Newer zombie-like browsers...ugh.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:17 pm
OK, I admit it right at the start of this post:
I use a very old version of Firefox Portable on my desktop PC. And prefer it.
Please do not flame or bash me for my preferences;
I'm quite aware that I prefer some older stuff & that I am 'behind the times' and I'm OK with that.
YES=> some folks love stuff that I do not love a'tall, and that is OK for them, not for me.
No need to try to change one another's preferences; live and let live, I say.
Here's my gripe:
Tried most any & everything else in browsers I could find that offers a portable version and most are huge, hoggy things that eat RAM like it is peanuts & popcorn - OR:
Just plain painful to use either due to their visual styles or total lack of respect for privacy (like Chrome...).
Time does exact its toll however, so every now & again I re-visit the various offerings & try some more.
Thus far I see that they are all still huge, hoggy things or totally lobotomized like Chrome and/or Australis based things.
Here are some examples of what I've found & tried:
Palemoon 24 was pretty good, as is KmTwin.
There are also Slim-(something) browsers - one of which only locked my PC up tightly.
(SlimBoat was kind of OK, but just barely.)
Dooble is/was pretty good as is KMeleon & QTWeb.
PocketK would be great if it could be updated & not quite so limited
SeaMonkey would be better IMO if there was a portable of it that is browser-only as not everyone needs all the other stuff it offers.
So now I'll try to form a query of all this and hope it will make any sense to anyone but me:
I seek a browser or browser variant that is...
- Portable
- NOT based on IE whatsoever
- NOT lobotomized like Chrome and/or Australis
- Reasonable in byte-size (like 10-100MB...200+MB for a browser is ABSURD.)
- As light & fast as possible while remaining customizable (kind of like Palemoon used to be...)
I've looked here & elsewhere and must add that IMO Opera quit being Opera a while back - just as Palemoon now has problems as detailed in the comments here about it (especially useful is the info posted by Ancientimages).
Chromium Portable -might- be OK if only there was some theme to de-lobotomize it (as in make it look & work more like the classic Firefox...but I've not found any such a thing).
I may spend (waste ?!?) some time trying to de-lobotomize, customize & use Firefox Portable 36 - but 1st I need to be sure there are plenty of headache meds in the house...
Last time I took a swipe at a newer version of that all I got was a nasty headache after wasting hours trying to make it just...be...a...browser...again !!!
Thanks in advance for any helpful & sympathetic pointers or tips.
I use a very old version of Firefox Portable on my desktop PC. And prefer it.
Please do not flame or bash me for my preferences;
I'm quite aware that I prefer some older stuff & that I am 'behind the times' and I'm OK with that.
YES=> some folks love stuff that I do not love a'tall, and that is OK for them, not for me.
No need to try to change one another's preferences; live and let live, I say.
Here's my gripe:
Tried most any & everything else in browsers I could find that offers a portable version and most are huge, hoggy things that eat RAM like it is peanuts & popcorn - OR:
Just plain painful to use either due to their visual styles or total lack of respect for privacy (like Chrome...).
Time does exact its toll however, so every now & again I re-visit the various offerings & try some more.
Thus far I see that they are all still huge, hoggy things or totally lobotomized like Chrome and/or Australis based things.
Here are some examples of what I've found & tried:
Palemoon 24 was pretty good, as is KmTwin.
There are also Slim-(something) browsers - one of which only locked my PC up tightly.
(SlimBoat was kind of OK, but just barely.)
Dooble is/was pretty good as is KMeleon & QTWeb.
PocketK would be great if it could be updated & not quite so limited
SeaMonkey would be better IMO if there was a portable of it that is browser-only as not everyone needs all the other stuff it offers.
So now I'll try to form a query of all this and hope it will make any sense to anyone but me:
I seek a browser or browser variant that is...
- Portable
- NOT based on IE whatsoever
- NOT lobotomized like Chrome and/or Australis
- Reasonable in byte-size (like 10-100MB...200+MB for a browser is ABSURD.)
- As light & fast as possible while remaining customizable (kind of like Palemoon used to be...)
I've looked here & elsewhere and must add that IMO Opera quit being Opera a while back - just as Palemoon now has problems as detailed in the comments here about it (especially useful is the info posted by Ancientimages).
Chromium Portable -might- be OK if only there was some theme to de-lobotomize it (as in make it look & work more like the classic Firefox...but I've not found any such a thing).
I may spend (waste ?!?) some time trying to de-lobotomize, customize & use Firefox Portable 36 - but 1st I need to be sure there are plenty of headache meds in the house...
Last time I took a swipe at a newer version of that all I got was a nasty headache after wasting hours trying to make it just...be...a...browser...again !!!
Thanks in advance for any helpful & sympathetic pointers or tips.