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posted by martyb on Friday July 14 2017, @05:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the replacement-for-my-firefox dept.

After a few months of development, the Pale Moon browser has released its latest iteration. Along with security features, the key release for this version seems to be centered around expanding the browser's media support.

Release notes here.

Offtopic, but somehow relevant: they also published the results of their survey in March. The feedback says a lot about the browser's user base, and highlights the direction the team will take in the future.

[What browser(s) do you use? Do you use a separate browser for certain sites? Same browser for everything you access online? What browser differences lead you to use one browser over another? -Ed.]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:14AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:14AM (#538986)

    Did the CIA pay you to say that?

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by julian on Friday July 14 2017, @06:15AM (6 children)

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 14 2017, @06:15AM (#538987)

    George Soros, actually. I get $1 every time I shill mainstream FireFox and the Round Earth hoax

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:20AM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @06:20AM (#538991)

      Not sure about the CIA conspiracy, but who decided it was a good idea to butcher the UI: over and over again?

      Cryptic icons may save on translation, but it is hard to discover what they do (due to the fear of side-effects).

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 14 2017, @06:52AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 14 2017, @06:52AM (#538994) Journal

        but who decided it was a good idea to butcher the UI?
        Cryptic icons may save on translation, but it is hard to discover what they do (due to the fear of side-effects).

        Soros, of course. He's an egalitarian internationalist: everybody on this planet needs to be equally confused by and fearful of (the side effects of) cryptic icons.

        (grin)

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        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Friday July 14 2017, @08:26AM

          by MostCynical (2589) on Friday July 14 2017, @08:26AM (#539019) Journal

          "I have a dream.. where all men (and women) can be as confused as each other, while trying to find things on the internet. Then we can make more money, as they will be more likely to accidentally click on an ad, or give away all their data, which we will then sell."

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          "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:47AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @11:47AM (#539072)

        Crytic abstract icons also save on hireing actual designers. Instead you can make do with random art's majors you haul out of some starbucks.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:59AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 15 2017, @01:59AM (#539432)

          Thank you! The mental image of an impressionist painting of some random Major Generals getting hauled out of a coffee shop was great, it really truly made me laugh audibly!

      • (Score: 2) by julian on Saturday July 15 2017, @07:11AM

        by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 15 2017, @07:11AM (#539482)

        who decided it was a good idea to butcher the UI: over and over again?

        UI/UX is an evolutionary process and we should expect some change. That being said, fans of the old UI should notice that there is now included a "Compact" light and dark theme which are similar to the old UI. Nothing about Windows 10 looks like Windows XP so it's not like Firefox has any responsibility to be more consistent than the platforms it runs on--and some ideas were just bad, replaced with better ones.

        There's no point running Pale Moon than irrational insistence that nothing changes.