Pale Moon project 9.0.1 - (Custom-built and optimized Firefox-based browsers for Win)

[FunkY]

Welcome to the Pale Moon project homepage
Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that is specifically made for getting the most out of your system? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, meaning you may be losing speed and efficiency when you use your browser; and truth be told, most people use their browsers all the time! 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 and efficiency out of your browser!

Of course, getting a more efficient browser is not just about optimizing the compilation process (building a program from its source code), but also about carefully choosing features and knowing how to choose the best setup. This means that this browser, however extremely close to Firefox in the way it works, 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.

With the new version 4, there are also a few other differences that are more obvious and not just "under the hood": contrary to what Mozilla has done with their redesign of the user interface, Pale Moon will continue to provide a familiar set of controls and visual feedback similar to previous versions, including grouped navigation buttons of a decent size, a bookmarks toolbar that is enabled by default, and not in the least a functional status bar.

To download the current version* of the Pale Moon browser, please click below for the web-installer, which will check your system's capabilities and allow a quick choice of browser, or download the installer of your choice by going to the appropriate download page from the menu at the top of this page!

Main features:

• Highly optimized for modern 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
• Stability: experience fewer browser crashes.
• Support for SVG and Canvas, and downloadable fonts including WOFF
• Support for HTML5 and WebGL (v4+)
• Support for Firefox extensions (add-ons), themes and personas
• Support for OOPP (Out-of-process plugin execution)
• Able to use existing Firefox profiles, bookmarks and settings with this migration tool

System Requirements:

Version 7
Windows XP SP2+/Vista/7, 32-bit or 64-bit
A modern processor with SSE2 support (see list of supported processors)
256 MB of RAM
At least 50 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space

Pale Moon: Release notes for version 9

9.0.1

An update incorporating the Firefox 9.0.1 code base.
In addition, the following changes:

• Under the hood changes and improvements to the way memory is handled by the Javascript engine.
• WebGL has been changed to use ANGLE by default instead of using native OpenGL to give better performance on a number of systems that would otherwise suffer from high CPU usage and lower frame rates.
• Change in compiler: from this point on, Visual Studio 2010 will be used for all "next gen" builds.
• Build environment changed to cater to the ever-growing XUL dll size without having to compromize on what modules to optimize. (Prevent running into the 3GB address space limit)
• DNS prefetching disabled by default to prevent router hangups
• Changes to timings for UI script execution and content script execution to prevent unnecessary dialog popups about unresponsive scripts.
• Some image decoding tweaks.
• Eye candy: animated preferences dialog (resize when switching category).

Homepage and download
http://www.palemoon.org/

[Bearcat]

Thanks for the heads up FunkY. Pale Moon is a decent browser, but once I went Maxthon, everything else pales in comparison.

[BigGuy]

Thank you for the update info FunkY. I use Maxthon myself, but like to try out different browsers.

[jj1two3]

Thanks FunkY for the update. I agree with BigGuy, I like to try out all the browsers. But as Bearcat says its hard to beat Maxthon.

[Bearcat]

But as Bearcat says its hard to beat Maxthon.