsiveness. …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-22, 09:10

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The issue was only ever reported on Windows XP alone as far as I'm aware. https://retrowindows.miraheze.org/wiki/360_Extreme_Explorer (the latest XP compatible version of this one is based on Chrome 86, a browser from 2020) Of course, users on newer OS never have to bother with silly workarounds …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-21, 18:10

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Of course you won't reproduce it just like that as the reproduction circumstances are not exactly clear. Good tab on the left, broken tab on the right.

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-20, 08:18

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Last time I tried it (version 121), it was rather sloppy, even had the bug of those Chinese ports (360 Extreme Explorer at least) where fonts eventually corrupt or disappear when using Stylus, maybe also under certain different circumstances. https://i.imgur.com/jX9L4eV.png Chromium generally works …

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Re: Obnoxious Chrome anti-feature, download blocking now too paranoid.

Posted on 2024-03-16, 10:54

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Chrome is one big anti-feature IMO. Such setting is not something I'd expect in their browser. Maybe, in theory, with selective traffic altering/blocking using Proxomitron Reborn, but it could be that the relevant traffic to their server is not easily decipherable. A while back I managed to block …

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Re: Reviving Linksys WRT54GL - about pin header connections and related matters

Posted on 2024-03-15, 11:34

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I have a feeling the old Linksys power supply could be responsible for causing more damage than it would have occurred otherwise. That thing was rather hot during normal operation, probably not normal for 1A power supply, at least by modern standards, maybe that was "normal" back then. I thought …

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Re: Are pin headers necessary to make connection if jumper wire with male end is available?

Posted on 2024-03-14, 22:00

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Changed title a bit to be more descriptive. After trying another good power supply that has a LED that is normally lit when it's powered, it was blinking along with router's LEDs, I believe this means short circuit protection kicking in. I guess this means faulty capacitors in best case scenario and …

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Re: Are pin headers necessary to make connection if jumper wire with male end is available?

Posted on 2024-03-08, 11:24

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It's all clearer now, I found fishing line (wire) method described here , the additional wire involved that ensures good contact has totally slipped by me. I also asked about it at work and the coworker in production agreed just putting the jumper wire in by itself is not the sure way. I didn't know …

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Re: Are pin headers necessary to make connection if jumper wire with male end is available?

Posted on 2024-03-06, 18:32

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I was mostly curious about methods that don't involve soldering, particularly if it could be as simple as just sticking male end of jumper into a hole. Considering what was written about doing the same with the pin headers that are meant to be soldered, I suspected those wires by themselves might …

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