Twire VS ExplorerPatcher

Twitch → Xtra & Twire

Twire (version 2.10.5): Free and open Twitch browser and stream player

I use twire: https://github.com/twireapp/Twire No ads, FFZ, BTTV and 7tv emotes plus picture in picture mode kinda sick.

I use Twire, can find it on f-droid or the github here https://github.com/twireapp/Twire

I've found another person who talked about the issue: https://github.com/twireapp/Twire/issues/408

Really need alternative adblock. The adblock of Twire is really good, no stream delay and all. I hope Xtra integrate that adblock if possible.

You can use https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to change the hotkey

> Windows 11 brings absolutely nothing on the table

It also removes a leg from the table, the one labelled 'usability'.

Attaching a 3rd-party leg to fill the gap helps (https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher), but it's not an ideal solution

ExplorerPatcher

I had more problems with it being wide, merging all app windows in a single icon, showing only icon rather then app title, and not being able to move to top of screen

That may be fixed with https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher which restores win10 bar, there's no builtin solution to any of the above afaik

Thanks for letting me know. I looked into it, and apparently it's still even possible to activate on later versions of Windows with registry edits and helper software: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/167

Not going to install something that seems so vague, but I do use ExplorerPatcher [1] on my Windows 11 machines to basically re-create Windows 10 UI and fix all of the annoyances I have with Windows 11. I've got the old right click menu, the old task bar, the old alt-tab interface, pretty much the whole thing. Only reason I use Windows 11 over Windows 10 is because Windows 11 seems to handle my triple monitor setup better, especially when waking up from sleep.

[1] - https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher