Sometimes it is necessary to use something different
For official Chrome.
1 Disable the crap
Windows, Administrative tools, Task scheduler, Updates
(it is scaring to see big companies relying in this services)
For Opera. (a cleaner chrome)
0-Download your prefer version
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/
1- Import Bookmarks
Settings, Browser, Default browser
2- Add dictionaries
Settings, Browser, Languages
3- disable updates (add as parameter to a batch file)
--disable-update
(verify in about)
4- Install extension
Download Chrome Extension
5- advanced config/experiments (a kind of about:config)
opera://flags
To use Java with Opera, v30 is the last Opera supporting (PPAPI) Pepper Plugin API, the flavor of NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API)
Theoretically v36 recognize NPAPI plugins but they don't work :(
Extensions
Grab the .nex file and rename it to end in .crx.
Install the best extensions.
-CRX viewer (can view inside crx/nex/xpi files)
-Web Developer
-Violentmonkey (clone of grease monkey)
-Adblock
From chrome shop (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions)
-FoxyProxy Standard
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For Chromium
from Chromium open source project
Last version with PPAPI (flavor of NPAPI) (requires chrome://flags/#enable-npapi)
Chromium build 45.0.2416.0-win32
Differences Firefox/Chromium
- Developer tools, Network
Developer tools, Network, check "Preserve log"
- add-on extension
.xpi (renamed .zip with XUL) vs .crx(Chrome) .nex (Opera)
Web containing crx files:
https://www.crx4chrome.com
Internal information/configuration
chrome://about (in Chromium, list of all chrome:// URLs)
chrome://net-internals/
(proxy, export, events,...)
chrome://memory
chrome://dns
chrome://memory-redirect/
chrome://version/ (includes profilepath)
chrome://flags/ (similar to about:config)
for other Chrome forks replace chrome by: brave, edge, vivaldi....
Opera and Vivaldi redirect some chrome urls to their own ones
opera://config (config tab)
opera://about
opera://extensions
about:dns
about:net-internals
