Pale Moon Web Browser.

[binbag]

Hi

I've come across a free Browser I've never used before (or even heard of) and found it to be far speedier than my other browsers....Mozilla Firefox/Google Chrome/IExplorer.

It claims to be 25% faster than Firefox.

I've found no security issues so far and use it as my default Browser and do indeed find it faster than FF.

Anyone heard of Pale Moon before? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Link below, with all the info. Download link is on the same page.



The Pale Moon Project homepage


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[spot]

No, I'd not heard of it but the concept makes sense. Firefox is compiled to run on any Pentium processor. Recent processors have efficient extras compared to the standard instruction set of 1993 (not unreasonably!). Compiling Firefox with optimizing and calling it Pale Moon provides a worthwhile alternative.

We Linux users have a tradition of compiling from source while optimizing for our own processor, this chap's providing much the same service.

[Bryn Mawr]

binbag;1345617 wrote: Hi

I've come across a free Browser I've never used before (or even heard of) and found it to be far speedier than my other browsers....Mozilla Firefox/Google Chrome/IExplorer.

It claims to be 25% faster than Firefox.

I've found no security issues so far and use it as my default Browser and do indeed find it faster than FF.

Anyone heard of Pale Moon before? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Link below, with all the info. Download link is on the same page.



The Pale Moon Project homepage


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I've not come across it before but a stripped down version of Firefox optimised for speed should be a safe bet as long as you don't want any of the functions (parental control?) that they've removed.

[Bruv]

I have used it, but by habit click on Firefox when connecting, as far as I know it can have all the Add-ons that Firefox has

[Saint_]

I run Safari 4.0.5 with a monster iMac. Man, it loads so fast that it's kind of scary.

[Richard Bell]

I'm an Opera fan, use it as my default browser, but occasionally use Firefox on some websites where Opera seems a bit choppy.

I'll give Pale Moon a try. Thanks for the tip!

[binbag]

I really do thank you all for taking the time to post in your comments. They've given me more confidence to continue using Pale Moon for now.

There's just one tiny issue in that I like to clear my browser's history/cookies etc via third party programs every now and then to prevent the PC slowing down, but none of these programs have Pale Moon included in their Browser list.

I can of course use the Browser Tool option to clean these items, but I feel third party programs dedicated to cleaning browsers are more thorough. Anyway, as I said, it's just a small issue.

Spot, I haven't a clue about Linux, but a positive comment all the same.

BM, I've already stripped down FF and altered "network.http.pipelining" etc but I still reckon Pale Moon beats Firefox.

I hope anyone who tries Pale Moon likes it, perhaps you could keep me updated... positively or negatively.

Thanks again.

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[Bryn Mawr]

binbag;1345711 wrote: I really do thank you all for taking the time to post in your comments. They've given me more confidence to continue using Pale Moon for now.

There's just one tiny issue in that I like to clear my browser's history/cookies etc via third party programs every now and then to prevent the PC slowing down, but none of these programs have Pale Moon included in their Browser list.

I can of course use the Browser Tool option to clean these items, but I feel third party programs dedicated to cleaning browsers are more thorough. Anyway, as I said, it's just a small issue.

Spot, I haven't a clue about Linux, but a positive comment all the same.

BM, I've already stripped down FF and altered "network.http.pipelining" etc but I still reckon Pale Moon beats Firefox.

I hope anyone who tries Pale Moon likes it, perhaps you could keep me updated... positively or negatively.

Thanks again.

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In this instance, "stripping down" involves removing the source code of the chosen functions and recompiling with the api optimised for the specific hardware and software environment in use as well as optimising the parameters used within the program. The speed gain then depends on how radical you're prepared to be in chopping the source.

The website is quite clear in saying that's what they've done.