r3dfox (r3dactedfox)

r3dfox is a fork of the open source web browser Mozilla Firefox made
specifically for Windows 7 and 8 compatibility. There may be other tweaks,
however the goal is to remain as close to stock Firefox as possible.

Limited compatibility with the Windows XP and Vista extended kernels is
offered at the current time, however they may not be tested consistently.
Any issues that may arise that are hard to diagnose may be left to the
extended kernel provider to fix.

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox

....

Another good news. It finally came. Similar to Supermium, but for Firefox
instead of Chromium.

Though, the current v125.0.2-2 release still has a minor but annoying bug,
where its process got stuck and fail to terminate when the application is
closed.

Other annoyance is its built-in half baked dark theme, where the main menu
(when shown) uses black text. i.e. black text on dark background. Typical
for theme creators who consider dark theme as cosmetics rather than
accessibility. But it can be easily worked around by using other well and
properly made theme.

Regardless, it's still very usable.

On 27/04/2024 03:07, JJ wrote:
> r3dfox (r3dactedfox)
>
> r3dfox is a fork of the open source web browser Mozilla Firefox made
> specifically for Windows 7 and 8 compatibility. There may be other tweaks,
> however the goal is to remain as close to stock Firefox as possible.

I was under the impression that Firefox was compatible with Win7. I use
the latest version of FF ESR v52.9.0. In what way is r3dfox an
improvement on ESR?

>
> Limited compatibility with the Windows XP and Vista extended kernels is
> offered at the current time, however they may not be tested consistently.
> Any issues that may arise that are hard to diagnose may be left to the
> extended kernel provider to fix.
>
> https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox
>
> ...
>
> Another good news. It finally came. Similar to Supermium, but for Firefox
> instead of Chromium.
>
> Though, the current v125.0.2-2 release still has a minor but annoying bug,
> where its process got stuck and fail to terminate when the application is
> closed.
>
> Other annoyance is its built-in half baked dark theme, where the main menu
> (when shown) uses black text. i.e. black text on dark background. Typical
> for theme creators who consider dark theme as cosmetics rather than
> accessibility. But it can be easily worked around by using other well and
> properly made theme.
>
> Regardless, it's still very usable.

JJ wrote :
> r3dfox (r3dactedfox)
>
> r3dfox is a fork of the open source web browser Mozilla Firefox made
> specifically for Windows 7 and 8 compatibility. There may be other tweaks,
> however the goal is to remain as close to stock Firefox as possible.
>
> Limited compatibility with the Windows XP and Vista extended kernels is
> offered at the current time, however they may not be tested consistently.
> Any issues that may arise that are hard to diagnose may be left to the
> extended kernel provider to fix.
>
> https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox
>
> ...
>
> Another good news. It finally came. Similar to Supermium, but for Firefox
> instead of Chromium.
>
> Though, the current v125.0.2-2 release still has a minor but annoying bug,
> where its process got stuck and fail to terminate when the application is
> closed.
>
> Other annoyance is its built-in half baked dark theme, where the main menu
> (when shown) uses black text. i.e. black text on dark background. Typical
> for theme creators who consider dark theme as cosmetics rather than
> accessibility. But it can be easily worked around by using other well and
> properly made theme.
>
> Regardless, it's still very usable.

I dcided to download the 64bit portable version and got an error
message that MSVCP140.dll is missing.That dll is also not among the
files in the installaton version either.

--
Zo

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On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:59:39 +0200, occam wrote:

> I was under the impression that Firefox was compatible with Win7.

The latest Firefox release is version 125.0.2 (22 April 2024) which
does _not_ support Win7.
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.2/system-requirements/>

The last version of Firefox to support Win7 was version 115.x.

> I use the latest version of FF ESR v52.9.0.

The latest version of FF ESR is version 115.10.0 (16 April 2024).

The last update to the ESR 115.x series will be in September 2024.
After that time future FF ESR releases will _not_ support Win7.

<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support>

> In what way is r3dfox an improvement on ESR?

I am not a spokesman for r3dfox.
But I would presume that r3dfox updates will continue to support
Win7 after September 2024.

--
Kind regards
Ralph Fox
🦊

Children and fools have merry lives.

On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:53:15 -0400, Zo wrote:
>
> I dcided to download the 64bit portable version and got an error
> message that MSVCP140.dll is missing.That dll is also not among the
> files in the installaton version either.

It's part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable package. Below
is for the 3rd revision of the package (2018 release).

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=52685

The details page for it is originally at:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685

But for questionable reason, Microsoft decided to remove that details page
including for others - even though the file downloads are still there.

So, if a details page no longer exist, simply change the "details" to
"confirmation" in the URL to get the file download. Not all, but most of the
time, the file downloads are still there.

If the details page is the one which is actually needed, use Internet
Archive's Wayback Machine to access the archived page.

JJ brought next idea :
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:53:15 -0400, Zo wrote:
>>
>> I dcided to download the 64bit portable version and got an error
>> message that MSVCP140.dll is missing.That dll is also not among the
>> files in the installaton version either.
>
> It's part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable package. Below
> is for the 3rd revision of the package (2018 release).
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=52685
>
> The details page for it is originally at:
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685
>
> But for questionable reason, Microsoft decided to remove that details page
> including for others - even though the file downloads are still there.
>
> So, if a details page no longer exist, simply change the "details" to
> "confirmation" in the URL to get the file download. Not all, but most of the
> time, the file downloads are still there.
>
> If the details page is the one which is actually needed, use Internet
> Archive's Wayback Machine to access the archived page.

Thanks for that info.

--
Zo

"Wanted: Part-time married girls for soda fountain in sandwich shop."