Pale Moon 24.0.1

[Berryracer]

For the 2nd time, Pale Moon releases an update faster than Mozilla themselves! Kudos to Moon Child the developer of Pale Moon for this awesome job developing this optimized version of Firefox that takes advantage of newer hardware and multi core processors with having less RAM usage, cleaner interface, and much faster browsing experience!

This is Firefox on Steroids! the fastest browser I've ever used and all Firefox addons can be installed seamlessly

Its interface is a bit better than Firefox IMHO

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.

Release notes:
24.0.1 (2013-09-18)

This is a small update to address some small issues with the new major version:

• Fix for unreadable address bar text when visiting a broken or mixed-mode SSL site.
• Fix for an incorrect browser cache size default when first starting the browser. (regression)
  Note: If you have used version 24.0, then please check your Options -> Advanced -> Network tab, and if the cache size is set to "1024", change it back to its default "250" to prevent unnecessary use of disk space and potential slowing of the browser.
• Fix for themes not applying to Private Browsing windows. (regression)
• A small update to the new icon to fix some visual issues with it.
• Reduction of visual friction and CPU usage on some operations by disabling smooth scrolling on it by default (e.g. Home/End keys).

24.0 (2013-09-13)

• Switch to a new Mozilla code base (Gecko 24.0).
• Update of the Pale Moon icon/logo. Special thanks go to Roger Gómez del Casal for providing me with an interesting concept design image to use as a base for it!
• Fixes for all relevant security vulnerabilities.
• Many changes and updates in the rendering, scripting and parsing back-end to provide significant improvements in overall browser performance (including benchmark scores).
• Addition of a number of HTML5 elements, improving overall HTML5 standards compliance.
• Implementation of the webaudio API (most features that are no longer draft).
• Removal of Tab Groups (Panorama). If you actively used this functionality, I have also made an add-on (Mozilla dev sourced) available to restore this feature to the browser.
• Removal of a few additional Accessibility options.
• Inclusion of an updated version of the Add-on SDK and loader to solve recent issues with SDK/Jetpack add-ons.
• Adjustment of the Quickdial "new tab" feature to have better layout.
• Extension of the address bar shading functionality to more clearly indicate when there is a problem with a secure site (red shading on broken SSL/mixed content).
• New way of handling plugins with control on a per-site basis. An extensive description can be found on the forum.
• Restored/maintained a number of features that were removed from recent Firefox versions:
  • Graphical tab switching feature with quick search (Ctrl+Shift+Tab).
  • Removing the tab bar if there is only one tab present.
  • Options for the loading of images.
  • More recovery options in the Safe Mode startup dialog box than just nuking your profile.
  • Send Link/E-mail Link mail client integration functionality.
• Unification of version numbers. x86 and x64 will from this point forward use the same version number (and icon) without an architecture designation. This will solve potential compatibility issues on new major versions, as well as the superfluous compatibility check when switching between x86 and x64 on the same profile.

Pale Moon 24.0.1 (x86)

Pale Moon 24.0.1 (x64)

Pale Moon 24.0.1 (x86) Portable

Pale Moon 24.0.1 (x64) Portable

Profile Migration Tool

Profile Backup Tool


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[flexy]

ty!! testing now

 

[Berryracer]

ty!! testing now Edit: ;( ;( Did you check PM's very own Wiki site on Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon_(web_browser) It does not display right, even with add-ons disabled.

it looks fine to me dawg with all the addons such as adblock plus, donottrackmeh, xmarks, lastpass, ietab, etc

 

[flexy]

You are right, something is hosed on my system... can't display with normal FF either (Checking what's going on now)

 

[Berryracer]

You are right, something is hosed on my system... can't display with normal FF either (Checking what's going on now)

1- have you modified your hosts files?

2- please clear your internet browsing cache using CCleaner

3- On that page, hit CTRL + F5 to do a hard refresh that should fix it

 

[flexy]

Yes I had some crap in my cache.. everything seems alright now.

 

[Berryracer]

Yes I had some crap in my cache.. everything seems alright now.

awesome! glad you got it sorted dawg!

Pale Moon FTW :whiste:

 

[nemesismk2]

I do love firefox but will definately give Pale Moon 24 a try

 

[Berryracer]

I do love firefox but will definately give Pale Moon 24 a try

let us know what you think. I am sure you will never go back after trying Pale Moon

 

[nemesismk2]

let us know what you think. I am sure you will never go back after trying Pale Moon

I used Pale Moon 24 this morning and i found it to give great performnace especially with HTML5. When casually looking at various websites i found Pale Moon to be very quick to display the page and even with demanding graphically heavy websites they were displayed very quickly

 

[Berryracer]

I used Pale Moon 24 this morning and i found it to give great performnace especially with HTML5. When casually looking at various websites i found Pale Moon to be very quick to display the page and even with demanding graphically heavy websites they were displayed very quickly

thanks for the feedback mate! enjoy your Pale Moon (Firefox on Steroids )

 

[nemesismk2]

thanks for the feedback mate! enjoy your Pale Moon (Firefox on Steroids )

couldn't of put it any better than Firefox on Steroids!

 

[zerogear]

I find that Firefox Aurora works faster than Pale Moon and Firefox (standard release).

 

[nemesismk2]

I find that Firefox Aurora works faster than Pale Moon and Firefox (standard release).

I've never used Aurora but will have to try it out

 

[Anubis]

so i just installed this and im liking it so far, I do have one question.

I used the migration tool to copy my FF profile over to move all my bookmarks and such. and im curious as to why the F that profile is 13 GB in size, i really dont use FF often as opera is what i use most,

what the heck is in there that takes up so much space

 

[lxskllr]

so i just installed this and im liking it so far, I do have one question.

I used the migration tool to copy my FF profile over to move all my bookmarks and such. and im curious as to why the F that profile is 13 GB in size, i really dont use FF often as opera is what i use most,

what the heck is in there that takes up so much space

Look, and see. Mine's only ~1gb, and that's my whole .mozilla folder. That has three browsers, and b2g included.

 

[smakme7757]

Ok i installed Pale Moon. Seems nice. It works with Lastpass and Xmarks, so I'm happy . I'll give give it a good shot!

 

[Berryracer]

Ok i installed Pale Moon. Seems nice. It works with Lastpass and Xmarks, so I'm happy . I'll give give it a good shot!

enjoy! let us know what you think.

PS: when it comes to browser add-ons, treat it exactly as Firefox, it is 100% compatible since its built in the same code but optimized for newer hardware

 

[smakme7757]

enjoy! let us know what you think.

PS: when it comes to browser add-ons, treat it exactly as Firefox, it is 100% compatible since its built in the same code but optimized for newer hardware

It seems pretty good I'm liking it.

Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 just got released on Dreamspark premium (yes i know about the leak, but this is official at least), so i think I might look at doing a fresh install of my server and laptop then throwing Pale Moon on the laptop at least .

 

[Berryracer]

It seems pretty good I'm liking it.

Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 just got released on Dreamspark premium (yes i know about the leak, but this is official at least), so i think I might look at doing a fresh install of my server and laptop then throwing Pale Moon on the laptop at least .

excellent choice!

Windows 8.1 Rocks!

be sure to get the latest intel chipset drivers which support windows 8.1

v 9.4.0.1026

 

[inf1nity]

updated mine- new icon looks cool

 

[balloonshark]

Version 24.0.2 released. http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml

32 bit: http://www.palemoon.org/download-ng.shtml

Portable: http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-portable.shtml

64 bit: http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-x64.shtml

 

[nemesismk2]

thanks for the info for Pale Moon Version 24.0.2

 

[balloonshark]

Version 24.1.2 is now available. http://www.palemoon.org/

Release notes: http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml

24.1.2 (2013-11-19)

This update implements the following changes:

• Update of the NSPR library to 4.10.2 RTM.
• Update of the Security library (NSS) to 3.15.3 (alternative branch) to pick up a number of fixes.
• Fix (finally) of the menu list of tabs when browser.allTabs.previews is set to false. It would stick the top entry, not properly highlight the selected tab, and would generally be unpleasant and stubborn when tabs were moved or closed. This should all be corrected now.
• Additional feature: Previously, tabs would immediately resize to fill the tab bar when you would close them. Mozilla changed this a (long) while back to cater to "rapidly closing multiple tabs without moving the mouse" and to resize you have to move the mouse out of the tab bar. A good number of Firefox/Pale Moon users don't like this behavior, but the fix to make this configurable was in the end rejected by the Mozilla UX team, so I opted for my own implementation in Pale Moon. New pref: browser.tabs.resize_immediately - set this preference to true to immediately resize other tabs when closing a tab.
  Many thanks to David for doing the required research for this feature!
• Rework of the multi-core routine and removal of OpenMP code and the related library (Microsoft's implementation is old, limited, and won't be updated/improved; in addition it prevented some compiler optimizations that could now be used again).
• The accessibility back-end for "Find as you type" has been disabled completely to prevent this setting from breaking websites with HTML5 input fields (not compatible with FAYT).

 

[Virgorising]

Thanks Neo!!!!!:thumbsup::wub: