I would like suggestions for a new browser for this Windows XP machine.

I’ve been using Chrome for some years now and it was OK, but recently they’ve done some stuff which makes it pretty much unusable with multiple tabs open. (Yes, I know they’ve stopped supporting XP, but what choice do I have with the OS anyway? It’s not like Bill is going to give me Win 10 as I didn’t have Win 7 installed.)

Anyway, recommendations, please.

erm…. you’ve got mail.

i use opera and have no probs with multiple tabs and i like all the options that are available for controlling websites and cookies.

Postpocelipse said:

erm…. you’ve got mail.

bakatya

ChrispenEvan said:

i use opera and have no probs with multiple tabs and i like all the options that are available for controlling websites and cookies.

Are you using it with XP?

I read that it runs the same engine as Chrome.

I’ve got an older (not updated) version of Chrome, Opera, and firefox on my XP box. The box is small and slow, so it can’t handle updating to W7 or later, but ff seems to be the least worst on it.

yes uses the open source of Chromium which is behind chrome. this is an win 7 XP machine. the lappy is win 10 and that runs opera fine.

btm said:

I’ve got an older (not updated) version of Chrome, Opera, and firefox on my XP box. The box is small and slow, so it can’t handle updating to W7 or later, but ff seems to be the least worst on it.

Cheers.

As an aside, how did you stop Chrome from updating? On mine it just does it and doesn’t even ask.

ChrispenEvan said:

yes uses the open source of Chromium which is behind chrome. this is an win 7 XP machine. the lappy is win 10 and that runs opera fine.

this is an win 7 XP machine

What?

Version: 36.0.2130.32

I have used opera for years and never had a problem.

sorry used to run XP, forgot i upgraded a while ago.

ChrispenEvan said:

sorry used to run XP, forgot i upgraded a while ago.

Ah, cheers.

:)

i got opera after netscape went defunct. never got into IE.

ChrispenEvan said:

i got opera after netscape went defunct. never got into IE.

Hold on…netscape is defunct?

Hold on…netscape is defunct?

according to Alta Vista it is, yes.

ChrispenEvan said:

Hold on…netscape is defunct?

according to Alta Vista it is, yes.

Ask Jeeves begs to differ.

SlimBrowser?

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

http://www.slimbrowser.net/en/

http://www.slimbrowser.net/en/chrome_compare.php

Michael V said:

btm said:

I’ve got an older (not updated) version of Chrome, Opera, and firefox on my XP box. The box is small and slow, so it can’t handle updating to W7 or later, but ff seems to be the least worst on it.

Cheers.

As an aside, how did you stop Chrome from updating? On mine it just does it and doesn’t even ask.

I can’t remember, but it was something I found online.

ChrispenEvan said:

i got opera after netscape went defunct. never got into IE.

Netscape? What’s that? I’m still using mosaic.

btm said:

ChrispenEvan said:

i got opera after netscape went defunct. never got into IE.

Netscape? What’s that? I’m still using mosaic.

n00b.

When I was on XP, I was using Firefox.

you could always try Safari. https://support.apple.com/downloads/Safari_3_2_3_for_Windows

roughbarked said:

you could always try Safari. https://support.apple.com/downloads/Safari_3_2_3_for_Windows

nah. looks like apple has withdrawn support for older computers.

Opera 12.17. Works well on XP.

Did you know Microsoft have a browser called Internet Explorer?

It works OK. It’s less annoying than any of the alternatives I have tried anyway.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Did you know Microsoft have a browser called Internet Explorer?

It works OK. It’s less annoying than any of the alternatives I have tried anyway.

Well there you go. I’ve never participated in browser wars as I see that everyone has their own preferences. Getting one that works is usually satisfying enough for most.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Did you know Microsoft have a browser called Internet Explorer?

It works OK. It’s less annoying than any of the alternatives I have tried anyway.

It’s the establishment browser, we don’t use it here thank you very much.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Did you know Microsoft have a browser called Internet Explorer?

It works OK. It’s less annoying than any of the alternatives I have tried anyway.

It’s the establishment browser, we don’t use it here thank you very much.

I prefer to see it as the inverted alternative browser.

+1 vote for Firefox.

Hey MV I think I may have another possibly more suitable option. I ‘slightly’ upgraded pc’s recently and still have the old one which is only marginally less powerful than this one discounting the substantial graphics card upgrade that came with the newer machine. I can set that up here with Win10, from which point I understand that a basic license allows you at least 2 installations allowing you to convert your laptop to same.

What say ye?

Postpocelipse said:

Hey MV I think I may have another possibly more suitable option. I ‘slightly’ upgraded pc’s recently and still have the old one which is only marginally less powerful than this one discounting the substantial graphics card upgrade that came with the newer machine. I can set that up here with Win10, from which point I understand that a basic license allows you at least 2-3 installations allowing you to convert your laptop to same.

What say ye?

How much RAM do you have on that machine? What CPU?

Postpocelipse said:

Postpocelipse said:

Hey MV I think I may have another possibly more suitable option. I ‘slightly’ upgraded pc’s recently and still have the old one which is only marginally less powerful than this one discounting the substantial graphics card upgrade that came with the newer machine. I can set that up here with Win10, from which point I understand that a basic license allows you at least 2-3 installations allowing you to convert your laptop to same.

What say ye?

I’ll pass for the moment. Apart from the browser, there is another issue with this computer. It keeps going to 100% cpu use. Perhaps it is at the end of its life.

I now installed Firefox, which i think works better than Chrome. At least, it seems not to be leaking data all over the place and costing lots of bandwidth.

1Gb RAM. Atom something CPU.

Michael V said:

I would like suggestions for a new browser for this Windows XP machine.

I’ve been using Chrome for some years now and it was OK, but recently they’ve done some stuff which makes it pretty much unusable with multiple tabs open. (Yes, I know they’ve stopped supporting XP, but what choice do I have with the OS anyway? It’s not like Bill is going to give me Win 10 as I didn’t have Win 7 installed.)

Anyway, recommendations, please.

I used Firefox on XP & now on 10. Works fine.

• It keeps going to 100% cpu use.

That is probably all the infections running on your unsupported OS…

• 1Gb RAM. Atom something CPU.

Have you considered a more economical OS?

furious said:

• It keeps going to 100% cpu use.

That is probably all the infections running on your unsupported OS…

I suppose you’ve defraged & run Defender.

furious said:

• 1Gb RAM. Atom something CPU.

Have you considered a more economical OS?

I’m open to suggestions, but I am a computer numpty…

Tamb said:

furious said:

• It keeps going to 100% cpu use.

That is probably all the infections running on your unsupported OS…

I suppose you’ve defraged & run Defender.

I installed an SSD a couple of years back. SSD’s don’t need defragging, and apparently are damaged by defragging. I don’t know what Defender is. I certainly don’t have that program.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

furious said:

• It keeps going to 100% cpu use.

That is probably all the infections running on your unsupported OS…

I suppose you’ve defraged & run Defender.

I installed an SSD a couple of years back. SSD’s don’t need defragging, and apparently are damaged by defragging. I don’t know what Defender is. I certainly don’t have that program.

Defender is part of XP
I found this about SSDs: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047513/fragging-wonderful-the-truth-about-defragging-your-ssd.html

• I’m open to suggestions, but I am a computer numpty…

Plenty of flavours out there that work on lower spec machines, some easier than others, but I have only really had experience with Xubuntu at the lower end and had it working fine on 10+ year old machines. Good enough for most normal, day to day, computer tasks…

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

I suppose you’ve defraged & run Defender.

I installed an SSD a couple of years back. SSD’s don’t need defragging, and apparently are damaged by defragging. I don’t know what Defender is. I certainly don’t have that program.

Defender is part of XP
I found this about SSDs: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047513/fragging-wonderful-the-truth-about-defragging-your-ssd.html

From the conclusions to that article:
“ I’m firmly convinced that the tiny difference that even the best SSD defragger makes is not worth reducing the life span of your SSD. Add another voice to the chorus that’s singing “Don’t defrag your SSD.””

Thanks.

So, how do I get to this Defender?

mozilla firefox

Netscape continues as Firefox

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Just a quick thought. Have you tried a power reboot? If you don’t know that involves shutting down, removing the power source, including laptop battery in the case of your laptop, then pressing the on button to drain the power from the components. Cleans fragments out of the various memory units so rebooting is fresh. Worth a try.

Postpocelipse said:

Just a quick thought. Have you tried a power reboot? If you don’t know that involves shutting down, removing the power source, including laptop battery in the case of your laptop, then pressing the on button to drain the power from the components. Cleans fragments out of the various memory units so rebooting is fresh. Worth a try.

I just did this to mine and the difference in load times is significantly noticeable.

Postpocelipse said:

Just a quick thought. Have you tried a power reboot? If you don’t know that involves shutting down, removing the power source, including laptop battery in the case of your laptop, then pressing the on button to drain the power from the components. Cleans fragments out of the various memory units so rebooting is fresh. Worth a try.

I’ll try that, thanks.

Michael V said:

Postpocelipse said:

Just a quick thought. Have you tried a power reboot? If you don’t know that involves shutting down, removing the power source, including laptop battery in the case of your laptop, then pressing the on button to drain the power from the components. Cleans fragments out of the various memory units so rebooting is fresh. Worth a try.

I’ll try that, thanks.

The way your cpu is going to 100% makes it sound like this is the problem.