Pale Moon 24.4.1

Pale Moon

The optimized version of Firefox

Pale Moon is a custom-built and optimized Firefox-based browser for Windows operating systems with current, high performance processors. It looks identical to the standard Firefox browser and supports Firefox extensions, themes and identities.

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 bookmarks and settings with this migration tool

What's new in Pale Moon version 24.4.1:

Bugfix: the new status bar code in 24.4.0 had a bug, preventing the downloads panel/window from opening when clicking on the download status indicator. There may have been a few other, similar small usability bugs in the same code that have now been fixed.
Feature update: Selecting "Warn me when closing multiple tabs" in the Options window will now apply both to closing a window and closing other tabs in the tab bar.
Bug #940714 - Add an RAII class to make synchronous raster image decoding safer.
Bug #896268 - Use a stateless approach to synchronous image decoding. security fix
Bug #982909 - Consistently use inner window when calling OpenJS. security fix
Bug #982957 - Fix crash if certain sweeps run out of memory. security fix
Bug #982906 - Remove option for security bypass in URI building. security fix
Bug #983344 - JavaScript: Simplify typed arrays and fix GC loops. security fix
Bug #982974 - Be paranoid about neutering ArrayBuffer objects. security fix