Thursday, October 20, 2011

So as much as I like Firefox... I decided to test out Palemoon.

Pale Moon project (http://www.palemoon.org/) seems to be offering people an alternative to the bloatware (which I personally haven't experienced) that is Firefox. I have used Firefox from looong ago. About the time that it was first introduced.

From the 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!"

The nice thing so far that I really like about Pale Moon is the fact that almost all the plug-ins from mozilla.org will run.

The interesting observation so far is, if you use SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) as part of your installation. It will not recognize Palemoon and refuse to install the mozilla protection. The workaround I used was to simply install Firefox (ver. 7.0.1) and then Pale Moon. After installing SpywareBlaster, delete Firefox. The protection and updates have worked since then.

The testing continues...

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