Pale Moon–Bad News, Worst News. Oh, and Firefox Too.

from JoeUser Forums

 

“Pale Moon is one of the most popular alternative browsers available. Having access to Firefox extensions, Firefox compatibility, and a pre-Australis interface without telemetry being transmitted in the background are just some of the reasons why people have chosen to use Pale Moon.” – Innuendo, donationcoder.com

Well…bad news first: good old captainmoonlight sent me this as he’s a devoted Pale Moon user.

Unfortunately, Mozilla has decided to end support for the 24 ESR branch of Firefox code…no security experts to look at its code, and no further development. That’ll fall squarely on the Pale Moon team.

So, that team has decided to abandon the Gecko engine and develop their own named, “Goanna”. Crocodile Dundee fans might remember what he said about Goannas…

The worst news is that Mozilla has stated they’ll no longer be supporting extensions for Firefox and FF will be moving to a model that supports Chrome add-ons.

Soooo…why bother using a Firefox clone that isn’t and doesn’t have active extension development…and why then choose Firefox instead of Chrome, especially since Chrome devs have gone to work to decrease its memory leaks.

Looks like white flags all over the place today. Buh bye, Pale Moon. Buh bye Firefox.

Sorry, folks. “I blame Mozilla!” seems particularly apt today.

56,888 views 17 replies
Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hum :banhammer:

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Wow, a real bummer. FF is was still my favorite browser.

ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

and why then choose Firefox instead of Chrome

Because Chrome is just a spying browser

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Crap! I've been a Firefox user for many many years but this will end it for me. I want nothing related to Google on my machines at all if possible and do my best to avoid their crap. I've had a very negative opinion of Google for many years...

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

So, how is opera these days?

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting neophil78, reply 3


and why then choose Firefox instead of Chrome



Because Chrome is just a spying browser

And just which isn't?

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

thanks doc.

 

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 7

And just which isn't?

 

this is now the question..

 

whats our best bet, opera?

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just yesterday, I was working with the question of which browser to use.  I've been using the 64-bit version of Chrome, but it seemed a little slow.  In the morning, I was working with Opera and the afternoon with Fire Fox.  I've used Pale Moon for years, but need syncing between all devices, and PM lacks in this department.  I read that Opera is now using the Chromium code, but I liked it and it seemed speedier.  But, if these browsers are all going to use Chrome in their code, I'm just going to stay with Chrome.  I'll try Microsoft Edge as soon as they have extension support and can use Ad Blocker and LastPass.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've been using chrome for awhile now. Used to be a huge FF fan but gave it up when it started getting quirky. Chrome is relatively fast, pages open quickly and adblock runs nicely as an extension. I tried Pale Moon, Opera and Whitehat, the last turned out to be the best but it doesn't save any history and you have to log in again after closing it. It was good on security but ever since it started getting quirky I moved to Chrome and haven't looked back. I can't stand IE and never really use it. If Chrome ever goes the way of the others......I dunno.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

One would have to wonder if Mozilla was paid by Google to make the change.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Chrome for me here, on all my computers, make a change on one they all sync.  :)

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting cardinaldirection, reply 8

whats our best bet, opera?

 

You want privacy? SRWare's Iron browser. It's Chrome w/o url tracking, etc. (i.e. w/o Google).

Look at the differences here: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php

You can download it here: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_download.php

 

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Pale moon, pale moon, we hardly knew thee...  ow you are destined to be eclipsed by...  ... ... I used pale moon for many web sessions... will be sad to see it go. 

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 13


Quoting cardinaldirection,
reply 8

whats our best bet, opera?



 

You want privacy? SRWare's Iron browser. It's Chrome w/o url tracking, etc. (i.e. w/o Google).

Look at the differences here: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php

You can download it here: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_download.php

 

 

at least you no longer seem to be recommending that Aviator crap.

Iron is scareware/scamware too though.

it offers nothing you can't easily configure yourself in Chrome/Chromium, claims random nonsense and exists only to make money from ads. 

http://www.insanitybit.com/2012/06/23/srware-iron-browser-a-real-private-alternative-to-chrome-21/

 

 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Found that out Moshi which is why I switched to Chrome. Aviator was good while it lasted but it soon went to crap, as you say.

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I give the guy a clap for thinking ahead at least one small guy is making a profit out of this titan clash nonsense that is going on.