25th Release - M109.0.5414.120

IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE NEW WINDOWS 7/8 REPO HERE FOR FUTURE RELEASES > https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-win7

• Special Windows 7/8/8.1 release! (Not only for these platforms, but see below.)
• M109 Maintenance release.
• HEVC patch updated.
• Icon updated for Linux and Windows, which removes the padding on the outside of the thorium logo to match
  upstream change, the only effect is that the logo is slightly bigger.
• More LLVM optimization flags
• Removed the "unsupported OS" infobar banner for Win7/8/8.1 and Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, and Arch<2018.12

NOTE: Going forward, Thorium will be built to more stable versions. This one is based on M109 stable (see below), future versions will be based on the equivalent of "beta" or "dev" channel, rather than tip-o-tree, i.e. "canary" channel.

IMPORTANT M109 is the last version of Chromium for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 😢 as per Here. I still use and enjoy Windows 7, and so have made a site for it here > https://thorium.rocks/win7 This is why this release is based on stable M109. I will be updating the links on my win7 page to link to these. Another deviation from standard Thorium releases, is that the windows 7 release will have a special 32 bit SSE2 build for old computers, on top of the SSE3, AVX, and AVX2 builds. There is also a small easter egg on the chrome://version page, to show love for one of Micro$oft's greatest OSes, back when that $ sign was a little smaller, lol.

M109 will also be getting maintenance releases for the Win7/8/8.1 version, tracking the official chrome stable versions as per https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/releases?platform=Windows and I will be attempting to backport patches from M110 into M109, as time and knowledge permits.

@gz83 @midzer

24th Release - M109.0.5362.0

• M109
• HEVC Software Decoding should now work, enabling you to play H.265 videos no matter what.
• Hide Side Panel button chrome://flags flag has been fixed.
• Minor bugs fixed

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• See also new AVX2 Release > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-AVX2/releases/tag/M109.0.5362.0

23rd Release - M108.0.5314.0

• M108

To learn about important stuffz regarding Windows 7, I have made a page about this (which also regards M108) here > https://thorium.rocks/win7

22nd Release - M107.0.5271.0

• M107
• Thorium Shell now has an icon on the taskbar.
• chrome://flags page now has the old radiation hazard icon that I always liked, which also fits thorium since it is named after a radioactive element.
• chrome://dino now shows "Thorium Dino" and fullscreen play mode now works correctly.
• Cookies icon color has been reverted back to blue and the original icon, and the reload button icon has been reverted back to blue. I will be working on adding a flag that will remove the top bar icon's colour, since some people seem to dislike it.
• Bookmarks bar now shows "Apps" like it used to, you can still disable it.
• RSS feed feature from upstream Chromium. (must enable in chrome://flags)

Built with new optimization: Polly
You can see a write up of the optimizations Thorium uses (including the new Polly) Here, and a page with speed comparisons with screenshots Here. I compare Thorium against Chromium, Chrome, Brave, and Vivaldi.

Also, try my new extensions: Thorium Scroll Tweaker (for increasing scroll speed on linux), and Resources Saver (allows you to save a full website, keeping directory structure and downloading resources that would otherwise be missed by just right clicking and using "Save As".

21st Release - M106.0.5237.0

• Thorium Shell now has an icon on the taskbar.
• chrome://flags page now has the old radiation hazard icon that I always liked, which also fits thorium since it is named after a radioactive element.
• chrome://dino now shows "Thorium Dino" and fullscreen play mode now works correctly.
• Cookies icon color has been reverted back to grey, I will be working on adding a flag that will remove the top bar icon's colour, since some people seem to dislike it.

Built with new optimization: Polly
You can see a write up of the optimizations Thorium uses (including the new Polly) Here, and a page with speed comparisons with screenshots Here. I compare Thorium against Chromium, Chrome, Brave, and Vivaldi.

• Also includes Thorium UI Debug Shell v3.

Also, try my extensions: Thorium Scroll Tweaker (for increasing scroll speed on linux), and Resources Saver (allows you to save a full website, keeping directory structure and downloading resources that would otherwise be missed by just right clicking and using "Save As".

20th Release - M106.0.5219.0

• M106

• NTP "Customize Thorium" and Search Settings crash bugs have finally been fixed! Finally, we have a fully bug free Windows release!

• All the patches and chrome://flags flags from the latest release notice on this page > https://thorium.rocks/misc/history.html

Thanks muchly to @gz83 for helping me debug this!

See also : My write up explaining the optimizations of Thorium > https://thorium.rocks/optimizations
and a new in-progress site > https://thorium.rocks/new

19th Release - M105.0.5166.0

• New installer patches which close installer or thorium.exe if it is running before installing.
• New chrome://flags flag to allow setting a custom NTP. You can also do it with cmdline flag --custom-ntp=http://www.example.com/
• New chrome://flags flag to allow removing the Side Panel button. You can also do it with cmdline flag --hide-sidepanel-button

Attention Users: I have created a 10 question survey to view user satisfaction and how people are installing Thorium. It was created with surverymonkey, and I checked the boxes to anonymize your answers and to allow multiple responses. I would appreciate it if you guys would complete it (should only take ~2 minutes) It is here > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TJHX7R7

18th Release - M105.0.5145.0

• M105 Refresh
• Thorium Dino game! Try it at chrome://dino It has colours fixed from last release, and fullscreen is now working again.
• Extension icon reverted to normal one, although the blue colour is being kept.

17th Release - M105.0.5114.0

• M105
• Extensions and main menu icon changed.
• NEW Thorium Dino game! Try it at chrome://dino/ (You have to type that in, links won't work)
• Rebased Intel HD & VAAPI patches (VAAPI is Linux only)

16th Release - M104.0.5086.0

IMPORTANT The main executable is now named thorium.exe instead of chrome.exe, and the main thorium shell executable is now named thorium_shell.exe instead of content_shell.exe. The Readmes and portable scripts and building instructions have been updated. You MUST uninstall Thorium before installing this new release, I.E. do NOT just install the new .exe in place over the old one. You can uninstall it in control panel, and choose whether or not to keep your user profile data.

ALSO We are making a new website for Thorium! Check it out at > https://thorium.rocks/

Thorium UI Debug Shell A program for tinkerers, lets you explore inside the Thorium UI. Try it by running the thorium_debug_shell.exe in the .zip.

• M104 Refresh
• Executable names changed to reflect Thorium name
• Compatibility mode bug is FIXED.
• New Security Patch : RSA uses 2048 bit length instead of 1024
• Show all extensions by default patch
• Better tab outline when running with dark theme/in dark mode
• Parallel Downloading enabled by default
• Tab Hover Cards enabled by default
• Drag and Drop tabs between windows on Wayland patch (Linux only)
• Updated logo on chrome://components page
• Chrome Labs shown by default with a new logo I made.
• Support for FLAC audio
• New setup .exe icon. The Chromium one is the same one since 2008, a 256 color 24px Windows XP installer icon. The new one is a 64px 32 bit icon that combines the Thorium logo with the Win 7+ installer icon.
• CONTENT_SHELL.BAT has been renamed to THORIUM_SHELL.BAT

Also, try my scrollbar theme for Thorium > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-ScrollBars It's great in dark mode!