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  • Firefox and Chromium forks for Windows 7 (another)

    From JJ@jj4public@gmail.com to alt.comp.freeware on Thu Dec 11 11:27:35 2025
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    Like r3dfox (from Firefox) and Supermium (from Chromium), these are another Firefox and Chromium forks for Windows 7. With original branding, and
    possibly without any unnecessary additions.

    Firefox for Windows 7. Currently at v148.0a1 (nightly) and v146.0 (release).

    https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7

    Chromium for Windows 7. Currently at v143.0.7446.1 (non-ungoogled) and v140.0.7339.127 (ungoogled).

    https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7

    "Chromium for Windows 7" project has been abandoned and continued to:
    Chromium for Windows 7 REWORK. Currently has no release yet.

    https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Chromium-for-windows-7-REWORK

    Both projects seem to provide versions which are closer to the current
    official versions.

    FYI...
    r3dfox is currently at v145.0.2 (release) and v140.5.0 (ESR).
    Supermium is currently at v138.0.7204.295 (non-ungoogled).

    I'm still waiting for a new Firefox fork which is unmozilla-ed.
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  • From JJ@jj4public@gmail.com to alt.comp.freeware on Fri Dec 12 01:17:12 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware

    On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:27:35 +0700, JJ wrote:

    Firefox for Windows 7. Currently at v148.0a1 (nightly) and v146.0 (release).

    https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7

    Scratch that. This fork is no good. Crashes on Windows 7.
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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@admin@127.0.0.1 to alt.comp.freeware on Fri Dec 12 09:49:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware

    On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:27:35 +0700
    JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> wrote:

    Like r3dfox (from Firefox) and Supermium (from Chromium), these are another
    []

    Supermium is currently at v138.0.7204.295 (non-ungoogled).

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    I have a version of Supermium for XP - takes about a minute to load on this box, but some websites (e.g. Discourse) demand a "moden browser".

    Help About:
    Supermium
    Version 126.0.6478.254 (Official Build) (32-bit)
    --
    Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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  • From JJ@jj4public@gmail.com to alt.comp.freeware on Sat Dec 13 04:45:29 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware

    On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:49:05 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

    I have a version of Supermium for XP - takes about a minute to load on this box, but some websites (e.g. Discourse) demand a "moden browser".

    Help About:
    Supermium
    Version 126.0.6478.254 (Official Build) (32-bit)

    Some stoopeed sites don't consider a browsers as modern if the browser
    version is not within the last e.g. 5 major versions.

    For example, current latest Chromium is v143.x. So such sites if accessed
    with Chromoium browser, only allow access using Chromium v139-v143.

    Unless the sites specifically use new-enough Web API which only available in latest browser versions (most of them don't), the problem can be worked
    around using User Agent changer/spoofer browser extension. A well made User Agent changer/spoofer browser extension, that is. i.e. which doesn't change only the User Agent in network requests' HTTP header, but also the ones in
    DOM (used by JavaScript).
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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to alt.comp.freeware on Sat Dec 13 17:17:14 2025
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    On 12/12/2025 5:49 pm, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

    I have a version of Supermium for XP - takes about a minute to load on this box, but some websites (e.g. Discourse) demand a "moden browser".


    You can change the user-agent string to disguise as a "moden browser",
    if and only if the prohlem is browser detection.
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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@admin@127.0.0.1 to alt.comp.freeware on Sat Dec 13 15:46:30 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.freeware

    On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:17:14 +0800
    "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 12/12/2025 5:49 pm, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

    I have a version of Supermium for XP - takes about a minute to load on this box, but some websites (e.g. Discourse) demand a "moden browser".


    You can change the user-agent string to disguise as a "moden browser",
    if and only if the prohlem is browser detection.

    I think Discourse also require latestscriptybollux (tm)
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