Pale Moon is the work of a single individual, using contributed Open Source code to create a full-featured, speed optimized version of the popular Firefox browser. The publisher of this program saw the advantages on other systems like Linux with regards to programs being compiled specifically for the capabilities of the machine it is installed on, deemed it necessary that Windows users were at a disadvantage: Mozilla only releases windows executables with maximum compatibility in mind; this means that Firefox is made to run on as many different systems as possible, sacrificing efficiency and speed in the process to be compatible with, by current standards, absolutely ancient hardware.

This update or version include new features like; performance fix: switched back globally to fast floating point model, with a patch to prevent rounding errors in javascript, update of the source base to Firefox 4.0.1, fixing a large number of bugs, and compensated for a number of internal compiler errors causing build issues and potential browser stability problems on some systems.

The current version of Pale Moon has just been released, and it comes in both regular desktop versions and a portable version; the x64 version is also available.

Want to check it out? Visit Palemoon.

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