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Firefox-Forking Browser 'Pale Moon' Releases Major Update 28.0 (palemoon.org)
Long-time Slashdot reader tdailey spotted a new version of Pale Moon, a customised version of Firefox optimized for speed and efficiency. Beta News reports it's the first major update since November of 2016:
There are virtually no visual or obvious changes in this new major build, but the under-the-hood changes are both extensive and necessary.... Despite all the updates, Moonchild is keen to stress certain things haven't changed -- unlike Firefox, for example, Pale Moon continues to support NPAPI plugins, complete themes and a fully customizable user interface. There is also no DRM built into the browser, although third-party plugins such as Silverlight are supported. It will also continue to work with certain "legacy" plugins of the type abandoned by Firefox.
Pale Moon strips out what one reviewer calls "little-used components" of Firefox, including parental controls and accessbility features, as well as crash reports and support for Internet Explorer's ActiveX and ActiveX scripting technology.
"Proving that open source leads to great development, Pale Moon takes the already decent Firefox web browser and makes it even better and a faster."
There are virtually no visual or obvious changes in this new major build, but the under-the-hood changes are both extensive and necessary.... Despite all the updates, Moonchild is keen to stress certain things haven't changed -- unlike Firefox, for example, Pale Moon continues to support NPAPI plugins, complete themes and a fully customizable user interface. There is also no DRM built into the browser, although third-party plugins such as Silverlight are supported. It will also continue to work with certain "legacy" plugins of the type abandoned by Firefox.
Pale Moon strips out what one reviewer calls "little-used components" of Firefox, including parental controls and accessbility features, as well as crash reports and support for Internet Explorer's ActiveX and ActiveX scripting technology.
"Proving that open source leads to great development, Pale Moon takes the already decent Firefox web browser and makes it even better and a faster."
> accessbility features
Because fuck handicapped people, right?
I stopped using Firefox as it only uses 1 core unlike IE 8 and Chrome 1.0 10 years ago
Rubbish. Top immediately shows Firefox on multiple cores with multiple tabs. Couldn't be bothered to check before spouting?
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Then use Firefox. Or Edge. Or Chrome. Not every feature needs to be in every browser.
My Other Computer Is A Data General Nova III.
I have more than 500 Firefox tabs open at this moment without freezing or performance issues. Looks like sound engineering to me, please do everybody a favor and take your wanking elsewhere.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
UNFORTUNATELY, much as I've enjoyed using it, a while back (v.26 or 27?) Pale Moon decided to unilaterally disable NoScript, then make updated versions unavailable for installation. I don't quite understand their beef (many accusations, didn't find any evidence), but I know what mine is: I don't need browser-makers deciding what extensions I should use, although I appreciate a heads-up.
Here's their two cents worth: https://forum.palemoon.org/vie...
I've disabled my PM installer app and won't be updating. I recently DL'd the most recent IceCat; it's still good enough for them.
"You must try to forget all you have learned. You must begin to dream." -- Sherwood Anderson
Unless you really have some desire for some old extensions Pale Moon looks old, isn't updated nearly enough to call it secure and definitely Pale's in comparison to any other modern browser. The browser looks like some relic dug up from a old software CD with a bunch of old crappy outdated software on it. Yeah its just barely kept alive by a few developers who don't have time to properly update it, and their few users who enjoy being stuck in the 90's.