Download Pale Moon 33.4.0: Features and Updates

Pale Moon is a free, open-source web browser leveraging the Goanna engine, available on platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Android. It is designed to offer a streamlined and efficient browsing experience.

This browser operates on its own independently developed codebase, which is a fork of the Firefox/Mozilla project. Pale Moon combines carefully chosen features and enhancements to boost speed, resource efficiency, stability, and overall user interaction, allowing for extensive customization along with a growing library of themes and extensions that make browsing uniquely yours.

Key Features:

Optimized for contemporary processors
Utilizes a proprietary Goanna layout engine designed for performance
Built on robust Mozilla code, ensuring safety with regular updates
Enhanced security features incorporated throughout development
Supported by a community-driven, non-profit model
User-friendly, customizable interface reminiscent of classic designs
Comprehensive theme support for complete design freedom
Ability to create light themes (skins) with ease
Fast and efficient page rendering alongside script execution
Improved stability leading to fewer crashes
Compatibility with numerous Firefox extensions
A burgeoning set of exclusive Pale Moon extensions
Robust support for HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
Diverse customization and configuration settings

Pale Moon 33.4.0 Update Highlights:

Introduced “ghostbuster,”an automated mechanism for cleaning problematic web content post tab/window closure. Refer to implementation notes for details.
Included support for the PROT_MPROTECT security feature on capable platforms, such as PaX and NetBSD.
Added user-controlled preferences for Same-Origin Policy (SOP) and CORS preflight management. See implementation notes for specifics.
Enhanced compatibility for building on NetBSD and Altivec architectures.
Resolved building issues encountered on Apple Silicon Macs using XCode 16.
Created workarounds for non-standard MSE/WebM/VPx encoding on YouTube that may have led to video buffering problems.
Development change: default credentials mode for module scripts shifted from ‘omit’ to ‘same-origin’, echoing broader industry standards.
Development enhancements: implemented getTransform and setTransform methods using DOMMatrix arguments.
Development updates: applied ES2023 Hashbang grammar proposal.
Rectified an issue with StructuredClone in JavaScript.
Addressed security vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-9396.
CVE-2024-9398 was rejected, prioritizing user notifications for unhandled protocol attempts over determining installed handlers [detailed release notes]