Edit: Apparently the captive portal detection is broken, and I already clobbered so no new 138 and I'm not spending 2+ hours building to flip a single preference.
To get rid of the annoying You must log in to this network before you can access the internet message go to about:config and set network.captive-portal-service.enabled to false
Or just use the previous release as the only other change in this hotfix is fixed Vista support.
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The portable builds are fully portable, the profile directory is inside the browser folder. It does not touch appdata at all.
Requirements to use the browser on a given OS:
Vista: KB971644 Platform Update (May require Service Pack 2 as a base), VC++ 2019/2022 or VC++_UCRT_DLLS.7z below.
7 RTM/SP0: VC++_UCRT_DLLS.7z below (VC++ 2019/2022 doesn't install all the required files here idk why)
7 SP1 and later: VC++ 2019/2022 or VC++_UCRT_DLLS.7z below.
Notable bugs:
The r3dfox color scheme selector has been changed. This means your theme will be reset to the default red for this release. You can change it back to your preferred style in settings.
With the r3dfox theme disabled there is a 1px gap between the navbar and the web content.
The 32 bit build is built with --disable-sandbox. With the sandbox enabled under Vista, the browser fails to open multiple processes which breaks the browser. The 64 bit build is fine. Considering Mypal68 globally disables the sandbox, I don't think it's that bad. If this really is a big issue then please pr a fix.
Cairo backend ignores system cleartype settings and causes crashes on older versions of Windows and crashes without e10s.
r3dfox specific changes on top of the previous v138.0.5 build:
Fixed Vista support
Actually enabled captive portal detection.
r3dfox specific changes on top of the previous v137.0.2 build:
Captive portal detection url swapped to neverssl.com and enabled (should be more private than stock and still give captive portal detection)
Haven't tested on XP (OCAPI) nor have I extensively stability tested.
Please let me know what bugs or issues you encounter with it.