Pale Moon 15.2

Free Pale Moon is great alternative to other popular web browsers
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Pale Moon aims at providing users with an efficient web browsing experience. Although, at first sight, it looks like an identical copy of the popular Firefox, this small browser has good parts, as well as “not so good” parts. The first thing I look for when using a new browser is its efficiency when it comes to managing web pages. I was impressed by its website loading speed, and also by its ability to handle multiple websites at the same time without becoming slower or unresponsive.

The thing that bugged me the most is its graphical user interface. As I was saying before, it is identical with the one of an older Firefox version. This is definitely not a plus for a browser that strives to get in the top of the most popular browsers.

On the other hand, version 15.2 of Pale Moon comes with a lot of bug fixes and security improvements. Also, an option that will help you switch “autocompletion” on or off is now available. Support for new languages is also provided. As for other common features regarding a web browser, Firefox users will instantly get a feeling of familiarity when using Pale Moon.

Pale Moon didn't get to impress me much, considering that a lot of browsers are available out there and many of them are just exact copies of Firefox or Chrome.

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Review summary

Pros

  • Requires few system resources (RAM, CPU, etc.)
  • Provides a secure browsing experience
  • Free application

Cons

  • The GUI is identical with the one of an older Firefox version

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rating Andrew Crystall
Pale Moon is fast, has the good (pre-Australis) UI and runs the Firefox addons I need.

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rating a_user
I've used Pale Moon now for many years and I never look back to Firefox.
Pale Moon is a fast, stable and customizable OpenSource browser with security options which other browsers didn't have (like the intern XSS filter).
From my side, I highly recommend Pale Moon!

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rating Pippi Tnuss
Pale Moon on my computer was crashing a lot. Version 25 did not work with many of the Firefox add-ons that I had used before.

Used to be good, but not anymore. Will look for a new alternative to Firefox.

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