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posted by on Saturday February 11 2017, @02:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the mozilla-killa dept.

Fans of the Pale Moon web browser are probably already aware of this, but version 27.1 has been released as of February 9th, 2017. This update brings a number of improvements, some of them pretty major; here's a handful that I think are worth noting:

This version introduces the so-called "PMkit" modules, our effort to restore most compatibility with Firefox Jetpack/SDK extensions

Reworked the media back-end completely (thanks Travis!) to use FFmpeg (including support for FFmpeg v3 and MP3 playback) and our own MP4 parser, and no longer relying on gstreamer on Linux

Changed the way scripts are handled when they are stopped from the "unresponsive script" dialog, to prevent browser lockup

Made the use of let as a keyword versionless and ES6 compliant

You can read the full release notes in the forum thread about it or on the release notes page.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:26AM (#466062)

    We're Disabled, our money/opinions don't matter

    You just torpedoed yourself. When's the last time the typical person forked over money for a browser?

  • (Score: 1) by ShadowSystems on Sunday February 12 2017, @04:06PM

    by ShadowSystems (6185) <ShadowSystemsNO@SPAMGmail.com> on Sunday February 12 2017, @04:06PM (#466178)

    I take it you've never used the donation link to reward someone for having done something you find worthy of gratitude?
    I & many others do just that to show our thanks to developers that write something useful, well designed, & kept maintained so it continues to be so.
    I have donated to FireFox & others when I felt they had done something deserving of recognition, withholding said donations when I think they're being boneheaded.
    We may not purchase it in the sense of going to the store, picking up a box of software, plonking it down on the cashier's counter, & handing over money to carry it from the store, but that doesn't mean we don't give the developer's money for their work.

    Not everyone ignores the donation button & the devs tend to be very happy when we don't.
    I've actually gotten thank you emails from various devs, so I'm fairly certain they know when each & every one of us clicks (or doesn't) on that donation link.
    Have you clicked it lately?
    =-)