The Pale Moon 35.0.0 web browser has been released. It forks from the Firefox codebase to improve performance, maintain the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows и Linux (x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License).
The project adheres to the classical organization of the interface, without switching to the Australis and Photon interfaces integrated in Firefox 29 and 57, and with the provision of extensive customization options. Removed components include DRM, Social API, WebRTC, PDF viewer, Crash Reporter, statistics collection code, parental controls, and people with disabilities. Compared to Firefox, the browser has returned support for extensions that use XUL, and retains the ability to use both full-fledged and lightweight themes.
Major changes:
- Intermediates are enabled by default to ensure compatibility with the Document.elementFromPoint, GetAnimations, image.decode(), Intl.DisplayNames, Intl.ListFormat, Intl.RelativeTimeFormat, and Streams APIs.
- CSS implements the revert-layer keyword and the ":has()" pseudo-class.
- The CSSStyleSheet object implements the replaceSync method.
- The adoptedStyleSheets property has been added.
- In Firefox compatibility mode, version 140 is set by default.
- Improved support for LoongArch64 and Mac/PPC architectures.
- For Linux and FreeBSD added an option to build NPAPI support without GTK2.
- On the platform Linux Improved performance of data entry in forms on some complex pages.
Source: opennet.ru
