simple 'No Ads' browser please

[Lgfst]

I use Adblock browser. Works very well.

[Ransoman]

S47 said:

As much as hate to have to change - I need a simple browser to open these
sites which have taken a dislike to my current browser
>

>

>

Is that Windows Vista with IE8 you are using? I am not surprised.

Just install Chrome or firefox with Adblock plus. I know you don't want to but it does what you are asking for.

Given that it is Vista, Would I be right in assuming it is an ancient machine with very low specs and that is why you want a basic browser? No such thing exists, suck it up and upgrade your machine.

[essIII]

S47 said:

JamieBeaston
I'm the customer for those websites refusing my browser access
>
Analogy - I suppose to turning up to fill up my 1970's Lotus at a petrol station - only to be told by cashier that I'm not welcome there, ONLY MODERN MOTORS are welcome to fill up here.
>
Of course AS A Paying CUSTOMER I fill up elsewhere - no problem at all!
>
a Short time later the first petrol station closes for good - OH WHAT A SHAME
>
>
Can you see what's gonna happen to those websites I [and plenty of others] can't access with our existing browser's??
>
They're gonna cease to exist:-
>
Sooner the better IMO
>
Customer is always right

I prefer VHS to DVD for a number of reasons (VHS remembers where you last stopped watching, VHSs are harder to damage and VHSs are rectangular and I prefer rectangles to circles). I'm now sat here trying to push my rectangular copy of Jeremy Clarkson's At Full Throttle into a Sony player than only wants to play round things. It's ok though, I'm sure I'm right and as such Sony will go out of business asap.

[ExPat2B]

WaterFox is the quick version of Firefox and comes without all the other gubbins, just a fast 64 bit browser.


https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

Then Install Adblock Plus or UBlock Origin - this is done with a few clicks

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adb...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ubl...

And you are done ! Simple fast browser with no ads.

[boyse7en]

S47 said:

JamieBeaston
I'm the customer for those websites refusing my browser access
>

You're not the customer, you're the product!

[ClockworkCupcake]

As has been said already, there is a development cost in making your website backwardly compatible with older browsers. Not only extra development effort in coding for their quirks and limitations, but also testing. There comes a point where it is simply more cost-effective to have code that detects an older browser and then display a message telling that to the user.

Older versions of Internet Explorer are a case in point - Microsoft went theirown way with emerging standards, or tried to ride roughshod over them and subvert them, to the extent that a lot of website code went something like

 if (InternetExplorer)
// code specific to IE's quirks
else
// standards-compliant code

(And that's the simplified version. There would be extra "if" statements for different versions of Internet Explorer, plus quirks for Netscape Navigator. But that's not really important)

Things have moved on, new standards have emerged (such as HTML5, new MIME types, and the like) and older browsers simply don't have these.

So, as others have said, get yourself a modern browser and install an ad blocker. Job done.

Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Tuesday 21st February 16:05

[S47]

Hey guys don't sweat - I'll just surf where my i7 - 64bit browser is welcome no probs, sorted, forget I asked

[ClockworkCupcake]

S47 said:

Hey guys don't sweat - I'll just surf where my i7 - 64bit browser is welcome no probs, sorted, forget I asked

I think most people were just trying to help. I certainly was.

[Mike335i]

Is this because the device you are using cannot run a modern browser? Or do you have other reasons for not using one?

I get the appeal of classic cars, antique furniture and vintage wines, but I'm struggling with historical browser.

[130R]

S47 said:

Hey guys don't sweat - I'll just surf where my i7 - 64bit browser is welcome no probs, sorted, forget I asked

Yep just completely ignore 3 pages of advice and keep using Internet Explorer in 2017

[loudlashadjuster]

Ransoman said:

Is that Windows Vista with IE8 you are using? I am not surprised.

Just install Chrome or firefox with Adblock plus. I know you don't want to but it does what you are asking for.

Given that it is Vista, Would I be right in assuming it is an ancient machine with very low specs and that is why you want a basic browser? No such thing exists, suck it up and upgrade your machine.

Missed this. Chrome has not been supported on Vista for a while now and while I think you can still install and update Firefox on it, I doubt it will be long until it too is unsupported.

If the OP's machine is running Vista then even though it's an i7 it's likely this is a first generation, only really the equivalent of a low-end Pentium now in terms of performance. When you factor in the undoubtedly faster video, RAM etc. in a current PC it's no longer what could be considered a high performance machine.

Having said this, it's still a fine enough machine for running most apps/websites but it might be time to appraise a new machine which will come with Windows 10 and be able to support modern browsers now and for the foreseeable future.

Simply paying for an OS update on older hardware isn't always guaranteed to be trouble-free unfortunately, I've run into problems with unsupported wifi modules and other hardware when trying to get Windows 10 to run on Vista-era machines.

I don't particularly like the artificially forced obsolescence/upgrade regime, but that's where we are.

[TonyRPH]

Ransoman said:

<snip>
Given that it is Vista, Would I be right in assuming it is an ancient machine with very low specs and that is why you want a basic browser? No such thing exists, suck it up and upgrade your machine.

• my bold

I posted two links to two lightweight browsers on the first page.

A basic browser does indeed exist.

I'm not sure if it'll run on Vista, but I see no reason why it wouldn't.

TonyRPH said:

If it's on a PC then you could try K-Meleon or even Cyberfox

K-Meleon has buttons across the top to disable the loading of images, Javascript etc. It doesn't get any more simple really...

EDIT: K-Meleon does indeed run on older systems.

K-Meleon FAQ said:

Since version 74 K-Meleon only runs on Windows XP SP2 or newer systems.
Necessary hard-disk space for current version is 70MB, more info in the Release Notes 75.
Older versions for legacy systems can be found on the Download page, and tips in the forum.

Edited by TonyRPH on Wednesday 22 February 09:43

[wiggy001]

I've just read a few reviews of K-Meleon as an example of a simple, lightweight browser and all are negative. Slow, poor user experience, confusing...

Not seeing the benefit personally.

[TonyRPH]

wiggy001 said:

<snip>
Not seeing the benefit personally.

The benefit to the OP is that he'd have a browser that works with modern sites, and runs on his vintage O/S.

[Mr_Yogi]

Mike335i said:

Is this because the device you are using cannot run a modern browser? Or do you have other reasons for not using one?

I get the appeal of classic cars, antique furniture and vintage wines, but I'm struggling with historical browser.

[darrenw]

I use Brave from time to time, works well enough.

https://www.brave.com/

[wiggy001]

TonyRPH said:

wiggy001 said:

<snip>
Not seeing the benefit personally.

The benefit to the OP is that he'd have a browser that works with modern sites, and runs on his vintage O/S.

Apologies if I missed it, but I don't think the OP confirmed with OS he is using? There was speculation that it was IE8 on Vista, but as the screenshots suggest it is IE9 or later (there's not separate search box), he could easily be running IE10 on Win8.

Either way, it doesn't look like the OP wanted any advice, so let's leave it there.

[S47]

3rd gen i7 - 8mb ram - 2gb nvideo video. win7 64bit Pro
For sure my kit ain't newest [2.5-3 years old] - I like my current browser it does what I want when I want it to - I'm only changing for something which I find easier to use AND HAVE full CONTROL OF, I've tried Chrome/Firefox/Opera all try to dictate to me how my system/PC/browsing etc. happens.
>
It's my machine I'll have a system working the way I want it.
>
what I don't want is persistant reminders from the browser of their 'recomended partners' sites via flags/icons etc on my workdesk - the 3 browsers I've mentioned all insist on doing this.
Please don't tell me to switch this facility off YOU CAN'T.
How other's put up with this uneccessary crap is beyond me.
>
I'd happily pay for a simple Browser. The 3 freebies mentioned have to earn their keep somehow??
>
Come on coder's there's definitely a market for a simple to use browser without any commercial ties which only works for the user
As I said in last post thanks for suggestions - I may try a few after checking reviews etc.

[ClockworkCupcake]

S47 said:

I like my current browser it does what I want when I want it to

Clearly it doesn't though, or you wouldn't have started this thread.

What you have here is a car that runs on leaded petrol and you're moaning that petrol stations no longer sell leaded petrol and they should. People have made helpful suggestions to you which you are choosing to ignore, which is your prerogative of course. But it doesn't alter the fact that websites are using newer HTML5 features that your current browser doesn't have because it is so old.

S47 said:

Please don't tell me to switch this facility off YOU CAN'T.

You can. We could probably tell you how, but you'd just ignore the advice so why bother.

[loudlashadjuster]

S47 said:

what I don't want is persistant reminders from the browser of their 'recomended partners' sites via flags/icons etc on my workdesk - the 3 browsers I've mentioned all insist on doing this.
Please don't tell me to switch this facility off YOU CAN'T.
How other's put up with this uneccessary crap is beyond me.
>
I'd happily pay for a simple Browser. The 3 freebies mentioned have to earn their keep somehow??
>
Come on coder's there's definitely a market for a simple to use browser without any commercial ties which only works for the user
As I said in last post thanks for suggestions - I may try a few after checking reviews etc.

If you're seeing nags/ads in the browser then these are something you've added, perhaps inadvertantly, or you have some actual malware.

No major browser has this kind of advertising/spam built-in.