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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? TIA -- I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook. |
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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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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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