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Research Network :: Either fully remove Rust from Firefox or backport engine changes from Quantum onto UXP :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-08T00:21:05+00:00

I completely forgot about this thread, but I've been working on this. However I don't think I will be able to go much past 60 since they switched exclusively to Stylo for 61+. Although it gives a good opportunity to make a UXP and Mypal68 competitor.

Currently just doing work here.
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox-old/tree/esr60new

However once I get it to a decent state, I'll move it here and have issues and debug builds and proper stuff for testing and all.
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/eXPlorer

Research Network :: Digital Mars C++ on Windows NT 3.1? :: Author 265 993 303

2026-07-23T22:10:55+00:00

Digital Mars C++ 8.57 (https://digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html) is almost perfect for legacy Win32 compatibility, it works in Windows NT 3.5 and up and Windows 95 and up, but it doesn't work in Windows NT 3.1, for both the compiler itself and applications compiled with it.

When compiling an empty program ("int main(){}"), the function FreeEnvironmentStringsA is missing. Declaring that function manually (such as BOOL WINAPI FreeEnvironmentStringsA(LPCH penv) {return 1;} ) allows the empty program to run, but when the printf function is used (such as int main(){printf("test");} ), the function GetStringTypeA is missing. Declaring a dummy function GetStringTypeA makes it work, but when the time() function is used (such as int main(){printf("test %d",time(NULL));} ), the function LCMapStringA is missing. That's at least three Windows NT 3.5 functions that the compiled programs are dependent on. However, when I compile the programs with -L/su:windows:4.0 to make it a non-console application, it specifies "Unexpected error: 11." when ran on Windows NT 3.1, even with the dummy functions thrown in, but it works in Windows NT 3.5.

It seems that the Windows NT 3.5 dependencies are embedded in snn.lib which is used during linking of programs compiled with Digital Mars. Searching for the Windows NT 3.5 functions (FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetStringTypeA, LCMapStringA) within the snn.lib file reveals the source code files that contain those functions (for example the string "FreeEnvironmentStringsA" occurs at 0000098C, but at some point before, the string "..\core32\cinit.asm" occurs at 00000704, and the FreeEnvironmentStringsA function is indeed embedded in https://github.com/DigitalMars/dmc/blob/master/src/CORE32/cinit.asm ). So if the library functions could be rewritten to not use the Windows NT 3.5 functions, the snn.lib could be recompiled from source to be Windows NT 3.1 compatible (therefore allowing compiled applications to run in Windows NT 3.1), and the compiler itself could also be recompiled from source to run on Windows NT 3.1. However, more research is needed to figure out how to compile the snn.lib file and the compiler itself.

General Software & Hardware :: (Tangent alert) Why does modern Firefox suck so much? :: Reply by UCyborg

2026-06-29T19:40:24+00:00

Welp, the grass isn't greener on the other side. After some experimenting, mostly back on Pale Moon, with maybe slightly more (Th)Chromium at work due to crap like Teams. Using two browsers is a bit challenging with limited RAM, so at times, I have to suck it up and exit Pale Moon.

Firefox-based browsers just seem to have other bugs. Huge RAM waster with slightly more tabs, makes page file explode and then takes a good while before all that process spam manages to exit, video playback sometimes just craps out...heck, on another family's member laptop with some Intel Celeron, Firefox still struggles with videos immensely. I finally taught the owner to use Pale Moon for those sites.

And the font rendering, it's just awful, I need proper tuned ClearType rendered fonts that current Windows versions can provide, none of that crappy Skia that is being forced down everyone's throat. No amount of CSS hacking gets it right with Skia, I feel like the hole is being drilled into my brain.

General Software & Hardware :: (Tangent alert) Why does modern Firefox suck so much? :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-06-29T19:49:26+00:00

On the topic of Skia/Cairo in Firefox, when I start making changes here, one of them will be making Cairo work properly and probably be the default.

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/eXPlorer

Currently trying to trace and solve issue where Cairo results in tab text shifting between proper and blurry in the post-Quantum releases.

Also the rendering mode messes with the text rendering too. D3D11 messes with it somehow and makes it look kinda bad. Compare PM with D3D11 accel to basic accel on https://eclipse.cx, and https://fontgammatest.replit.app/

Saving grace though is that Lun3r/NM with D3D9 has no such font issues, and looks just as good as basic.

General Software & Hardware :: (Tangent alert) Why does modern Firefox suck so much? :: Reply by UCyborg

2026-06-30T12:05:35+00:00

Cairo lacks the touch I get with ClearType tuner, the fonts are again thinner. And yeah, I notice the effect on menu bar fonts with with D3D11 + Cairo, it reminds me of the problem in some games that alternate pixel center setting in ATI drivers was solving.

Years ago, I did something similar with Drakan, added an option to alter its pixel shifting logic so fonts wouldn't get messed up with forced MSAA. The original code must have been solving similar problem with fonts on Voodoo 3D accelerator cards, at least judging by results in an emulator.

Either way, with UXP browsers, D3D11 + D2D (defaults) is the only combination that does it the way I/my eyes like it.

But, Pale Moon project itself is underfunded and lacks manpower to keep up with demands modern web, the stability took a noticeable nosedive in recent months.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Author PantelicGR

2026-07-11T09:44:38+00:00

Greetings.
I have a motherboard ASUS P5K (LGA775 Socket) and an installed external USB 3.0 card adapter: Via VL800 USB 3.0 Hub 4 Port Card Adapter to PCI-e x1:
https://www.via-labs.com/product_show.php?id=51

Booting from the USB 2.0 interface which this motheboard has is fine. But even though the external USB 3.0 card works fine on Windows 7 with related drivers installed, my external hard drives and SSDs are not shown in the BIOS when they are connected via the USB 3.0 external card.

1) Do you know how to boot from the USB 3.0 external card and how to make my external drives to be shown in the BIOS?
2) Also, could I boot from USB 2.0 with GRUB or a GNU/Linux distribution (Debian 13) installed on it as an intermediary step and then select a USB 3.0 disk which would be connected to USB 3.0 external card to boot from? And if yes, how?

Thanks in advance.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-12T03:52:31+00:00

It really depends on your board and the BIOS. If USB devices can't interface with the BIOS when connected to that card, then there's no hope of booting from it. It might be possible to use Plop Boot Manager to boot from the USB 3 controller, but I don't give it much hope.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-12T16:45:28+00:00

Your USB devices must have UEFI boot enabled. Burn your ISO image to stick using Rufus: https://rufus.ie/en/
In the Parition Scheme options select what matches with your machine.

If you can't do that then enable booting from non-EFI devices in the BIOS. This is usually in the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) of the BIOS.
Sometimes this option is hidden until you disable Secure Boot. In some cases you may also need to disable Fast Boot. Then enable the CSM module and set it to boot EFI + Legacy boot devices.
Other possible names: Legacy boot, EFI-but-not-secure devices. Also check the HDD settings of the BIOS.
Still no luck ? Disable LAN Port.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by PantelicGR

2026-07-12T21:59:58+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑12 Jul 2026, 03:52 It might be possible to use Plop Boot Manager to boot from the USB 3 controller, but I don't give it much hope.

If Plop Boot Manager may be able to boot from USB 3.0 external card, maybe GRUB or a GNU/Linux distro with USB 2.0 could do it as an intermediary step too?
Because the USB 3.0 card adapter states on its website above that it supports various Linux kernels and legacy Windows.

@Duke
My motherboard is ASUS P5K (LGA775 Socket) and it's old: it doesn't have UEFI, it has BIOS / MBR.
It has no Secure Boot and Compatibility Support Module (CSM).
I have tried to alter BIOS configuration options but still no luck: for example I have disabled Quick Boot, increased the delay to recognize USB devices from 20 seconds to 40 seconds and played around with HDD BIOS settings but the disks on USB 3.0 card are not recognized in the BIOS, only USB 2.0 works in BIOS.
I have also updated the Windows drivers of the USB 3.0 card to the latest version but it didn't solve the problem.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-12T22:15:41+00:00

PantelicGR wrote: ↑12 Jul 2026, 21:59 My motherboard is ASUS P5K (LGA775 Socket) and it's old

Old, indeed. Because according to these pages:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p5k-rev-1-02g
https://getgui.com/store/en/products/motherboards/asus-p5k-se-epu-lga775-intel-motherboard-c85ba0e-02089-60-mbb6q5-a02-1766610051

and this PDF:
https://icecat.biz/rest/product-pdf?productId=1586109&lang=en

This motherboard has no USB 3 ports. At all.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by PantelicGR

2026-07-12T22:19:44+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑12 Jul 2026, 22:15 This motherboard has no USB 3 ports. At all.

Yeah, that's why I got and installed an external USB 3.0 PCI-e x1 card to it.

General Software & Hardware :: Boot from USB 3.0 external card :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-12T22:52:55+00:00

But your BIOS doesn't care because it has no support for USB 3. I'm not even sure this motherboard can boot from PCI-e.
And the Windows drivers have no effect on the BIOS.

Maybe some hints:
https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader
https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/discussions/352
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/making-an-old-machine-boot-from-a-pcie-nvme-card.300140/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnE9SeLZLRc

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-15T16:23:53+00:00

https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=esr

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Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-16T09:38:06+00:00

I see "news" like that and I think two things, "mob mentality rules" and "just die already".
But I'm probably in the "minority" at places like this. But hey, "minority" and "mob mentality" goes hand-in-hand, so I'll be okay.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-16T15:49:39+00:00

I believe Mozilla just wants not to lose yet this part of their users, even though it's a minority.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-16T17:52:08+00:00

That's not my take on it.
6.7% of Firefox userbase is Win7 alone! Forget 8/8.1.

When *only!* 2.26% of the ENTIRE *GLOBAL* browser market is running Firefox, you can either look at it as "we cannot afford to lose anyone"...

OR, you can look at it as "We are letting the PAST hold us back, we will NEVER survive the FUTURE if we keep the PAST as our BOAT ANCHOR"...

My view is the latter of the two.

So yeah, I get it, I'm one of the only folks around here not running Win7, but *DIE ALREADY* has my vote.
To each their own, of course.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-17T10:10:53+00:00

"Hilarity Ensues" - https://www.fastslang.com/hilarity-ensues

I personally find this *VERY* funny!

Look closely at those two numbers, because they run backwards. For almost every other browser, filtering out bots makes the browser look bigger, since automated traffic overwhelmingly identifies as Chrome. Safari climbs from 15.8% to 17.9% when you drop the bots. Firefox goes the other way: it falls from 4.20% to 3.68%.

Source: THREE DAYS AGO - https://technologychecker.io/blog/firefox-market-share

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-17T10:23:40+00:00

Though I will say that it is important to add this, from that same article.

This deserves saying plainly, because it contradicts the story most people carry around: in 2026, Firefox is not dying. The dramatic collapse everyone remembers happened years ago. What Radar shows over the last twelve months is a browser that has stopped falling and found a floor.

So sure, I will stop saying "die already", I'll start advocating instead to PICK YOURSELF UP OFF THE FLOOR.
And, in order to do that, "they" (not "us" here, per se) MUST get rid of the BOAT ANCHOR.

That means for US (ie, Firefox FORKS) is that we must change the way we compile forks!
ie, if "we" simply can NOT compile (for Win7, for example) *AFTER* upstream abandons Win7, then that is OUR FAULT, not theirs.
THEY need to PICK THEMSELVES UP OFF THE FLOOR. THEY need to cut loose the BOAT ANCHOR.

No appliance company can survive into the future if their appliance is stuck in the 60s.
No automotive company can survive into the future if their automobile is stuck in the 80s.
No furnace or water heater or air conditioner can survive into the future if they are stuck in the 90s.
Et cetera...

Firefox must cut loose the noose around their necks. Or DIE as a result of an inability to untie that knot.
Sorry, that's just "reality".

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-17T17:04:24+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑17 Jul 2026, 10:23 That means for US (ie, Firefox FORKS) is that we must change the way we compile forks!
THEY need to PICK THEMSELVES UP OFF THE FLOOR.

Firefox is moving forward with recent versions of the browser which R3dfox is based on.
As I said, Mozilla just don't want to lose the Windows 7/8 users but they don't want, or can't, make recent versions of Firefox to be compatible with Windows 7 & 8.

Fortunately for us, R3dfox is doing it with no loss of features AFAIK. There are also forks of Chrome for Windows 7 & 8.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by eclstedt

2026-07-17T17:22:15+00:00

Newer versions of Firefox & Thunderbird work with the use of VxKex (also, VxKex-Next). Why can't they do it if I can?

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-17T22:28:03+00:00

I guess Mypal and pale moon doesn't even make it on the list at all. Still sometimes use Iron (old version) for XP. Talking about an anchor dragging me down. When this dies, I guess I would embrace the present and future. I'm not a diehard just hanging in there I guess, I don't know. Mentally I fully admit I AM stuck in the 80s and 90s. I'm 54 now. I just don't see an future for me in this hateful world. Yeah, I know, please don't say I'm calling myself a victim. I don't know anymore. Miss the good old days I guess. I was better then. I"m not even 1/2 the man I once was.

Never mind, please.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-18T11:44:22+00:00

At this rate I feel it would've been easier for Mozilla to just not drop 7 or 8 rather than have to support a drastically different codebase for as long as they're doing.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T13:43:30+00:00

I'm not really sure I follow that "reasoning" / "logic". Sounds a bit like "confirmation bias" to me (ie, reasoning that ignores data that would disprove said reasoning, ie, cherry-picking data so that it "looks like" statistical data confirms the "pre-intended conclusion").

To me, I like my browser to PERFORM !!!
Perform, perform, perform.

Makes me roll on the floor in laughter every time I fire up OLD browsers and compare them to NEW.

Let's make no mistake, I WANT FIREFOX TO CATCH UP WITH CHROME.
And it really does seem to me that the "failure" to untie the knot of the BOAT ANCHOR operating systems is onlys SLOWING DOWN THEIR PROGRESS to truly COMPETE with **FASTER** browsers (I did not say "better", I said *FASTER*).

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Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-18T13:48:23+00:00

The issue is not that the browser is held back by XP or 7, the issue is that the browser engine is older and not as optimized for the modern web. Therefore you get slower results. In fact Microsoft lied about many of the performance "improvements" newer functions give you. SRW locks are in fact slower than critical sections, and you don't need to take just my word for it. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1991374

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-18T20:00:45+00:00

At the end, what's the difference ? A page will be displayed 1 or maybe 2 seconds slower with Firefox than with Chrome ?
So what ? I can live with that. In fact I don't care.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T20:44:12+00:00

It's not that "simplistic".
I can do video streaming "overload" with Chrome/Chromium that buckles **EVERYTHING** Mozilla-based to the ground !!!
I used to be a "proud" user of Firefox, during the "Death to IE" era in internetting history.
For what I use my browsers for, Mozilla-based really is just TERRIBLE, absolutely TERRIBLE.

I continue to root for their success, I REALLY DO !!!
Their market share is atrocious. Once all of "Commodore / Atari / Amiga" generation die out, so will Firefox if they don't do something SERIOUS about trying to catch up with Chrome.
This isn't the 90s anymore, no government agency, be it US or EU, is going to break up Google like they did IE.

If we want Firefox to succeed, they need to ditch the boat anchor operating systems that "nobody uses" but us Old Farts.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-18T22:44:57+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 20:44 If we want Firefox to succeed, they need to ditch the boat anchor operating systems that "nobody uses" but us Old Farts.

Something you may have not understood: there is NO development on Firefox 115 ESR anymore, it's only getting security patches.
The development and improvements are done only on the latest version of Firefox, v152 as of today, v153 on the 21st of July.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-18T22:59:57+00:00

Mypal is slow and I guess I don't care either. I do sometimes use Lun3r and Hydra but they are quite outdated now and I think I might be one of few actually even that know about those. I understand K4sum1 is busy with other projects but I also don't mind if a page is displayed in 3 or 4 seconds - gives me time to think. Streaming can sometimes be spotty so I turn to Linux and use FF or Chrome if I need to.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T23:20:11+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 22:44 Something you may have not understood: there is NO development on Firefox 115 ESR anymore, it's only getting security patches.
The development and improvements are done only on the latest version of Firefox, v152 as of today, v153 on the 21st of July.

I disagree !!!
Developing/testing/implementing the 115ESR and the 140ESR patches takes time away from allocating resources to "catching up with Chrome".
We are from the same "generation", whether you see it or not, FIrefox will cease to exist when our generation fades into the sunset.
It really is TERRIBLE at implementing anything remotely "modern".
It's not about loading a web page a second or two faster, that's just burying one's head in the sand.
At any given moment at work, I may have to have a dozen web-based tools spanning multiple screens.
It's not about reading an Eclipse board on one browser versus another.

I was once a very proud "Nothing but Fox" type of internet user.
My own "backwards logic" tied me to Firefox WAY TOO LONG.
It's like driving four-cylinder cars for 30yrs and never knowing V8s even existed.

Firefox DYING is *NOT* good "for the internet".
But a tiny 4% market share ain't doing that internet any d@mn bit of good either!

Just a bunch of Old Farts that might as well take the codebase to their graves because the next generation wants NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Sad... But true...

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-19T17:56:40+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 23:20...never knowing V8s even existed...

Do you know I have NEVER ridden in a V8 in my entire 54 years.

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-19T23:20:43+00:00

Okay, bad example then, lol.
Let's put it this way, not all computer users are the same.
There are different ways of "multi-tasking".
Some of those ways are not truly multi-tasking.
Think of ONE browser window but SIXTEEN **TABS** and the user switching back and forth from one TAB to another.
Most browsers can handle that "type" of multi-tasking with ease.
Background tabs are "suspended" and it's not really true multi-tasking.
It's just a constant switching back and forth from one tab and its task to a different tab and its task.
Both are not technically running "both at the same time".

Now think of a work environment where the computer has FOUR MONITORS.
But we're not talking some 17 to 22 inch monitor, we're talking 32 to 52 inch monitors.
Each monitor divided into four "quadrants".
So instead of thinking of it as four monitors, it's really SIXTEEN MONITORS.
So you don't run ONE browser WINDOW with sixteen TABS - you run SIXTEEN *WINDOWS* all with only ONE TAB each.
And there is no "background" tab being "suspended". ALL SIXTEEN have to perform their tasks, not just "one at a time".

Firefox can't handle this type of activity.
To the point of it being a COMPANY POLICY to not use Firefox during conference calls because it "looks bad for the company" when these conference calls have so many "technical difficulties" because Firefox crashes when Chrome/Edge doesn't even break a sweat.

Hey, I hope for the day that Firefox returns to being a "valid" product instead of just something that OLD FARTS use because it's all they know.

Firefox is DYING. The DEATH of Firefox is NOT good for the internet!
4% market share doesn't solve anything.
The PROBLEM is that the Old Farts still to this day think that it is solving the ills that would arise if a "monopoly" existed.

The PROBLEM is that people still think Firefox is what it was in the 90s.
It isn't. Far from! What the "existence" of Firefox "solved" (anti-trust, browser-choice, etc) in the 90s is NOW solved by **APPLE / Safari **.
Firefox is just a "laughing matter" for Big Decision Makers (HTML/CSS/JS "standards") to OPENLY LAUGH, "Oh, don't worry about that guy sitting in the corner, he's with Mozilla, he's a NOBODY".

Browsers :: Extended support for Firefox 115 ESR :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-20T14:41:50+00:00

Firefox 115.38.0 ESR has been released:
https://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/115.38.0esr/

Release notes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.38.0/releasenotes/

Many security fixes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-69/

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Author The-10-Pen

2026-07-19T10:24:39+00:00

Today's Outrage -- cookie banner notifications.

What a nuisance!
One of the most annoying "mandates" to ever come out of the EU.
Adopted in 2002, amended in 2009, enacted in 2011/2012.

Enough already! It's 14/15 **YEARS** later and we are still being PUNCHED IN THE FACE by these D@MN *nuisances*!

uBO's filters lists DO NOT block ALL of them !!!
I Still Don't Care About Cookies extension does NOT block ALL of them !!!

Everything I have tried in the past 14/15 years seems to do okay for the most part, but you still encounter these PIECES OF SH#T.
Enough already!

So it's time for a more generic approach and one FULLY controlled and editable by me, no more waiting for uBO filter lists not catching these to be updated but never updated to catch them ALL, no more waiting for extensions to be updated but never updated to catch them ALL.

Working so far!

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Auto Hide Cookie Banners
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// @run-at document-idle
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Common CSS selectors for cookie banners and consent popups
const selectors = [
'[id*="cookie"]',
'[class*="cookie"]',
'[id*="consent"]',
'[class*="consent"]',
'[aria-label*="cookie"]',
'[aria-label*="consent"]',
'div[role="dialog"]'
];

// Try to click reject/decline buttons if found
const rejectButtonTexts = [
'reject', 'decline', 'no thanks', 'opt out', 'refuse'
];

function removeCookieBanners() {
selectors.forEach(sel => {
document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(el => {
// Try to find and click reject buttons inside the banner
const btn = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('button, a'))
.find(b => rejectButtonTexts.some(txt =>
b.textContent.trim().toLowerCase().includes(txt)
));
if (btn) {
btn.click();
console.log('[CookieBlocker] Clicked reject button:', btn.textContent.trim());
}
// Remove the banner from DOM
el.remove();
console.log('[CookieBlocker] Removed element:', sel);
});
});
}

// Run immediately and also observe for dynamically loaded banners
removeCookieBanners();

const observer = new MutationObserver(removeCookieBanners);
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-19T23:46:03+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 10:24 cookie banner notifications

In Firefox and forks (R3dfox, LibreWolf, etc) you can set:

Automatically refuse cookie banners disabled:
cookiebanners.service.mode = 0
cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing = 0

Automatically refuse cookie banners set to reject all:
cookiebanners.service.mode = 1
cookiebanners.service.mode.privateBrowsing = 1

A value of 2 means reject all or fallback to accept all. This is stupid, don't use 2.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-20T00:29:24+00:00

Agreed.
But as you already know, that is not enough for me to revert to Firefox and forks.
I *do* still hope that day will arrive, but it's simply not here yet.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-20T14:44:42+00:00

Okay @Duke, how 'bout this one?

Pluto TV is a free streaming site that often times has an issue with the audio and video falling out of sync.
Here: https://pluto.tv/us/live-tv
ie, the lip movement no longer matches the timing of the speech.
One fix is to wait for a commercial break, switch to a different channel, then switch back so that everything is back in sync.

My long-term fix has become the below userscript.
It synchronizes the audio and video every two seconds and accounts for any dropped frames.
ie, by adjusting video playback speed so slightly that "humans" can't even detect the difference.
Basically think of "negative feedback" systems where the system "tunes itself" by speeding up or slowing down.

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add Pluto TV Advanced A/V Sync Fix
// @version 2.0.1
// @match *://pluto.tv/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Configurable settings
const CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = 2000; // How often to check sync
const MAX_ALLOWED_DRIFT = 0.3; // Seconds before correction
const RATE_ADJUST_STEP = 0.02; // Small rate change for smooth correction
const MAX_RATE = 1.05; // Max playback rate allowed
const MIN_RATE = 0.95; // Min playback rate allowed

function findVideoElement() {
return document.querySelector('video');
}

function syncCheck() {
const video = findVideoElement();
if (!video || video.readyState < 2 || video.paused) return;

try {
// Drift detection
const now = performance.now();
if (!video._lastCheck) {
video._lastCheck = now;
video._lastTime = video.currentTime;
video._lastDropped = 0;
return;
}

const elapsedReal = (now - video._lastCheck) / 1000; // seconds
const elapsedVideo = video.currentTime - video._lastTime;
const drift = elapsedVideo - elapsedReal;

// Dropped frame detection (if supported)
let droppedFrames = 0;
if (typeof video.getVideoPlaybackQuality === 'function') {
const quality = video.getVideoPlaybackQuality();
droppedFrames = quality.droppedVideoFrames || 0;
}

const droppedSinceLast = droppedFrames - (video._lastDropped || 0);

// Log for debugging
console.log(`[PlutoTV Sync] Drift: ${drift.toFixed(3)}s, Dropped: ${droppedSinceLast}`);

// Correction logic
if (Math.abs(drift) > MAX_ALLOWED_DRIFT) {
// Large drift — jump to correct
console.warn(`[PlutoTV Sync] Large drift detected (${drift.toFixed(3)}s) — seeking`);
video.currentTime -= drift; // Jump back/forward
video.playbackRate = 1;
} else if (Math.abs(drift) > 0.05 || droppedSinceLast > 5) {
// Small drift or frame loss — adjust rate
if (drift > 0) {
// Video ahead of real time — slow down
video.playbackRate = Math.max(MIN_RATE, video.playbackRate - RATE_ADJUST_STEP);
} else {
// Video behind — speed up
video.playbackRate = Math.min(MAX_RATE, video.playbackRate + RATE_ADJUST_STEP);
}
} else {
// In sync — reset rate
if (video.playbackRate !== 1) {
video.playbackRate = 1;
}
}

// Save state for next check
video._lastCheck = now;
video._lastTime = video.currentTime;
video._lastDropped = droppedFrames;

} catch (err) {
console.error('[PlutoTV Sync] Error:', err);
}
}

// Wait for video to appear, then start checking
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
if (findVideoElement()) {
console.log('[PlutoTV Sync] Video element found — starting advanced sync checks');
clearInterval(window._plutoSyncInterval);
window._plutoSyncInterval = setInterval(syncCheck, CHECK_INTERVAL_MS);
observer.disconnect();
}
});

observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-20T18:33:42+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 14:44 Okay @Duke, how 'bout this one?
Pluto TV is a free streaming site that often times has an issue with the audio and video falling out of sync.

I'm not using Pluto TV a lot but when I do I'm not experiencing audio/video sync issues.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-20T22:01:36+00:00

I'm on Pluto TV now without any issues at all with Lun3r and Hydra!

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-20T22:50:16+00:00

The sync issues only occur if you do not change the channel for SIX HOURS.
Keep it on the same exact channel and watch non-stop for SIX HOURS.
Some channels will unsync if watched non-stop long enough.
I can't say that they "all" do.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-20T23:04:39+00:00

Although, granted, is it unsyncing for me at SIX HOURS ?
Or is it unyncing for me because I have THREE PLUS streams all going simultaneously ?

Regardless, my userscripts KEEPS EVERYTHING IN SYNC

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T01:44:39+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 23:04 Or is it unyncing for me because I have THREE PLUS streams all going simultaneously ?

I guess so

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-21T07:04:50+00:00

Upon further compare/contrast, the unsync issue is only occurring on ONE of my many computers.
And it occurs in both Chrome-based *AND* in Mozilla-based.
This is also one of my last two computers still on Win10 *2016* despite 2019 or 21H2 being used on all other computers with *VAST IMPROVEMENTS*.
This one is set to be upgraded soon.
It's a Dell Latitude E5470 laptop with an Intel i5-6300U @ 2.4GHz with 8GB RAM.
Don't recall graphics card offhand.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-21T07:17:59+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 10:24 Today's Outrage -- cookie banner notifications.

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Auto Hide Cookie Banners

This one has become a GODSEND for a totally different reason.
I am now using it to block all of the d@mn "AI" popups/banners/mogals/modules/chatbots that keep showing up at every turn on the internet.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-21T10:16:32+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 07:04 Upon further compare/contrast, the unsync issue is only occurring on ONE of my many computers.
And it occurs in both Chrome-based *AND* in Mozilla-based.

Additional finding.
It only unsyncs when MUTED for 1/2hr to an hour at a time and then only after five or six of those long-duration mutings.
Each muting seems to unsync a tiny teany bit and they add up over time.

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-21T12:02:58+00:00

This seems to do the trick. Always resync whenever any video is unmuted. Resync is forced by causing a slight pause/resume.

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add Sync Video on Unmute
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

/**
* Resyncs a video by briefly pausing and resuming it.
* This can help fix A/V desync issues after unmuting.
*/
function resyncVideo(video) {
try {
if (!video.paused) {
const currentTime = video.currentTime;
video.pause();
// Small delay to allow browser to flush buffers
setTimeout(() => {
video.currentTime = currentTime; // Ensure position stays the same
video.play().catch(err => {
console.warn('Video play failed after resync:', err);
});
}, 100);
}
} catch (err) {
console.error('Error during video resync:', err);
}
}

/**
* Observe all videos on the page and attach unmute listeners.
*/
function attachListeners(video) {
if (video.dataset.syncListenerAttached) return; // Avoid duplicates
video.dataset.syncListenerAttached = 'true';

video.addEventListener('volumechange', () => {
if (!video.muted && video.volume > 0) {
console.log('Video unmuted — resyncing...');
resyncVideo(video);
}
});
}

/**
* Scan for videos periodically (for dynamically loaded content).
*/
function scanForVideos() {
document.querySelectorAll('video').forEach(attachListeners);
}

// Initial scan
scanForVideos();

// Observe DOM changes for dynamically added videos
const observer = new MutationObserver(scanForVideos);
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

})();

Browsers :: User Scripts :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T14:00:23+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 10:16 Additional finding.
It only unsyncs when MUTED for 1/2hr to an hour at a time and then only after five or six of those long-duration mutings.
Each muting seems to unsync a tiny teany bit and they add up over time.

Good to know, I'll check that...someday

Mobile Devices :: Firefox drops support for Android 5-6-7 :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-10T19:38:49+00:00

roboreptile wrote: ↑27 Feb 2026, 19:21 Is there anyone maintaining firefox fork for old android? I still have an old phone with android 6 though it's pretty much close to dying. I am just wondering if anyone does that.

I'm trying to revive the Pale Moon Android app for my fork of such, though it is ARM32 only atm and I can't figure out how to build it for the life of me.

https://repo.dactyloidae.xyz/Dactyloidae/UXP/src/branch/main/mobile/android

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T19:45:14+00:00

A court case which exposes that Microsoft Windows has a Global Device Identifier (GDID) that can't be bypassed by a VPN:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline

According to a Microsoft representative, a Global Device Identifier in the Windows ecosystem is a persistent, device-level identifier designed to uniquely identify an installation of a Windows operating system on a device, either a physical device (e.g., a mobile phone or laptop) or virtual machine, across certain Microsoft services and scenarios.
A GDID is a globally unique identifier tied to the installation of Windows on a device. A GDID remains consistent across Windows operating system updates on a device, but a reinstall of Windows, either on the same device or on a different device, will be tied to a new unique GDID.

It's not clear if this GDID also exists in older versions of Windows.
I'm quite sure Windows 10 has it but what about previous versions ?

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T20:25:37+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 19:45 I'm quite sure Windows 10 has it but what about previous versions ?

Please post documented evidence of such.
I think you are right, yes, that this is probably part of Win10. BUT NOT ALL OF THEM, that's my gut feeling.

So Win10 *what*? 1507? 1511? 1607? 1703? 1709? 1803? 1809? 1903? 1909? 2004? 20H2? 21H1? 21H2? 22H2?

So yeah, I'd like to know WHEN this entered into the fray.
Older versions of Win10 do not have the AI *CRAP* that newer versions have, and many of us use those older versions BECAUSE OF that lack-of-crap.

But the AI can (fairly easily!) be removed from Win11, so does "that" remove this new issue as well ???

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T21:26:43+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 20:25 Please post documented evidence of such.

I don't have any, yet. Just a feeling since they added telemetry.
It seems to be linked to your Microsoft account.

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 20:25 So yeah, I'd like to know WHEN this entered into the fray.

So do I.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T22:02:30+00:00

I've found this:
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/

And that:
https://korben.info/en/gdid-windows-cut-tracker-vpn.html
https://github.com/Korben00/no-gdid

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T22:42:22+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 19:45 It's not clear if this GDID also exists in older versions of Windows.
I'm quite sure Windows 10 has it but what about previous versions ?

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\ExtendedProperties key does not exist on my Windows 8.1 on which I'm using a local account, the ExtendedProperties bit.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T22:57:54+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 22:42 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\ExtendedProperties

The \IdentityCRL\ portion does not exist in CURRENT_USER on my Win10 LTSB 2016.
It does exist in LOCAL_MACHINE but the ExtendedProperties portion does not.

So no, this issue does not exist in "all versions" of Win10.
I'll have to check LTSC 2019 and LTSC 2021 tomorrow, those computers are sleeping for the night.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T23:04:31+00:00

I guess I shouldn't expect to find that GDID on my computers.
I have *NEVER* installed any version of Windows using whatever the heck a "Microsoft Account" is.
*NEVER*. No clue why anybody WOULD, for that matter.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T23:15:05+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 22:02 I've found this:
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/

To quote that article directly -- " The system worked as intended here."
ie, I have nothing against that GDID catching such a CRIMINAL.
but yeah, I totally understand the privacy rights perspective (ie, again, I've never installed using a Microsoft Account but all of my computers have **LEGAL** installations).

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-11T12:43:06+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 22:57 The \IdentityCRL\ portion does not exist in CURRENT_USER on my Win10 LTSB 2016.
It does exist in LOCAL_MACHINE but the ExtendedProperties portion does not.

So no, this issue does not exist in "all versions" of Win10.
I'll have to check LTSC 2019 and LTSC 2021 tomorrow, those computers are sleeping for the night.

I've found these, for what it's worth:

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/07/windows-is-watching-anti-piracy-tool-fingers-scattered-spider-suspect/5267953

The Windows GDID, or at least the infrastructure for it, is said to date back to the release of Windows 10 in 2015. The GDID itself doesn't show up much in online documentation until 2021 or thereabouts.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/managed-desktop/developer/mmd-api-list-devices

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48811081

the fact that the global ID exists is not a secret. This format of device ID has been in Windows since the initial release of Windows 10 in 2015, when it was introduced as part of Windows' current telemetry subsystem. To see your device's global ID, open Windows Feedback Hub, then go to Feedback Hub Settings and look under Device Information.

https://buynowkey.com/microsoft/windows-gdid-telemetry-tracking-audit/

Windows 10 vs Windows 11: Does Telemetry Differ?

Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 implement the same two-tier diagnostic data model, and both use GDID-style persistent device identifiers in their telemetry pipelines. Windows 11 introduced some additional telemetry categories around Copilot AI interactions and the new Start menu and widgets feed, which can send usage signals back to Microsoft. In practice, Windows 11’s deeper integration of Microsoft account sign-in and the Microsoft Store means more data surfaces are active by default compared to a minimally configured Windows 10 installation.

That said, the controls available are broadly equivalent between the two versions — the same Settings paths, the same Group Policy keys, and the same service-disabling commands apply to both.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-11T12:57:23+00:00

All of those indicate that the GDID is only present *IF* (and only if!) you install via a Microsoft Account.
This does not apply to me (technically, I should say this does not apply to the CORPORATE INSTALLATION of my Win10 machines).

Even beyond that, and totally unknown to me, is how ACTIVATION affects and/or creates that GDID.
My CORPORATE INSTALLATION does not activate through Microsoft's servers "directly", they activate via COMPANY VPN through company servers.
How that all ties together is totally UNKNOWN to me - let the company lawyers sort all that our, I install and activate by company directions.

I have ZERO doubt that it all ties together "somehow" (ie, it SHOULD in my opinion).
All I can report is what I see directly.
That GDID registry key does NOT exist "on" any of my 2016, 2019, or 2021 "long-term" ENTERPRISE editions of Win10.

But - that does NOT mean that it does not exist "on" any Microsoft servers.
I'd have to ask the company IT Dept on that. But I'm not going to, just the mere "questioning" of things like that would put me on an "IT List", lol.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-11T13:04:02+00:00

The "Miscrosoft Store" does not exist in any of my Win10 installations.
I have to assume this is a company policy.
Which I myself would implement even if not a company installation.
I hate (hate, hate, HATE!) anything/everything "UWP".

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-12T11:19:02+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑11 Jul 2026, 12:57 That GDID registry key does NOT exist "on" any of my 2016, 2019, or 2021 "long-term" ENTERPRISE editions of Win10.

Check this registry key: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Immersive\production\Token\{GUID}\DeviceId

According to this page the GDID may also be used in Windows 10:
https://github.com/someguy0110/gdid-privacy/blob/main/README.md

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-12T12:46:30+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑12 Jul 2026, 11:19 Check this registry key: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Immersive\production\Token\{GUID}\DeviceId

Nope, not on my LTSC 2021. Did not check 2016 and 2019.
The \Immersive\ and everything after doesn't even exist.

Could be a difference between ENTERPRISE editions of Win10 versus HOME (and/or Pro?) editions of Win10.
I *only* use enterprise editions that have "expired" for use at work but my department has access to them from IT (lab benches and hybrid techs that work from home).

Or it could be something removed via WinReducer EX-100
I'd have to install a HOME edition VM and a non-WinRed as-is VM to really know for sure.
Can't say as I'm really "that" concerned, to be honest.

Sure, thankful that I cannot find any of these GDIDs.
But these are work computers where everything is tracked and logged way more than anything Microsoft does but only for legal court hearings.
Which I actually *support*. There is "privacy conscientous" and there is "unlawful aiding and abetting".

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-12T13:23:10+00:00

I guess what I *am* more curious of at this point is whether the various WINDOWS X-LITE releases have this GDID.
Will report back... Out of curiosity...

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-12T13:54:05+00:00

Kinda can't help but ROTFLMAO.
The X-LITE releases not only HAVE the GDID, but have it even BEFORE being activated and have it on a LOCAL ACCOUNT (ie, not a Microsoft Account).
Maybe we can use this to "scare" people into using WINREDUCER EX over "pre-made" lite versions that folks place "blind trust" towards?

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Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by Sneakthewolf

2026-07-19T02:56:05+00:00

I know I'm late to this topic, but I used windows 11 for a while and my laptop cannot even support windows 10 LOL so now it runs microsoft bob.

Windows 11 :: I have lost hope in Windows 11 :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-19T09:27:33+00:00

Ugh. re: MS Bob, that Rover and what later became Clippy is what I used to think of as the STUPIDEST app ever invented.
And now we have "AI" embedded everywhere, much MUCH worse.
But if you think about it, Rover and Clippy is where it kind of all started.

Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 :: Windows 7 Extended Kernel :: Reply by luk3Z

2026-07-26T07:26:05+00:00

Version1.2.1.2229 (5 days ago)

https://github.com/i486/VxKex/releases

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-05T00:01:17+00:00

R3dfox v152.0.4 has been released:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v152.0.4

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T21:34:55+00:00

R3dfox v152.0.4 hotfix:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v152.0.4-hotfix

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-19T11:19:38+00:00

eclstedt wrote: ↑28 Jun 2026, 11:42 Personally, I'm only interested in ESR releases. I don't need new features, I need a good, fast, functional browser.

It appears that e3kskoy7wqk may be no longer updating Firefox for Windows 7, though I'm trying to get a straight answer on this.
https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7/issues/170

I wonder how that might affect r3dFox?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-19T23:48:28+00:00

R3dfox is our only hope.
Firefox v153 to be released on next Tuesday, the 21st of July. Just saying

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-20T00:37:52+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 23:48 R3dfox is our only hope.
Firefox v153 to be released on next Tuesday, the 21st of July. Just saying

Will that include ESR?
Also, will that release remedy the lacking title bar issue?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-20T11:21:45+00:00

JodyThornton wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 00:37 Will that include ESR?

For Firefox, yes:
https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=esr

For R3dfox, I don't know. And, as you can see, there will be a new ESR 153 branch.

JodyThornton wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 00:37 Also, will that release remedy the lacking title bar issue?

There is an issue report about that:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues/182

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-20T13:18:27+00:00

Sorry Duke, I thought you were referring loosely to r3dFox when you mentioned the upcoming v153 branch; not native Firefox. So as far as r3dFox and e3k-etc ... we still don't know.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-20T18:37:30+00:00

JodyThornton wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 13:18 I thought you were referring loosely to r3dFox when you mentioned the upcoming v153 branch

I mentioned it as a wink with the hope we'll get a R3dfox v153 soon

BTW Firefox v140 ESR is still alive, v140.13 will also be released tomorrow.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-20T20:02:47+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 18:37 BTW Firefox v140 ESR is still alive, v140.13 will also be released tomorrow.

I know I was actually hoping to get a new e3k-etc or r3dFox version of this, so I could just keep running 140x ESR until years' end. We'll see

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T18:37:25+00:00

JodyThornton wrote: ↑20 Jul 2026, 20:02 I was actually hoping to get a new e3k-etc or r3dFox version of this, so I could just keep running 140x ESR until years' end.

Last version of Firefox 140 ESR branch on September 29.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-22T15:43:15+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 18:37n of Firefox 140 ESR branch on September 29.

Right, but you're referring to the official Mozilla releases; not r3dFox and e3k-etc, correct?
(or is that another wink to the aforementioned developers?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-22T16:49:05+00:00

JodyThornton wrote: ↑22 Jul 2026, 15:43 Right, but you're referring to the official Mozilla releases; not r3dFox and e3k-etc, correct?
(or is that another wink to the aforementioned developers?

Correct.
What I meant is that in any case, Firefox, R3dfox or e3k, the v140 ESR branch will stop at the end of September and not at the end of year.

But I really hope we'll get at least a R3dfox v153 soon because of this looong list of security fixes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-22T19:51:44+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑22 Jul 2026, 16:49 But I really hope we'll get at least a R3dfox v153 soon because of this looong list of security fixes:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-68/

Of course, and I get that. Mind you, if e3k-etc and redacted are experiencing difficulties getting a v153 release out there, perhaps an updated build of v140 ESR would address that for now. (I'm also winking )

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-22T22:07:52+00:00

JodyThornton wrote: ↑22 Jul 2026, 19:51 Mind you, if e3k-etc and redacted are experiencing difficulties getting a v153 release out there, perhaps an updated build of v140 ESR would address that for now. (I'm also winking )

Seeing there is also a long list of security fixes for Firefox v140.13 ESR, I'll take one build or the other:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-70/

But I hope there is a typo in this comment:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues/210#issuecomment-5051533805

Should be 153, not 152

BTW, I'm not experiencing the bookmarks gap issue with R3dfox v152.0.4 on Windows 8.1:

R3dfox152-Bookmarks.png

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Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-23T08:55:51+00:00

It was not a typo, R3dfox v152.0.4-2 is out:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v152.0.4-2

By the way about 153, I'd need to refactor a lot of the code for it, and I don't feel up to that right now, especially now that I get headaches every day aaaaaaaaaa. e3k 153 is unlikely to come soon, so it will likely be a while until r3dfox 153 comes.

Meanwhile, maybe we could get a v152.0.6 which includes these security fixes ?
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-67/

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-23T16:08:59+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑22 Jul 2026, 22:07 But I hope there is a typo in this comment:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/issues/210#issuecomment-5051533805

Should be 153, not 152

Not a typo at all. Look at the blurb in the latest release ... so much for our "last hope"

"By the way about 153, I'd need to refactor a lot of the code for it, and I don't feel up to that right now, especially now that I get headaches every day aaaaaaaaaa. e3k 153 is unlikely to come soon, so it will likely be a while until r3dfox 153 comes."

Repat after Homer Simpson:
D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-23T23:35:57+00:00

I'm worried about you, K4Sum1 I didn't stop caring you know, I never give up on friends. I'm sorry you are getting headaches. I know them all too well. Struggling myself as you might see.

~Of topic of course.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-23T23:59:04+00:00

idk what it is exactly, but my head seems fine, I got a whole ass MRI and found nothing wrong idk. But I take an alieve or tylenol in the morning every day and sometimes it's alright and sometimes it's not. Today is particularly bad since I had it since I first woke up and I even double dosed the shit and still have it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

However regarding 153, the main issue was with Webrender, then I got the idea what if I just took the Webrender from 152 and plopped it into 153, and after some fixing, it kinda just works. So 153 soon probably.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by 265 993 303

2026-07-24T07:52:04+00:00

In r3dfox, the zoom level is sometimes distorted when reopening closed tabs. For example, I use 288dpi (300%) in Windows 7, and I added 0.333333333333333333333 to toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues in about:config. When I set the browser zoom to 33%, window.devicePixelRatio is set to 1 as expected. But after closing and reopening the tab, the zoom gets distorted, and window.devicePixelRatio returns 0.9836065573770492 instead, which according to Number To Fractions corresponds to the fraction 60÷61. This implies that the zoom got distorted from 1÷3 to 20÷61. The exact same issue occurs in both r3dfox 153.0 (64-bit), Mypal 68.13.1b (32-bit), while Firefox ESR 52.4.1 (32-bit) returns a slightly different value of 0.9836065769195557 (4125545÷4194304, which is probably a single precision float approximation). This indicates that the distortion of zoom values affects a broad range of Firefox based browsers. It should be fixed to preserve the exact zoom level across sessions.

Another issue relating to zoom levels is that when an image is opened in a new tab in the browser, it always defaults to 100% zoom, and clicking on the image will change it to 100% zoom. But in non-96dpi configurations, this causes devicePixelRatio to be other than 1, and makes it no longer a pixel-perfect scale, forcing users to manually change the zoom each time the image is loaded or clicked.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-24T10:54:38+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑23 Jul 2026, 23:59 However regarding 153, the main issue was with Webrender, then I got the idea what if I just took the Webrender from 152 and plopped it into 153, and after some fixing, it kinda just works. So 153 soon probably.

And R3dfox v153 is there:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v153.0

Thanks!

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-24T21:54:11+00:00

265 993 303 wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 07:52 In r3dfox, the zoom level is sometimes distorted when reopening closed tabs. For example, I use 288dpi (300%) in Windows 7, and I added 0.333333333333333333333 to toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues in about:config. When I set the browser zoom to 33%, window.devicePixelRatio is set to 1 as expected. But after closing and reopening the tab, the zoom gets distorted, and window.devicePixelRatio returns 0.9836065573770492 instead, which according to Number To Fractions corresponds to the fraction 60÷61. This implies that the zoom got distorted from 1÷3 to 20÷61. The exact same issue occurs in both r3dfox 153.0 (64-bit), Mypal 68.13.1b (32-bit), while Firefox ESR 52.4.1 (32-bit) returns a slightly different value of 0.9836065769195557 (4125545÷4194304, which is probably a single precision float approximation). This indicates that the distortion of zoom values affects a broad range of Firefox based browsers. It should be fixed to preserve the exact zoom level across sessions.

Another issue relating to zoom levels is that when an image is opened in a new tab in the browser, it always defaults to 100% zoom, and clicking on the image will change it to 100% zoom. But in non-96dpi configurations, this causes devicePixelRatio to be other than 1, and makes it no longer a pixel-perfect scale, forcing users to manually change the zoom each time the image is loaded or clicked.

I think this is better reported to bugzilla.mozilla.org and not here. If you were to go through nightly builds and figure out where it first occurs, I could try fixing it though.
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by 265 993 303

2026-07-25T08:32:19+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 I think this is better reported to bugzilla.mozilla.org and not here.

Someone already reported the distorted zoom levels to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178138

I reported the image zoom issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057719

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 If you were to go through nightly builds and figure out where it first occurs, I could try fixing it though.
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/

The zoom level 0.333333333333333333333 does not get distorted in 2015-04-29-03-02-02-mozilla-central but it gets distorted in 2015-04-30-03-02-01-mozilla-central (both are firefox-40.0a2.en-US.win32). In fact, 2015-04-30 distorts the zoom value when switching tabs, even if the tab remains open!

But the underlying issue goes much deeper as other zoom levels still get distorted in 2015-04-29 version. In fact, going all the way back to 2007-10-26-05-trunk, the very first version to have zoom option (the list of zoom levels was called toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues instead of toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues) that version still distorts zoom levels. If I set toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues to 1,1.7 and I try to display a 384×96 image in 170% zoom, it gets displayed in 2094×523 size. This does not correspond to round(384×1.7×3)×round(96×1.7×3) which would have been 1958×490. It corresponds to floor(384×(20÷11)×3)×floor(96×(20÷11)×3). The same characteristic numerator of 20 appears!

Earlier versions (such as 2007-10-25-04-trunk) have a Text Size option instead of Zoom. The Text Size option covers a broad range of sizes (it seems to have 20 scale levels), but it doesn't show any numbers for scale and doesn't seem to be configurable in about:config.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-25T09:12:14+00:00

Problem with R3dfox v153: any page but the about: pages, site or local file appears to never be completly loaded even though it is:

R3dfox153-KO.png

Workaround: open a new tab then close it so the refresh sign is fixed:

R3dfox153-OK.png

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Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-25T11:25:23+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 09:12 Problem with R3dfox v153: any page but the about: pages, site or local file appears to never be completly loaded even though it is

Fixed in R3dfox v153 hotfix:
https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/releases/tag/v153.0-hotfix

BTW, why I can't delete any of these many forced Anubis keys ?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-26T00:04:50+00:00

265 993 303 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 08:32
the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 I think this is better reported to bugzilla.mozilla.org and not here.
Someone already reported the distorted zoom levels to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178138

I reported the image zoom issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057719

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 If you were to go through nightly builds and figure out where it first occurs, I could try fixing it though.
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/
The zoom level 0.333333333333333333333 does not get distorted in 2015-04-29-03-02-02-mozilla-central but it gets distorted in 2015-04-30-03-02-01-mozilla-central (both are firefox-40.0a2.en-US.win32). In fact, 2015-04-30 distorts the zoom value when switching tabs, even if the tab remains open!

But the underlying issue goes much deeper as other zoom levels still get distorted in 2015-04-29 version. In fact, going all the way back to 2007-10-26-05-trunk, the very first version to have zoom option (the list of zoom levels was called toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues instead of toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues) that version still distorts zoom levels. If I set toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues to 1,1.7 and I try to display a 384×96 image in 170% zoom, it gets displayed in 2094×523 size. This does not correspond to round(384×1.7×3)×round(96×1.7×3) which would have been 1958×490. It corresponds to floor(384×(20÷11)×3)×floor(96×(20÷11)×3). The same characteristic numerator of 20 appears!

Earlier versions (such as 2007-10-25-04-trunk) have a Text Size option instead of Zoom. The Text Size option covers a broad range of sizes (it seems to have 20 scale levels), but it doesn't show any numbers for scale and doesn't seem to be configurable in about:config.

Yeah that goes way over my head and skillset. Good luck

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-26T00:09:34+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 00:04
265 993 303 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 08:32
the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 I think this is better reported to bugzilla.mozilla.org and not here.
Someone already reported the distorted zoom levels to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178138

I reported the image zoom issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057719

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑24 Jul 2026, 21:54 If you were to go through nightly builds and figure out where it first occurs, I could try fixing it though.
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/
The zoom level 0.333333333333333333333 does not get distorted in 2015-04-29-03-02-02-mozilla-central but it gets distorted in 2015-04-30-03-02-01-mozilla-central (both are firefox-40.0a2.en-US.win32). In fact, 2015-04-30 distorts the zoom value when switching tabs, even if the tab remains open!

But the underlying issue goes much deeper as other zoom levels still get distorted in 2015-04-29 version. In fact, going all the way back to 2007-10-26-05-trunk, the very first version to have zoom option (the list of zoom levels was called toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues instead of toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues) that version still distorts zoom levels. If I set toolkit.zoomManager.fullZoomValues to 1,1.7 and I try to display a 384×96 image in 170% zoom, it gets displayed in 2094×523 size. This does not correspond to round(384×1.7×3)×round(96×1.7×3) which would have been 1958×490. It corresponds to floor(384×(20÷11)×3)×floor(96×(20÷11)×3). The same characteristic numerator of 20 appears!

Earlier versions (such as 2007-10-25-04-trunk) have a Text Size option instead of Zoom. The Text Size option covers a broad range of sizes (it seems to have 20 scale levels), but it doesn't show any numbers for scale and doesn't seem to be configurable in about:config.
Yeah that goes way over my head and skillset. Good luck

Way over my head too. You're not alone in that one. Very proud of you working through the headaches to finish your project.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-26T00:20:06+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 11:25 BTW, why I can't delete any of these many forced Anubis keys ?

Saw this in the email and then completely forgot to reply to it oop.

You can't remove any prefs that are included in the browser, so that's just standard Firefox behavior. I believe that if you set them to nothing it should treat it as if they didn't exist though afaik.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-26T00:54:11+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑23 Jul 2026, 23:59...idk what it is exactly, but my head seems fine, I got a whole ass MRI and found nothing wrong idk...

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-26T11:09:01+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 00:20 You can't remove any prefs that are included in the browser, so that's just standard Firefox behavior.

But why are these keys hardcoded therefore forced ?

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 00:20 I believe that if you set them to nothing it should treat it as if they didn't exist though afaik.

In this case it's falling back to general.useragent.override because I have set one.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-26T12:38:06+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 11:09
the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 00:20 You can't remove any prefs that are included in the browser, so that's just standard Firefox behavior.
But why are these keys hardcoded therefore forced ?

How else am I supposed to include them?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-26T14:45:57+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 12:38 How else am I supposed to include them?

config.cfg ?

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-26T22:32:16+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 14:45
the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 12:38 How else am I supposed to include them?
config.cfg ?

Won't that work the same way? I assume it would let you delete them but just add them back because they no longer exist.

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-27T12:58:28+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 22:32 Won't that work the same way? I assume it would let you delete them but just add them back because they no longer exist.

Since you can add config keys through config.cfg then you don't need to hardcode them anymore.
So the advanced user can delete / edit the ones he wants and it might be easier and faster for you to add / edit / remove some keys

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by GoodConscience

2026-07-27T20:41:38+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑25 Jul 2026, 11:25
BTW, why I can't delete any of these many forced Anubis keys ?

... But why would you want to delete them in the first place? They serve a purpose, which is being detailed here ...

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑26 Jul 2026, 00:20
You can't remove any prefs that are included in the browser, so that's just standard Firefox behavior.

If one's really determined , there still is a way, but it involves messing with omni.ja archives ...

► Show Spoiler

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-28T03:57:42+00:00

GoodConscience wrote: ↑27 Jul 2026, 20:41 But why would you want to delete them in the first place? They serve a purpose

Because I don't care about Anubis, it's not a problem for me.
Because I have an account on some of these sites for years, and I don't want my user agent to appear with the F word in it.
Because %OS_SLICE% returns Windows 7 or 8 which is not coherent with any version > 115. This may cause problems, check this:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9148#p9148
Because I see no reason why I should be forced to use these keys. Actually it's a PITA to have to edit these user agents, one by one, each time a new version of R3dfox is released.

GoodConscience wrote: ↑27 Jul 2026, 20:41 there still is a way, but it involves messing with omni.ja archives

Thanks for the tip. But it would be much easier to have these keys in config.cfg so you can quickly delete or edit the ones you want.
For now I'll just use this workaround:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9367#p9367

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-28T05:03:08+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 03:57 Because I have an account on some of these sites for years, and I don't want my user agent to appear with the F word in it.
Because %OS_SLICE% returns Windows 7 or 8 which is not coherent with any version > 115. This may cause problems, check this:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9148#p9148
Because I see no reason why I should be forced to use these keys. Actually it's a PITA to have to edit these user agents, one by one, each time a new version of R3dfox is released.

Totally agreed!
I was not familiar with the referenced "keys", but Holy Shit, Batman!
UA's with the F word is SO D@MN **CHILDISH**, thanks for the heads-up that SH!T like that is being hardcoded !!!

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by the_r3dacted

2026-07-28T21:47:22+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑27 Jul 2026, 12:58 Since you can add config keys through config.cfg then you don't need to hardcode them anymore.
So the advanced user can delete / edit the ones he wants and it might be easier and faster for you to add / edit / remove some keys

Ok, but then each update will replace config.cfg, unless you manually skip it, in which case you'll miss later changes that come from Librewolf.

Duke wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 03:57 Because %OS_SLICE% returns Windows 7 or 8 which is not coherent with any version > 115. This may cause problems, check this:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9148#p9148

I've been thinking about removing that code because it adds complexity and requires reverting optimizations done to the browser code all for dynamic runtime OS spoofing. I should just fake 10 for those picky sites.

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 05:03
Duke wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 03:57 Because I have an account on some of these sites for years, and I don't want my user agent to appear with the F word in it.
Because %OS_SLICE% returns Windows 7 or 8 which is not coherent with any version > 115. This may cause problems, check this:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9148#p9148
Because I see no reason why I should be forced to use these keys. Actually it's a PITA to have to edit these user agents, one by one, each time a new version of R3dfox is released.
Totally agreed!
I was not familiar with the referenced "keys", but Holy Shit, Batman!
UA's with the F word is SO D@MN **CHILDISH**, thanks for the heads-up that SH!T like that is being hardcoded !!!

lol you should see the GitHub issue lol

Eclipse r3dfox browser :: r3dfox, a modern Firefox based web browser for Windows Vista, 7, and 8! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-28T22:25:59+00:00

the_r3dacted wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 21:47 lol you should see the GitHub issue lol

Yeah, things like "trans-rights=human-rights". blah blah blah
There's "professional" and there's "childish", most of us know which is which when we see it.

The Notepad++ types of activism is never going to work for r3dfox.
At least I don't think it will, lol, what do I know.
I stopped updating mine BECAUSE of all the activism.
My old one works fine for everything I need it for.

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2026-07-29T10:55:09+00:00

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-17T23:33:42+00:00

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260718-3219d2d-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20260718-3219d2d-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom

IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260718-3219d2d-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod-ia32.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32

NM28XP build:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260718-d849524bd-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z
Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260718-d849524bd-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod-ia32.7z
Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260718-d849524bd-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod-sse.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260718-d849524bd-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z
Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260718-d849524bd-uxp-edd86c9a9d-w7plus-avx2.7z

Official UXP changes picked since my last build:
- Issue #3122 - Stop using element in json viewer. (25440b453a)
- Issue #3129 - Add palette_neon_intrinsics.c to moz.build (6ba6120115)
- Issue #3129 - Follow-up: Add aarch64 to platforms enabling Neon in libpng. (97a7730717)
- Issue #3134 - Import missing libpng files for loongarch and plug them into moz.build (f3ed8ce4a4)
- Revert "Bug 2033848 - Use non-default response ID for GTK file picker accept button. r=stransky" (7e4c152210)
- Issue #2829 - Support revert-layer in CSS-wide parsing (cacd5b2d61)
- Issue #2829 - Implement CSS revert-layer cascade rollback (07a651cb70)
- Issue #2829 - Handle revert-layer variable fallbacks (8a63f0d1e1)
- Issue #2829 - Use layer index naming for revert-layer metadata (121fa183a0)
- Issue #2829 - Regenerate devtools CSS database for revert-layer (3ad8472edc)
- Issue #3140 - implement URL.parse() (a5610624d0)

No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build.

No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build.

Update Notice:
- You may delete file named icudt*.dat and icu63.dll inside program folder when updating from old releases.

* Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-17T23:33:49+00:00

New build of BOC/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20260718-40a79c75-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z
BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20260718-40a79c75-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom

* Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15.

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New build of HBL-UXP for XP!

Test binary:
IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20260718-id-656ea98-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z
IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20260718-id-656ea98-ia-c642e3c-uxp-edd86c9a9d-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP):
https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild
https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-17T23:33:56+00:00

New build of post-deprecated Serpent/moebius for XP!
* Notice: This repo will not be built on regular schedule, and changes are experimental as usual.
** Current moebius patch level should be on par with 52.9, but some security patches can not be applied/ported due to source milestone differences between versions.

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20260718-99e7fa950-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win64-git-20260718-99e7fa950-xpmod.7z

repo: https://github.com/roytam1/basilisk55

Repo changes:
- Revert "import from UXP: Bug 2033848 - Use non-default response ID for GTK file picker accept button. r=stransky (81babad1)" (072bcb2ff)
- ported from UXP: Issue #3122 - Stop using element in json viewer. (25440b45) (57690362e)
- import from UXP: Issue #3129 - Add palette_neon_intrinsics.c to moz.build (6ba61201) (ff5d3081d)
- import from UXP: Issue #3129 - Follow-up: Add aarch64 to platforms enabling Neon in libpng. (97a77307) (fe07f5ff6)
- import from UXP: Issue #3134 - Import missing libpng files for loongarch and plug them into moz.build (f3ed8ce4) (38bca147b)
- ported from UXP: Issue #2829 - Support revert-layer in CSS-wide parsing (cacd5b2d) (0bb7b6959)
- ported from UXP: Issue #2829 - Implement CSS revert-layer cascade rollback (07a651cb) (ebf3fafe2)
- import from UXP: Issue #2829 - Handle revert-layer variable fallbacks (8a63f0d1) (5849d68a0)
- ported from UXP: Issue #2829 - Use layer index naming for revert-layer metadata (121fa183) (22dac9430)
- ported from UXP: Issue #2829 - Regenerate devtools CSS database for revert-layer (3ad8472e) (e49363921)
- import from UXP: Issue #3140 - implement URL.parse() (a5610624) (99e7fa950)

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-24T23:00:08+00:00

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260725-3219d2d-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20260725-3219d2d-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom

IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260725-3219d2d-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod-ia32.7z

source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32

NM28XP build:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260725-d849524bd-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z
Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260725-d849524bd-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod-ia32.7z
Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260725-d849524bd-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod-sse.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260725-d849524bd-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z
Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260725-d849524bd-uxp-30427c0213-w7plus-avx2.7z

Official UXP changes picked since my last build:
- Issue #1803 - Convert std::*::value/::type to _v and _t suffixes. (1dd094e90b)
- Issue #3061 - Remove network tickler. (3312ebb226)
- No issue - Exclude some files from the preprocessor that don't have directives in them. (4b77043d11)
- Issue #3144 - Implement CSSStyleSheet replaceSync (05467e9db6)
- [js] Guard against OOB string sizes in internal Printf (90952505ec)
- [gfx] Add bounds checks and limit reverse scanning of ligature data. (07271921c9)
- [gfx] Hold a strong ref during GetFontAt lookup. (0b8fd38fb3)
- [DOM] Make parser update form owner properly (0cd2c3acf7)
- [js] Initialize BaselineFrame return value slot in OnLeaveBaselineFrame. (a809f575d1)
- [js] Clamp length of regexp captures array for dollar substitution. (f8982ebd3f)

No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build.

No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build.

My changes picked since my last build:
- devtools: restore preprocessor usage (30427c0213)

Update Notice:
- You may delete file named icudt*.dat and icu63.dll inside program folder when updating from old releases.

* Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-24T23:00:13+00:00

New build of BOC/UXP for XP!

Test binary:
MailNews Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/mailnews.win32-20260725-40a79c75-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z
BNavigator Win32 https://o.rthost.win/boc-uxp/bnavigator.win32-20260725-40a79c75-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP): https://github.com/roytam1/boc-uxp/tree/custom

* Notice: the profile prefix (i.e. parent folder names) are also changed since 2020-08-15 build, you may rename their names before using new binaries when updating from builds before 2020-08-15.

--

New build of HBL-UXP for XP!

Test binary:
IceDove-UXP(mail) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/icedove.win32-20260725-id-656ea98-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z
IceApe-UXP(suite) https://o.rthost.win/hbl-uxp/iceape.win32-20260725-id-656ea98-ia-c642e3c-uxp-30427c0213-xpmod.7z

source repo (excluding UXP):
https://github.com/roytam1/icedove-uxp/tree/winbuild
https://github.com/roytam1/iceape-uxp/tree/winbuild

RT1 Browser Platform :: Browsers release notes :: Reply by roytam1

2026-07-24T23:00:18+00:00

New build of post-deprecated Serpent/moebius for XP!
* Notice: This repo will not be built on regular schedule, and changes are experimental as usual.
** Current moebius patch level should be on par with 52.9, but some security patches can not be applied/ported due to source milestone differences between versions.

Test binary:
Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win32-git-20260725-94e741a46-xpmod.7z
Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk55-win64-git-20260725-94e741a46-xpmod.7z

repo: https://github.com/roytam1/basilisk55

Repo changes:
- ported from UXP: Issue #1803 - Convert std::*::value/::type to _v and _t suffixes. (1dd094e9) (200256195)
- ported from UXP: Issue #3061 - Remove network tickler. (3312ebb2) (5cb455841)
- ported from UXP: Issue #3144 - Implement CSSStyleSheet replaceSync (05467e9d) (de7f8267f)
- import from UXP: [js] Guard against OOB string sizes in internal Printf (90952505) (604ade209)
- import from UXP: [gfx] Add bounds checks and limit reverse scanning of ligature data. (07271921) (6c05b903c)
- import from UXP: [gfx] Hold a strong ref during GetFontAt lookup. (0b8fd38f) (a3d9936ff)
- import from UXP: [DOM] Make parser update form owner properly (0cd2c3ac) (443fd3272)
- import from UXP: [js] Initialize BaselineFrame return value slot in OnLeaveBaselineFrame. (a809f575) (df19befd2)
- import from UXP: [js] Clamp length of regexp captures array for dollar substitution. (f8982ebd) (94e741a46)

Mypal Browser :: New Mypal68 :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-20T02:13:45+00:00

So how "up-to-date is MyPal 68? I tried it out early on, but can it now render most sites? (including social media and banks?). Does it include modern security patches?

Mypal Browser :: New Mypal68 :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-20T22:10:26+00:00

I don't think so, Jody. I don't know, I am still on an old version and it still works sometimes and I turn to Arctic Foxie 360 when needed. Hate to say it, but I've been just hanging in there with XP until it breaks (any moment). Been using Linux more now and I'm sorry I can't help you better, but others here are much more knowledgeable than myself. Perhaps, either Duke or K4sum1 might offer better advice. I'm still on 68.14b. As I say, I'm just hanging in there and one day I'll be using Chrome (gritting my teeth) but OK ... I put it out there. Feodor seems to have forgotten this forum. Maybe the folks over at MSFN might know more. I can't go on there anymore after the log on change to email because I forgot the email I joined with and I don't even read over there anymore.

Good luck and good to see you here again.

Sal

EDIT:

Oh, I meant my computer is well past its prime and once it goes, I wouldn't install XP again. I didn't mean XP is dead - I still use it but getting pretty hard now to enjoy. I don't own a smart phone, can't afford one and don't really want one either.

Mypal Browser :: New Mypal68 :: Reply by JodyThornton

2026-07-21T00:31:59+00:00

Yeah I'm using Windows 8, so my experience with MyPal may fare better. Still I appreciate your feedback.

Mypal Browser :: New Mypal68 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T02:00:14+00:00

Sorry but I'm not using Mypal68, I just report updates when I see them.

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Author Heathercat123

2026-07-21T14:27:00+00:00

Here's a little project that I "made" last year and then mostly abandoned, based on MattKC's dotnet9x. It allows for most of Adobe Flash 9 and partially 10 to run on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 using wrappers, whereas the official minimum for FP9 is Windows 98 and 2000. Downloads and src are on Codeberg

Known problems:
- SWFs compiled for Adobe Flash 10 don't run at all
- flash.net.SharedObject, used for storing local data, doesn't work since I dunno how to get a directory handle on old win32
- Browsing for SWFs doesn't work
^{Keep in mind that I'm quite new to C}

On 95.png

^{It also works on stock 95 RTM}

On NT 3.5.png

Recently, I also got it to launch on NT 3.1, though it cannot draw anything to the screen yet:

On NT 3.1.png

^{The DLL Initialization Failed is because my wrapper tried to load WinG, which requires at least NT 3.5 or win32s.}
I've neglected to publishing the code for that port, though I plan to do it eventually in a branch.

On Windows 3.1 with win32s, it just doesn't launch for some reason.

Edit: Added repo/download link, oopsies!

Attachments

On 95.png (24.42 KiB)

On NT 3.5.png (24.32 KiB)

On NT 3.1.png (12.24 KiB)

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T18:32:24+00:00

Heathercat123 wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 14:27 Here's a little project that I "made" last year and then mostly abandoned, based on MattKC's dotnet9x. It allows for most of Adobe Flash 9 and partially 10 to run on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 using wrappers, whereas the official minimum for FP9 is Windows 98 and 2000. Downloads and src are on Codeberg

Nice work, well done!

Heathercat123 wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 14:27 On Windows 3.1 with win32s, it just doesn't launch for some reason.

On my Windows 3.11 VM with Win32s and WinG I'm getting a Win32s - Error: Invalid format.
And then an Unexpected error 21.

But don't bother with Windows 3.1

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Reply by Heathercat123

2026-07-21T18:42:09+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 18:32 On my Windows 3.11 VM with Win32s and WinG I'm getting a Win32s - Error: Invalid format.
And then an Unexpected error 21.

Yeah, I haven't updated the repo yet, sorry!

Edit: It's published now: https://codeberg.org/heathercat123/flash95/releases/tag/threepointone

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T19:48:39+00:00

I wasn't clear enough, I've tried it on Windows 3.11, as you mentioned Windows 3.1 with Win32s, but not on NT 3.1

So no worries and don't bother with the old Windows 3.1

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-22T23:50:33+00:00

How the hell did you manage to do that?

Community Projects :: Adobe Flash 9 on Windows 95 and NT 3.5 :: Reply by Heathercat123

2026-07-25T16:58:47+00:00

wuggy wrote: ↑22 Jul 2026, 23:50 How the hell did you manage to do that?

It kind of just worked after adding a few stubs to dotnet9x.

Community Projects :: Dactyloidae Browser :: Reply by wuggy

2026-06-29T17:01:17+00:00

Dactyloidae 13.2 will be the first release to support FreeBSD.

Community Projects :: Dactyloidae Browser :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-27T00:36:45+00:00

https://repo.dactyloidae.xyz/Dactyloidae/UXP/releases/tag/13.2

Dactyloidae 13.2 for Windows 2000 and above and Linux for x86_64 or LoongArch64 is finally here, after 3 months of development

Community Projects :: Dactyloidae Browser :: Reply by omegabr

2026-07-28T23:16:12+00:00

wuggy wrote: ↑27 Jul 2026, 00:36 https://repo.dactyloidae.xyz/Dactyloidae/UXP/releases/tag/13.2

Dactyloidae 13.2 for Windows 2000 and above and Linux for x86_64 or LoongArch64 is finally here, after 3 months of development

is it possible to build dactyloidae with gtk2?

Community Projects :: Dactyloidae Browser :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-29T00:37:15+00:00

omegabr wrote: ↑28 Jul 2026, 23:16
wuggy wrote: ↑27 Jul 2026, 00:36 https://repo.dactyloidae.xyz/Dactyloidae/UXP/releases/tag/13.2

Dactyloidae 13.2 for Windows 2000 and above and Linux for x86_64 or LoongArch64 is finally here, after 3 months of development
is it possible to build dactyloidae with gtk2?

Hasn’t been tested like at all but should work no issues

Community Projects :: Dactyloidae Browser :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-29T00:39:20+00:00

Oh yeah I’ll need to work on getting optimisations on Linux, it’s a bit bare as of now. 13.2.1 should add GTK2 and optimisations for Linux

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-08T16:03:57+00:00

HI there, Eclipse community!

I Just figured I'd pop in quickly seeing I've been away for a while recovering. I'm doing a little bit better I guess, but still struggling. I don't know.

God the forum is so dead now. What happened while I was away? I realize things happen when one is gone for a while and out of the loop.

I hope everyone is doing well and getting outside if possible. I've have been walking again (short trips for now) but good to get natural vitamin D again. My blood work all came back normal so that is good and my chest X-Ray also was normal.

We hit the 90's a few time already on the east coast but this week is in the 80's and it should be a dry heat so walking is not torture.

I didn't forget about this place, though, and the people here that helped me.

All the best:

Sal

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-08T19:45:30+00:00

re: walking

I just visited Atlanta for FIFA World Cup and MLB Braves.
Rented an "electric scooter". Was a BLAST and a TON of FUN.
But holy cow! We weren't expecting them to cost so much just to RENT.
Was so much FUN that I have one on order through Amazon.
Under $200 USD after applying for their card.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-08T23:28:51+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑08 Jul 2026, 19:45 We weren't expecting them to cost so much just to RENT.

I guess you can blame the world cup

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-09T00:59:39+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑08 Jul 2026, 23:28 I guess you can blame the world cup

Not only for high scooter rent, but also for an outright onslaught of HOMELESS PANHANDLERS.

You think you are asking a "friendly passerby" for directions, to just around the corner, a two block walk, he leads you the entire way, only to give his SOB STORY and ASK FOR MONEY.

Even had a HOMELESS LADY throw a plastic bag of GLASS at our feet and try to accuse us of breaking her things and wanting us to PAY HER for what SHE THREW AT US.

One HOMELESS GUY showed us that those scooters have "free time" on them if the previous renter doesn't "end ride" via the app and wants us to PAY HIM for that free information.

Holy Crap !!! I've never seen as many HOMELESS PANHANDLERS all conjugating within a couple square city blocks.

Not sure if I will ever visit ATLANTA ever again, it was THAT bad !!!

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-09T10:45:45+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑08 Jul 2026, 23:28 I guess you can blame the world cup

https://www.goal.com/en/news/world-cup-parking-transport-how-to-get/blt44d9abcade312bc4
https://www.facebook.com/draftkings/posts/180-to-park-outside-of-lincoln-financial-field-with-paraguay-and-france-playing-/1590524319103068/

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-10T00:50:43+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 00:59...Even had a HOMELESS LADY throw a plastic bag of GLASS at our feet and try to accuse us of breaking her things and wanting us to PAY HER for what SHE THREW AT US..

Om my

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T01:18:23+00:00

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 00:50 Om my

Those are just the TOP THREE.
We were being hit by homeless beggars DOZENS upon DOZENS of times each and every day!
I do "blame" the World Cup being in town!
I've visited DOZENS of LARGE CITIES and ATLANTA (during the World Cup) is by FAR the WORST TRAVEL EXPERIENCE *EVER*.
There was a HUGE "police presence". Cops on bikes. But despite the HUGE presence, THEY DID NOTHING to "discourage" the PANHANDLING.

Heck, we had a different HOMELESS LADY walking around with her "pancake flapjack chest" HANGING OUT and flopping across her waist.
Police witnessed it and DID NOTHING.

Sorry ATLANTA, you have demonstrated that you should NEVER be allowed to host "on the world stage" EVER AGAIN !!!

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T01:33:44+00:00

One of the "highlights" of our trip was getting a HOMELESS BEGGAR to walk us to a restaurant that we asked him for directions to, had him SIT OUTSIDE the restaurant while we took our sweet ol' time dining, then sneaking out a SIDE DOOR while he was still sitting there WAITING TO GET PAID for "giving us directions".

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T01:38:18+00:00

And of course pretty much ALL of the downtown shops and restaurants and bars all said basically the same exact thing - "don't give them any food, they eat better than all of us".

Which was one of my comments to the group I was traveling with, "That guy can't be homeless, he weighs more than three of me combined."

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T10:53:55+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 01:38 "That guy can't be homeless, he weighs more than three of me combined."

Because he eats a lot of sh*t food.

General Chat :: Then dust yourself off and try again :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T14:58:04+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 10:53 Because he eats a lot of sh*t food.

Um... So do I !!!
If it weren't for "fast food", I'd only eat a dozen or so times per year.
Can't think of the last time I ever had fruit.
So no, I'm not buying that reasoning.
But yeah, I'll take it as an eye-opener for my own diet, lol.

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by kamiiey09

2026-07-10T16:46:28+00:00

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T19:27:48+00:00

2026-07-10_15-26-45.jpg

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General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T19:37:56+00:00

How do you open the top right drawer ?

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T20:14:57+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 19:37 How do you open the top right drawer ?

lol... that pic was pulled from online somewhere, forget where...
my "real" desk is the same Steelcase desk, but mine is green instead of black
didn't seem important enough to power up the never-used-phone, snap a pic, download to computer, upload to forum

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T21:33:54+00:00

This should work to open the drawer:

Plunger1000.jpg

Not very classy but efficient

Attachments

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General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-10T22:16:55+00:00

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-10T22:40:12+00:00

Too small, too weak

General Chat :: Post your desktops here! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T10:41:39+00:00

General Chat :: Various videos :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T11:19:11+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a9ip-CdP4Pw

Cute Minion Short From YT.

General Chat :: eBoard2 is (unofficially) back! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T10:50:29+00:00

How cool is this ... I had no idea that board existed ... good to know and will check it out

PS: I just tried to log in with my credentials from here so I guess I need to created a new account; right?

General Chat :: eBoard2 is (unofficially) back! :: Reply by wuggy

2026-07-13T11:56:51+00:00

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑13 Jul 2026, 10:50 How cool is this ... I had no idea that board existed ... good to know and will check it out

PS: I just tried to log in with my credentials from here so I guess I need to created a new account; right?

Yeah you have to make a new account, ABXD and phpBB are different. Eclipse and my eBoard2 are also hosted in 2 different countries lol

General Chat :: MSFN :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-11T17:43:09+00:00

Accessing MSFN of late has been a NIGHTMARE.
Clearly (in my view), the admin is "accepting donations" but NOT SPENDING IT ON THE SERVER.
It is being hit by whatever Eclipse was being hit with.
Spinning circles for SEVERAL minutes, maybe it will load, maybe it won't.
If it does load, the .css files didn't load so you have an almost-but-barely readable rendering.

General Chat :: MSFN :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-11T17:45:57+00:00

2026-07-11_13-44-46.jpg

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General Chat :: MSFN :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T12:15:13+00:00

Gosh ... I haven't even read over there in ages. I'm surprised its still going I guess. I never donated though. Can't afford it now. Its sounds like I'm not missing much. I've been concentrating on Linux again because XP has become useless in many ways and I need to stream my TV shows and movies.

General Chat :: Which TV shows are you watching? :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T12:20:15+00:00

https://watch.plex.tv/show/dimension-404

dimension-404

General Chat :: Which TV shows are you watching? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-13T12:34:22+00:00

The Rain

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6656238/

General Chat :: Memes on Eclipse! :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-11T20:02:36+00:00

Haaland and Messi swapping jerseys after the match:

Haaland-Messi-JerseySwapping.jpg

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General Chat :: Memes on Eclipse! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-13T10:48:47+00:00

General Chat :: Memes on Eclipse! :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-13T12:39:24+00:00

You Take That Back! lol
Mondays have always been my *FAVORITE* day of the week! Absolute FAVORITE !!!
And I'd say that mindset has served me well over the years. I'm retired at only 55yrs old.
It *used to be called* "30 and Done". Work THIRTY years, nothing but sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep. For THIRTY years.
Then *NEVER* have to work another day in your life !!!
Sure, it took me 35.5. But all other people I know my age are still working, so I'd say I did good.

General Chat :: Memes on Eclipse! :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-14T17:14:16+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑13 Jul 2026, 12:39...Mondays have always been my *FAVORITE* day of the week! Absolute FAVORITE !!!

Lol ... I sort of feel like blobfish every day

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-12T23:28:02+00:00

Just love this new song and I hope you do too.

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-15T17:25:51+00:00

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T19:22:06+00:00

Speaking of "what are you listening to", I finally figured out an issue that I've been having for just over a month !!!

I pretty much always have at least 3 to 5 (sometimes even as many as 7 [I've tested the ability to do as many as TWENTY on my best computer, but let's face it, that was just a test, lol]) streaming videos all playing simultaneously.

Only one will have the sound on, all the others muted.
And my ADHD scrolls around and mutes/unmutes on whichever video has my "almost full" attention at the moment.

A couple streaming services have started to use "bells and whistles" that 'lock up' the video if it has been muted for "too long".
Userscripts to the rescue !!!
I no longer use the "mute" or "volume" buttons on those websites.
A userscript adds my own button and a userstyle replaces "their" button with my own!
I can set the "volume" to 0.001 (literally!) and it can sit their for DAYS and the website doen't "lock me out" for being muted for too long.

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General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-18T20:02:32+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 19:22 A userscript adds my own button and a userstyle replaces "their" button with my own!
I can set the "volume" to 0.001

Would you mind sharing this script ?

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T20:22:01+00:00

I have two.

The first uses a toggle button that is added to the lower right corner.

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add High/Low Audio Volume Button
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Define your two volume levels (0.0 to 1.0)
const VOLUME_LOW = 0.00001;
const VOLUME_HIGH = 1.0;

let isLow = false; // Track current state

// Create the toggle button
const btn = document.createElement('button');
btn.textContent = ' Volume: High';
btn.style.position = 'fixed';
btn.style.bottom = '10px';
btn.style.right = '10px';
btn.style.zIndex = '99999';
btn.style.padding = '8px 12px';
btn.style.background = '#333';
btn.style.color = '#fff';
btn.style.border = 'none';
btn.style.borderRadius = '5px';
btn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
btn.style.fontSize = '14px';
btn.style.opacity = '0.8';

// Function to set volume for all audio/video elements
function setAllMediaVolume(level) {
document.querySelectorAll('audio, video').forEach(el => {
try {
el.volume = level;
} catch (e) {
console.warn('Could not set volume for element:', el, e);
}
});
}

// Toggle handler
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
isLow = !isLow;
const newVolume = isLow ? VOLUME_LOW : VOLUME_HIGH;
setAllMediaVolume(newVolume);
btn.textContent = ` Volume: ${isLow ? 'Low' : 'High'}`;
});

// Append button to page
document.body.appendChild(btn);

// Optional: set initial volume
setAllMediaVolume(VOLUME_HIGH);
})();

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General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T20:28:46+00:00

This is the second one.
I prefer this one so far.
I no longer use a button but instead use a transparent overlay that covers the ENTIRE PAGE.
Click anywhere to mute/unmute.
This one can mute and umnute but not change the web site's "volume graphic" (at least for my problematic sites).
Which basically "tricks" the website to not know that it is muted and prevents their "lock out" overlay from popping up if I mute for "too long".

// ==UserScript==
// @name - Add Mute/Unmute Replacement
// @version 1.0.1
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
'use strict';

// Create the button
const btn = document.createElement('muteunmutebutton');
//btn.textContent = ''; // Start as unmuted icon
btn.textContent = '';
btn.style.position = 'fixed';
//btn.style.bottom = '20px';
//btn.style.right = '20px';
btn.style.bottom = '0px';
btn.style.right = '0px';
btn.style.height = '100vh';
btn.style.width = '100vw';
btn.style.zIndex = '99999';
//btn.style.padding = '10px';
//btn.style.fontSize = '20px';
//btn.style.borderRadius = '50%';
btn.style.borderRadius = '0';
btn.style.border = 'none';
//btn.style.background = '#333';
btn.style.background = 'transparent';
btn.style.color = '#fff';
//btn.style.cursor = 'pointer';
btn.style.cursor = 'default';
//btn.style.boxShadow = '0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)';

document.body.appendChild(btn);

let isMuted = false;

// Function to set mute state for all audio/video
function setMuteState(mute) {
const mediaElements = document.querySelectorAll('audio, video');
mediaElements.forEach(el => {
try {
el.muted = mute;
} catch (e) {
console.warn('Could not mute element:', e);
}
});
}

// Button click handler
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
isMuted = !isMuted;
setMuteState(isMuted);
//btn.textContent = isMuted ? '' : '';
btn.textContent = isMuted ? '' : '';
});

// Optional: auto-detect new media elements added dynamically
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
setMuteState(isMuted);
});
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

})();

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-18T22:46:40+00:00

Thanks. I guess you're doing that using the Stylus extension ?

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-18T23:04:03+00:00

Userscripts via Tampermonkey (heavily modified to remove telemetry).
Userstyles via Stylus.

Most streaming sites utilize "mickey mouse controls", I abolish them all and use my own controls created by combination of userscripts and userstyles. I don't need 90% of the "hover over" controls or fade-in/fade-out crap that streaming sites use. I consider myself a POWER USER. I don't use ANY website "as-is", I customize to my own liking.

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-19T23:38:32+00:00

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 23:04 Tampermonkey (heavily modified to remove telemetry).

Sounds good. Is it available anywhere ?

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-20T18:34:47+00:00

Duke wrote: ↑19 Jul 2026, 23:38
The-10-Pen wrote: ↑18 Jul 2026, 23:04 Tampermonkey (heavily modified to remove telemetry).
Sounds good. Is it available anywhere ?

Well, I guess it's been modified for Chrome but not for Firefox.

General Chat :: what are you listening to? :: Reply by The-10-Pen

2026-07-20T20:02:46+00:00

I modify my own version.
Obtained directly from the author but modified on my end.
I do this with *ALL* of my extensions, none are ran "as-is / default".
In the case of Tampermonkey, the author codes in a "time bomb" to solicit for donations.
HATE *crap* like that !!! So it gets removed even before I ever ran it for the very first time.

General Chat :: A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID :: Author xperceniol_sal

2026-07-20T23:02:25+00:00

The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising privacy red flags about Windows' surveillance capabilities.
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The arrest of a teenage hacker has revealed that Microsoft can track a Windows PC and its online activity through a “Global Device ID" that seems to have no easy opt-out, sparking fears about potential surveillance.

Last week, the US announced it had extradited 19-year-old Peter Stokes from Europe for allegedly being a member of the notorious hacking group Scattered Spider. But the case stands out because Microsoft played a key role in linking Stokes to the suspected hacking crimes, according to an unsealed criminal complaint.
Peter Stokes
(Credit: DOJ)

Stokes allegedly hacked an unnamed luxury jewelry retailer in May 2025 while using a VPN. The 39-page criminal complaint shows the FBI used Microsoft records to discover that his IP address was associated with a Microsoft device identifier known as Global Device ID (GDID).

“According to a Microsoft representative, a Global Device Identifier in the Windows ecosystem is a persistent, device-level identifier designed to uniquely identify an installation of a Windows operating system on a device, either a physical device (e.g., a mobile phone or laptop) or virtual machine, across certain Microsoft services and scenarios," the complaint explains.

The global device ID isn’t exactly surprising, given that it's standard practice to assign a unique ID to each account or device so a tech provider can recognize and distinguish between them. But the complaint reveals Microsoft can associate the GDID with third-party services and the timing as well, giving Redmond a way to theoretically track a user’s online activity. In other words, Redmond might be able to track the online activity of your Windows PC without third-party browser cookies.
the complaint
(Credit: DOJ)

Stokes was discovered exploiting a web development tool called ngrok to bypass the jewelry retailer's network defenses. The complaint says Microsoft had records showing that on May 12, 2025, at 19:21 UTC, the GDID associated with Stokes’ computer “accessed, among other ngrok pages, 'https://dashboard[.]ngrok.com/signup,' the ngrok page to set up an ngrok account.”

The document adds that Microsoft records also showed the GDID accessing “multiple sites” from servers at Tzulo, a web hosting provider, to help pull off the hack.
diagram of identifiers
The GDID for Stokes' PC was allegedly 6755467234350028. (Credit: DOJ)

Hence, the fact that federal investigators used the Microsoft identifier to nab a suspected hacker is raising concerns that it could be abused for other surveillance purposes. “Microsoft Windows is surveillance software,” cybersecurity expert Matthew Hickey alleged in a tweet.

The device ID is mentioned briefly on this support page, but Microsoft hasn't otherwise commented on it publicly. According to the criminal complaint, a Windows user can reset the GDID on their own, although it's not easy. “A GDID remains consistent across Windows operating system updates on a device, but a reinstall of Windows, either on the same device or on a different device, will be tied to a new unique GDID,” the court document says. In a footnote, it adds, “Thus, one Microsoft user could have multiple GDIDs.”
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Still, we suspect it wouldn’t be hard for Microsoft to tie a newly set GDID to the old one, since the company could look at other identifiers, such as a Microsoft account login or an IP address, and match them. In response to the surveillance potential, some users have already been exploring ways to contain and scrub the GDID identifier.

Meanwhile, cybersecurity researcher Costin Raiu is questioning whether other tech companies have the same surveillance capabilities, given the use of unique identifiers.

"I would also ask: how much of this is happening on Apple devices? Is it on the same scale? Is it happening at an even higher level — do they tie it to the hardware, so that even if you reinstall, it doesn’t matter, because it’s hardware-based?" he said in the Three Buddy Problem podcast. "Very likely it’s not unique to Microsoft. And probably, if you want to be fully anonymous, you may at some point have to use Linux, FreeBSD, whatever, for your development environments, and tunnel everything through proxies, Tor, VPNs, and such."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device

General Chat :: A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T01:43:00+00:00

We talked about that in the Windows 11 forum

https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?p=9223#p9223

General Chat :: Small Break From Eclipse :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-21T00:23:56+00:00

After returning to this great forum I realized perhaps I should have stayed gone from computer forums and just stay on my mental health forum for now. Besides, this is unhealthy for me and I'm honestly not doing very well anyway. I'm in full psychosis and I'm working hard to get myself back to somewhat normal. So for now, I'll also be taking a short break (won't even read) and maybe one day I'll return. My paranoia has shot through the roof this evening and this isn't good.

Folks I'm trying my hardest to get past addiction to prescription medications and I wrongly thought this would help to get back in touch with old forum friends. For now, I"ll leave my account open and if I'm unable to contribute better, I'll ask the admin here to close my account. I need to get outside more as my agoraphobia is kicking back in. Sorry possum for choosing your thread to exit but I always considered you to be a good friend and perhaps I should take a page from your book and disappear.

Anyways:

I hope you are enjoying a nice life down there and I do think of you often with fond memories. I will always remember the friendship between K4sum1 and I, but maybe its time to cut ties for health reason(s). Besides, I'm the only of few people here still using XP and this forum is for Vista and 7 users. I would go full Linux at some point given the choice.

I mean, hey, I can't complain too much, I had a good run but I need to focus on real life now and somehow (no idea how) but to stop this cycle and now is the time. Also I pissed off Duke for deleting 3 postings about depression accusing me of ruining threads (my own thread - go figure that). Its Okay and OK and I was wrong, but I'm only human and just trying to survive my day-today happenings. I NEVER claimed to be perfect and I'm mentally ill. I'm not happy and that is bad. Just taking it day-by-day now and I never know what I'm going to wake up to in the morning now. Struggling folks.

All the best to you old buddy and thank you for just being YOU. Never apologize to anybody, and remember, you are human and we are all imperfect. Nobody is perfect and watch out for those that claim otherwise.

All the best to the Eclipse community and everybody try to be healthy and happy if possible - not easy in this toxic society that hates me.

Bye bye for now and no reply needed

General Chat :: Small Break From Eclipse :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-21T01:58:28+00:00

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 00:23 For now, I"ll leave my account open and if I'm unable to contribute better, I'll ask the admin here to close my account.

I see no good reason for closing your account and you may regret it later.
You need a break ? No problem, just do it and come back whenever you want, whenever you feel it's ok for you.
It's not that important. This is just a forum, use it at will. Nothing to justify to anyone.

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 00:23 I need to get outside more

Good idea, that's always better than staying in front of a computer 16 hours a day

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑21 Jul 2026, 00:23 I would go full Linux at some point given the choice.

Same, I'll fully go the Linux way sooner or later but surely not the Windows 11 route.

General Chat :: Small Break From Eclipse :: Reply by xperceniol_sal

2026-07-23T11:08:48+00:00

Thank you, Duke and I'll leave my account open because I might regret it later but I will take that break for maybe a few months to recover. Besides I wasn't doing very well that evening I wrote that. I did get outside yesterday two times and it was strange but I know I need sun.

I hope you are well.

General Chat :: Small Break From Eclipse :: Reply by Duke

2026-07-23T13:45:22+00:00

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑23 Jul 2026, 11:08 I did get outside yesterday two times and it was strange but I know I need sun.

Good news
Don't give up the fight, never forget that devils are in your head

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