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Old July 18th 17, 05:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
KenK
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Default Slimjet browser?


I need a faster browser than Firfox and searching with Google
found the Slimjet browser (http://www.slimjet.com). It sounds
very good. Works with XP.

Anyone tried it? Any good?

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Old July 18th 17, 05:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Slimjet browser?

KenK wrote:

I need a faster browser than Firfox and searching with Google
found the Slimjet browser (http://www.slimjet.com). It sounds
very good. Works with XP.


I used it on a laptop. Had a smaller memory footprint. Ran faster
which was needed on my slow ancient laptop to make web surfing
tolerable. Isn't as configurable as Firefox. For example, no extension
(add-on) support but then that would slow it down. Slimjet is a
Chromium variant. Haven't used the old laptop in 3-4 years so Slimjet
is probably still installed on it.

As far as supporting Windows XP, well, you have to take the same route
as for every other web browser: use an old version that still had
Windows XP support.

http://www.slimjet.com/blog/both-xp-...jet-10-branch/

The latest available version is 15. So, yes, if you use an old version
of Slimjet, or an old enough version of any web browser, then Windows XP
is supported.
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Old July 18th 17, 09:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default Slimjet browser?

VanguardLH wrote:
KenK wrote:

I need a faster browser than Firfox and searching with Google
found the Slimjet browser (http://www.slimjet.com). It sounds
very good. Works with XP.


I used it on a laptop. Had a smaller memory footprint. Ran faster
which was needed on my slow ancient laptop to make web surfing
tolerable. Isn't as configurable as Firefox. For example, no extension
(add-on) support but then that would slow it down. Slimjet is a
Chromium variant. Haven't used the old laptop in 3-4 years so Slimjet
is probably still installed on it.

As far as supporting Windows XP, well, you have to take the same route
as for every other web browser: use an old version that still had
Windows XP support.

http://www.slimjet.com/blog/both-xp-...jet-10-branch/

The latest available version is 15. So, yes, if you use an old version
of Slimjet, or an old enough version of any web browser, then Windows XP
is supported.


And the reason is Chrome/Chromium.

http://www.slimjet.com/blog/regardin...-32-bit-linux/

Browsers which are derived software, tend to follow the dictates of
the lead product. If Google wants to break compatibility with an
older OS, then that's going to make it very hard to derive
another browser from the code, without a lot of work.

Every once in a while, the author of Slimjet will want to
take a fresh copy of the Chrome/Chromium source tree, apply
a set of patch files to it, and make the Slimjet. If the latest
source doesn't support WinXP for some reason, then the patch files
would also need to include "repairs" to fix that.

I have the Chromium source up on the other machine, and
there's at least 400,000 files in my build tree right now.
Can you imagine digging through there and editing stuff ?
I can't. The part that actually implements a browser,
is only a tiny fraction of that package. Most of the files
help test it after the build and verify it's actually a
functional browser.

I can't finish the build, because I keep running out of
resources. Doing the build, has side effects on the OS
the build is running on (Win10). But, I will eventually
get there.

Chromium is stored in Git. And pulling the source using
Git, the tools fork many many EXEs at the same time. They
opened so many connections to Github, that my router
tipped over (like what happens when you Torrent and
too many half-open connections sit in the router
tables). A light starts flashing on the router,
indicating "tilt". It's just a giant pain in the ass
to work with, the whole thing.

*******

Srware Iron is the same story. They use Chrome/Chromium
and make changes to it. And their WinXP version is "frozen"
now, as they can't use current source to build a WinXP version.

Opera has adopted the same root technologies, and if a company
has a larger number of software developers to work with,
may be able to fix things better than a smaller project
and effort could. (Or, a company can "agree" with the
philosophy of companies like Google, and just "stick a fork"
in WinXP support.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromi..._on_Chr omium

Active

* Blisk is a browser available for Windows 7...
* Brave is an open source web browser that aims to block... (well, not really)
* CodeWeavers CrossOver Chromium is an unofficial bundle of a Wine derivative...
* Comodo Dragon is a rebranded version of Chromium for 32-bit Windows Vista+ ...
* Cốc Cốc is a freeware web browser focused on the Vietnamese market
* Dartium is a special build for programmers, of the Chromium browser...
* Epic Browser is a privacy-centric web browser developed by Hidden Reflex of India
* Opera began to base its web browser on Chromium with version 15.
* Qihoo 360 Secure Browser is a popular web browser in China.
* Samsung Internet shipped its first Chromium-based browser in a Galaxy S4
* Sleipnir is a Chromium derivative browser for Windows and macOS.
* Slimjet: A Chromium-based web browser released by FlashPeak...
* SRWare Iron is a freeware release of Chromium for Windows, macOS and Linux
* Torch is a browser based on Chromium for Windows.
* Vivaldi is a browser for Windows, macOS and Linux (aimed at previous Opera users)
* Yandex browser is a browser created by the Russian software company Yandex

So that's an idea how many projects ride on the coat tails of Chrome/Chromium.

HTH,
Paul
 




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