Github as downloading platform is a Catch 22

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Github as downloading platform is a Catch 22

yqxq opened this issue 8 months ago · comments

I was trying to download a better browser on my mac with El Capitan.
But the thing is, the browsers on the machine don't support Github properly, so the download page is basically rendered empty.
This means you have to have a newer machine to install this on the old one, a catch22.
Maybe the download links can be made available as a direct link to the ZIP in de description in the readme.md

krackers · Answer 1 · Thu Oct 26 2023 03:30:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

iirc if you view page source you should be able to get to the underlying link even with JS completely disabled

aeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiou · Answer 2 · Fri Oct 27 2023 00:53:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You can use an "expanded assets" link and it always results in a simple HTML page: https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy/releases/expanded_assets/1211971

René Bertin · Answer 3 · Tue Nov 21 2023 01:54:58 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

El Capo is what version again?

I'm on 10.9.5 and using Waterfox G3.2.5-osxfix (cf. aeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiou/waterfox-osx#13 - not sure why I'm nog using 3.2.7!). Most sites still work fine with that browser; Firefox continued to support 10.9.5 longer (and newer OS versions even longer) than Chromium did.

(In fact, extensions don't crash "all the time" in Waterfox so it's my daily driver and Chromium Legacy the fallback for when I need an up-to-date browser. I was a FF user anyway.)

(Oh, hey Mr Many Vowels :) )

krackers · Answer 4 · Tue Nov 21 2023 12:55:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Seems like waterfox g3 is forked from firefox 78 (not sure what's the benefit of using waterfox over mainline firefox, xul extension support? Although if you want that then seamonkey, palemoon, and other projects might be better suited).

René Bertin · Answer 5 · Tue Nov 21 2023 20:04:30 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

IIRC Waterfox started as an optimised FF build that used SIMD and possibly other tricks to make it lighter and faster. It has since evolved, isn't necessarily faster anymore compared to the latest FF version. Anyone will have to judge the other changes for themselves. In my case it has the clear advantage of bringing a slightly newer Firefox to 10.9 .

René Bertin · Answer 6 · Sun Jan 21 2024 10:39:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

When I mentioned Waterfox above, github still worked OK in it. They've now managed to break the view of at least the "code" page, but the releases page (https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy/releases/) still works.