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Pale Moon browser

Postby dyn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 13:31 UTC

Pale Moon project
Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that performs 25% faster? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, while many Linux ("from scratch") users get the advantage of a browser built specifically for their system. That needs to change! So, here is the Pale Moon project: Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems. Make sure to get the most speed out of your browser!

Of course, getting a faster browser is not just about optimizing the compilation process (building a program from its source code), but also about carefully choosing features and how to choose the best setup. This means that this browser, however extremely close to Firefox, does not have all the functions that Firefox has. A few, carefully selected, features have been disabled that are not in high demand, and that do not interfere with the way web pages are displayed or function; all to maximize speed and efficiency of the browser. Please see the page with technical details to learn exactly what the browser supports, and what it doesn't support. In short, if you need accessibility features or parental controls, then please visit the firefox homepage and get the official, non-optimized build.

Main features:
Highly optimized for current processors
100% Firefox sourced: As safe as the browser that has seen years of development.
Uses slightly less memory because of disabled redundant and optional code
Significant speed increases for page drawing and script processing
Support for SVG and Canvas
Support for Firefox extensions, themes and personas
Able to use existing Firefox profiles with this migration tool


If you are using Firefox you need to try this one, it is faster, not only with JavaScript but it also opens pages faster and uses less RAM. All extensions and plugins from Firefox work with it and it feels the same, i am using it instead of FF.
http://www.palemoon.org/download.shtml
http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-portable.shtml (for USB, etc)
http://www.palemoon.org/athlonxp.shtml (AMD Athlon XP/MP/Older Sempron/Pentium III edition)
http://www.palemoon.org/langpacks.shtml
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby craij » Fri Sep 10, 2010 17:06 UTC

purely for browsing?
how does it measure up against the others in regard to security?
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby dyn » Fri Sep 10, 2010 17:11 UTC

It's more secure than Firefox, and it's based on same Mozilla core, with optimizations. Check official site for more info.
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby Tripredacus » Sat Sep 11, 2010 03:44 UTC

I prefer the speed of Chrome over Firefox, but the only reason why I stick with FF is because of the NoScript add-on. Is there something similar with this browser?
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby dyn » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:36 UTC

Pale Moon browser is optimized Firefox, all plugins for FF are compatible with it. Today you really don't need NoScript that much anymore, because browsers are secure, and most sites require JS for one thing or another. In Chrome each tab has it's own low-privilege process, separated from other tabs. More info: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1233#p17982
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby dyn » Sun Sep 12, 2010 21:55 UTC

You can use this timer to see how fast it renders pages vs other browsers:
http://www.numion.com/Stopwatch/
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby R0tnAx » Sun Sep 12, 2010 21:56 UTC

screenshot of this browser plz?
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Re: Pale Moon browser

Postby dyn » Sun Sep 12, 2010 21:59 UTC

It's same as Firefox
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