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Old September 11th 19, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default Faster browser?

KenK wrote:
I think a lot of my speed problems may be my Firefox browser's fault. I'm
usng 52.9.0 32-bit. Is there something faster that also works well I can
use on my old XP system?

TIA



Remember that Javascript, the majority of web monkeys are quite
happy to design code that "loops and burns a core". It's a fetish
of sorts. This cannot end well for any computer, really. Eventually
a dialog pops up "a script is not responding, would you like
to commit suicide or keep waiting ?".

That's one of the reasons that no browser can ever be "happy".

So we look for lightweight (Ha!) browsers, with a weird heritage,
in the hopes something good will happen.

I get me a click-bait article.

https://mashtips.com/best-lightweigh...s-for-windows/

And the one suggestion that is relatively unique, is Midori
(windows version). It uses Webkit, which is the same as
Safari, and the windows version of Safari stopped some time
ago. The Webkit engine on the other hand, is probably
still under development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_browser

https://www.midori-browser.org/#section2

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Clicking the download button... does nothing.
Not an auspicious start :-/

When I use SRWare Iron, an additional text string and button
appear. Which means "the web page uses such whizzy features,
no ordinary browser need apply". Neat. I could have "guessed"
this URL I suppose, but I wanted to play the part
of the unsuspecting customer. Now, because the Portable Windows
version (54MB) won't show the link on the screen, I "guessed"
at it and replaced EXE with ZIP, and that seems to be downloading
right now.

https://www.midori-browser.org/download/

"Currently the version for Windows is 0.5 and since Midori is in
version 7, the update will be available soon with many improvements
and a more updated cycle." Uhuh.

"Installer Windows"

https://www.midori-browser.org/wp-co...0.5.11_32_.exe

"Portable Windows"

https://www.midori-browser.org/wp-co...0.5.11_32_.zip

It's a good thing I like playing "Download Ferret".

There was a comment somewhere that said it "crashed occasionally".

Further comedy awaits when you open the ZIP for a look and
see a 4MB copy of "gdb.exe" staring you in the face. That's
the GNU debugger, suitable for crashes and such :-) "Better
wear a raincoat - looks like rain." Nothing telegraphs your
belief in your code, like including a debugger. I wonder
if it's compiled with the symbols still in it ?

midori.exe 130,292 bytes

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/...938e3b/details

The file dates are from 2015, so the 2018/08 in the path
name is bogus. The large number of DLLs, are being loaded by
the webkit DLL. To get the work done. This is similar in a sense,
to how Firefox has a 50MB DLL file in its collection.

libwebkitgtk-3.0-0.dll 31,269,317 bytes

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/...e106d9/details

ADVAPI32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
OPENGL32.DLL === this is how it draws stuff on a Windows screen (no DirectX)
SHLWAPI.dll
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
icui18n50.dll \___ Localization support ?
icuuc50.dll /
libatk-1.0-0.dll
libcairo-2.dll ---- printing ?
libenchant.dll
libfontconfig-1.dll
libfreetype-6.dll
libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
libgdk-3-0.dll
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
libgio-2.0-0.dll
libglib-2.0-0.dll
libgobject-2.0-0.dll
libgstapp-1.0-0.dll
libgstaudio-1.0-0.dll
libgstbase-1.0-0.dll
libgstfft-1.0-0.dll
libgstpbutils-1.0-0.dll
libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll
libgstvideo-1.0-0.dll
libgtk-3-0.dll ---- how it brings its "theme" to Windows (decorations)
libharfbuzz-0.dll
libharfbuzz-icu-0.dll
libintl-8.dll
libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0.dll
libjpeg-62.dll
libpango-1.0-0.dll
libpng16-16.dll
libsoup-2.4-1.dll
libsqlite3-0.dll
libstdc++-6.dll
libwebp-5.dll
libwinpthread-1.dll ---- threading (so it doesn't jam up)
libxml2-2.dll
libxslt-1.dll
msvcrt.dll ---- C runtime file
zlib1.dll

If it supports https, yet uses design from another era (no
compositing), who knows, it might be a win.

Here is a picture of it, and it tells us it support TLS 1.2.
The latest standard is TLS 1.3 (with CHACHA20). Still, that's
a lot better than Internet Explorer on WinXP.

https://i.postimg.cc/bNDfx9bV/midori.gif

Paul
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