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Pale Moon 27.7.2 is a free and easy to use internet browser. Built on a popular browser Mozilla Firefox, but lighter and better optimized, thanks to this the speed of its operation has increased.

The appearance of the Pale Moon interface is very similar to the Mozilla browser. So, if you are familiar with Firefox, then understanding Pale Moon will not be difficult. All menus and settings are completely copied. The search bar is separate from the URL input bar. In it you can immediately select the one search engine, which you want to contact this moment. Also, next to the search bar there is a button for displaying a list of downloads.

Pale Moon Browser Features

Main feature this internet the browser is its more high speed work. It was achieved due to the fact that the developers disabled unnecessary and little-demanded functions. These are like: parental control in the browser, Active Scripting and others. After conducting research, they realized that more than 95% of all browser users do not use this functionality, and it is a drag on productivity.

Also, the Pale Moon developers worked on optimizing the code, which also increased the speed of page loading. Plus, the speed of processing scripts, both online and offline, has increased.

Since Pale Moon is built on Firefox base, then it supports almost all of its extensions. That is, you can install add-ons from official store Mozilla add-ons.

It is also worth noting that by disabling unnecessary functionality Pale browser Moon consumes less computer resources compared to Mozilla Firefox. Thus, it is more preferable for those who have weak personal computers.

Specifications:

Version: Pale Moon 27.7.2
English language
Status: Free
Author:

Pale Moon is a new software for browsing Internet sites, which is essentially an improved version of the well-known Mozilla browser Firefox. For the first time, the program was presented to the general public in 2009 and was designed to work on different platforms. So, you can download Pale Moon for free for such operating systems as: Windows, Linux, Mac OS and in beta version for Android.

Developer software product is a well-known company Moonchild Productions, and the application itself is open source.

Note: You can download the Pale Moon browser in Russian for Windows PC from our or the official website. It should be noted separately that the latest versions of the browser use Goanna as an engine - an offshoot of the well-known Mozilla Gecko.
When creating the Pale Moon Internet browser, the developers, first of all, focused on increasing the efficiency of the software and, it is worth saying, they succeeded.


Thanks to a whole set of various improvements and additions, the browser's performance, in comparison with its predecessor, has increased by more than 25%. Pale Moon interacts perfectly with all plugins and extensions supported by the official one, and also has a function to correct errors inherent in current version his predecessor.

Differences from Mozilla Firefox

A significant difference between Pale Moon and its cross-platform predecessor is its focus on working with Windows OS, as well as disabling some functions present in Mozilla. It is the orientation towards one operating system significantly optimized the operation of the application, speeding it up and thereby increasing efficiency. This feature of the program is big advantage for users who prefer regular surfing, but may not be suitable for other purposes, as it has a number of disabled functions. Also, the application has a multilingual interface (more than 33 languages), but to use Russian as a working language, you need additional installation Russifier.

The Pale Moon browser has whole line differences from its famous ancestor. Among them, the most relevant are:

  • The application has removed parental controls, ActiveX, and Accessibility Features.
  • The ability to scan downloaded files and the inspector are disabled.
  • The ability to add additional settings to improve scrolling and StatusBar.
  • You can download Pale Moon in Russian.
  • Added changes to the position of controls.
  • The search engine is installed by default.
  • The browser only works on CPUs latest generation(for example, the same Athlon XP, software no longer supported).
  • Uses 32 and 64 in work bit versions for Windows and Linux.
  • The latest versions of the browser run on the new Goanna engine, a fork of the Gecko browser engine used in Mozilla.
  • IN latest versions application (from version 27), the developer removed the function Windows support XP.


There are other differences between the applications, among which it is worth paying attention to the following:
  1. Usage Download Manager Tweak ensures smooth operation of the download manager in the sidebar of the browser, which Mozilla itself cannot boast of.
  2. Using Mozilla, you can make a partial selection of a link (to select the desired part, you need to hold down Alt key and, holding it, select the text). It is worth noting that this method is applicable only to ordinary links, and, for example, on Twitter, such an action will be regarded by the program as a mouse click. Such shortcomings are completely eliminated in the Pale Moon browser.
  3. In the context menu of the Mozilla browser there is an item that allows you to view all the information about images - size, caption, resolution, volume, as well as the path to the file, but all this can only be used in relation to cached files. This issue has been fixed in Pale Moon.
  4. The process of switching tabs has been optimized, allowing you to move from one tab to another as quickly as possible.
  5. The application implements the ability to move from one page to another using a space bar.
  6. Using the Extended Statusbar extension, the user has the opportunity to add indicators from Opera browser and thus receive full information about loading image files, their weight, speed, etc.


Pale Moon, thanks to many quality changes and improvements, supports Firefox plugins and extensions, and can also fix errors that occur in Mozilla. Pale Moon, unlike the cross-platform Firefox, is adapted for Windows OS. It is this approach of the developers to the program that ensures its high performance.


This feature of the program allows you to load pages as quickly as possible; when using it, there is practically no freezing during loading. Also, it has a multilingual interface (more than 33 languages), but to use Russian as a working language, an additional installation of a Russifier is required.

2. Selecting part of the links

In Fox it is possible to select part of a link by holding Alt. To do this, you need to disable Alt+Click saving. Find the browser.altClickSave parameter in about:config and switch it to false. To select part of the link you need to hold alt, select the text, first release the mouse button and then alt. This method works on regular links, but doesn't work on, say, Twitter names (it works like a click).
Bonus: To follow URI text as a link, use Text Link. Now you just need to double-click on the text with the site address, which is not a link.

3. Image properties

Firefox has an option context menu View Image Info, which shows the file format, pixel resolution, file path, caption and weight. The weight is indicated only for cached images, which for some reason does not happen on some sites (for example, on Habré).

After Google closing Reader, I switched to Inoreader. It seems like everything you need is in place. By the way, they recently updated the design.

5. Switch tabs

For everything related to tabs, I use Tab Mix Plus. It allows you to switch tabs with the wheel, customize behavior, appearance, context menu and much more.
Tab Mix Plus also allows you to switch tabs using ctrl+tab with showing thumbnails or just a list. At the same time, they can be switched both in the order of use and in a row. You can switch with the mouse.

6. Switch to next page by space

Another one killer feature Opera is available with the Space Next extension. The idea is that the spacebar scrolls down the page, like the PgDn button. If you reach the end of the page and press the spacebar again, the extension automatically goes to the next page (for example, from the first to the second on the main Habr).

7. Site loading indicator

12. A separate story for the context menu of the forward/back buttons

13. Disable extension compatibility checking

P.S. Please note that I no longer particularly follow changes in Firefox versions and some of the above may work/not work/work wrong there. Information verified on the latest stable Pale versions Moon (24.5 at the time of publication) If you find a bug, please report it in the comments.

Meet Pale Moon. Fast, as simple as possible and quite popular browser, based on Mozilla Firefox. And, I must say, it turned out pretty good. In some ways, “Pale Moon” even surpassed “Fire Fox.” For example, the first one is much more powerful, freezes and slows down less often. Processing of web documents occurs as quickly as possible due to quality optimization. Pale Moon can be downloaded for free from our website.

However, as we know, nothing comes for free. So if you decide to download Pale Moon to your computer, keep in mind that the browser paid for speed with a number of features and functions that are implemented in the same Firefox. In particular, support for ActiveX and DOM has been removed, scanning of downloaded files does not occur, and there is also no way to configure “parental controls”. However, not all users require all these functions, and it is always possible to install required modules from Mozilla yourself.

Functional

Pale Moon is perfectly optimized for modern web pages, which allows you to open the latter in record time. All the really necessary options used when surfing are preserved, only specific ones are removed, so as a result the developers managed to create fast browser, which would meet the requirements of most users.

Pale Moon, which, by the way, can be downloaded on our website, supports vector Canvas charts and Scalable Vector Graphics. The browser is also friendly with all kinds of downloadable fonts. And quickly and efficiently displaying web documents built using a new generation architecture allows compliance with WebGL and HTML5 standards.

Pale Moon boasts good integration with Firefox browser and makes it possible to synchronize user profiles, settings and tools. The Fire Fox extensions also fit perfectly into the lunar browser, which gives almost limitless possibilities for its modification, improvement and customization.

Advantages and disadvantages

  • Speed ​​of work.
  • More modest requirements for random access memory than Mozilla Firefox.
  • Process processing stability.
  • Completely free.
  • Good support for resources based on vector and 3D graphics.
  • The cracker will have to be installed separately. The default language is English.
  • Lack of a number of familiar functions in the “basic” form.

System requirements for installation

  • Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista, XP.
  • 32 and 64-bit.
  • Processor with SSE2 support.
  • RAM: 256 MB RAM (recommended: 512 MB or more).
  • Minimum 150 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space.

How to install a browser on Windows 7, 8, 10

  1. First you have to download Pale Moon on Windows 10, 8, 7
  2. Run the installation file.
  3. Select Standard.

Run the installation file.

Select the installation method.

Specify the installation path.

The browser installation begins. Once the download is complete, you can start working in the browser.

Without unchecking the checkbox, launch the browser.

You can immediately import settings from other browsers.

The new browser has been successfully installed on your computer.

How to remove a browser

  1. Go to the Start menu, select Control Panel
  2. In the window that opens, select “Uninstall a program”
  3. Find Pale Moon in the list that appears. Click "delete"
  4. The Pall Moon Uninstall window will open. Click Next.
  5. Click Uninstall.
  6. Ready.

Removing Pall Moon

Portable version

The charming “sleepwalker” also has portable version, which does not require installation and works even from a flash drive. It has retained all the features of the original, so you can download without fear of getting a “pig in a poke.”

How to change the interface language

Alas, the developers did not provide for the Russian language in the assemblies. But they made an official localization separately - whoever needs it will download it. By the way, it’s the same story with other languages. Apparently, so as not to overload the browser.

To get started, go to official portal developers and find the page there with language packs. From a very long list, select Russion (or any other, if necessary). Download it. Open the downloaded file and answer the question “Do you want to integrate a file with the .xpi extension into the browser?” affirmatively.

Don't rush to rejoice, this is not the end. Now you need to make changes to the Pale Moon configuration.

IN address bar Pale Moon write: about:config, then press Enter. A list of configurations will appear in the window. Find the setting in it: general.useragent.locale.

Double-click on it with the left mouse button. Instead of the meaning "en-US" (which means the American version in English) enter “ru-RU” if you want to install the Russian language.

Now restart your browser and enjoy the interface in your familiar language.