33.1.0 version of the Pale Moon browser now ready for download

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Published web browser release Pale Moon 33.1.0, which forks from the Firefox codebase to provide better performance, preserve the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are formed for Windows And Linux (x86_64). Project code distributed by licensed under MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License).

Project adheres to classic interface organization, without switching to the Australis and Photon interfaces integrated into Firefox 29 and 57, and providing extensive customization options. The removed components include DRM, Social API, WebRTC, PDF viewer, Crash Reporter, code for collecting statistics, tools for parental controls and people with disabilities. Compared to Firefox, support for extensions using XUL has been returned to the browser, and the ability to use both full-fledged and lightweight themes has been retained.

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Basic changes:

  • Added support for the ‹link rel=preload› meta tag, with which you can organize the loading of resources without waiting for them to be requested, for example, you can immediately download certain CSS files, scripts, videos and pictures.
  • In HTTP header CSP (Content Security Policy) added support for directives “style-src-attr“, “style-src-elem“, “script-src-attr” And “script-src-elem“, providing the functionality of style and script directives, but with the ability to apply them to individual elements and event handlers such as onclick.
  • Partial support for the HTML tag ” is included‹dialog›“, which allows you to create dialog boxes and components for interactive user interaction, such as closable alerts and subwindows.
  • Added support for Emoji 15.1 specification.
  • Implemented support for the window.webkitURL property.
  • Added shorthand versions of CSS properties that control the logical positioning of elements, “margin-block”, “margin-inline”, “padding-block” and “padding-inline”. For example, the values ​​”margin-block-start”, “margin-block-end”, “margin-inline-start” and “margin-inline-end” can now be determined using the summary properties “margin-block” and “margin- inline”.
  • The add-ons allow the determination of CPU capabilities (SSE2/AVX/AVX2) through the Navigator interface.
  • The Stylo CSS engine, written in Rust, has been removed from the code base.

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