The release of the Pale Moon 29.1 web browser is available, which has branched off from the Firefox codebase to ensure greater performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License).
The project adheres to a classic interface design, avoiding the transition to the Australis interface integrated into Firefox 29, while offering extensive customization capabilities. Notable removed components include DRM, Social API, WebRTC, PDF viewer, Crash Reporter, statistics gathering code, parental control tools, and accessibility features. Compared to Firefox, the browser retains support for XUL technology and maintains the ability to use both full-fledged and lightweight themes. Pale Moon is built on the UXP (Unified XUL Platform), which forks Firefox components from the Mozilla Central repository, free from dependencies on Rust code and excluding Quantum project developments.
In the new version:
- The String.prototype.replaceAll() method has been implemented, returning a new string (the original string remains unchanged) in which all matches have been replaced according to the specified pattern.
- A proposal has been implemented to handle any JSON text as a syntactical subset of ECMAScript, allowing the use of line separation (U+2028) and paragraph separation (U+2029) characters in string literals.
- Correct formatting of strings returned by the JSON.stringify() method has been ensured.
- Support for delimiters for clear representation of large numbers in JavaScript has been added (for example, 1_000_000).
- Site-specific overrides for User Agent values have been updated.
- The AV codec is disabled by default due to streaming issues.
- Vulnerability fixes have been transferred.
Source: opennet.ru
