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Puzzled at positive reviews

by marketpro14996 Jul 24, 2023

This browser is the worst: it hangs on rendering; does not play multimedia well--and has a terrible problem with java. I have really tried to like this browser and have installed and uninstalled it many, many times. Until they get the coding right--stay away!

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I liked palemoon but i uninstalled

by mmgonzo Nov 29, 2022 (Read all my 2 reviews)

I really liked Palemoon, but I had to uninstall. I went to LibreWolf. Palemoon would not load the login text frames for some important web sites I use on a regular basis. I could not log in; became too frustrating, so I just uninstalled. the support forum was no help. they mocked my inquiry and said my inquiry was not clear and helpful to them so they could assist me. Most web sites work real well, if you're just browsing. there are some very useful security extensions; themes are ok. But some log in pages I was unable to log in. I may try in the future; maybe in a year.

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Needs to include more vpns and proxies

by Sandyplace473 Jun 05, 2020 (Read all my 2 reviews)

Tried Pale Moon and it worked fine, no problem there. What is quite disappointing is that it apparently does not allow for more proxies other than the one they recommend that does not appear to work correctly. In this time of greater cyber-threats thus, needing better security and privacy while browsing it is imperative to be able to have good VPNs and Proxies such as the ones that Firefox and other web browsers allow. What's the problem, Pale Moon? You need to allow for this. If you did I would return to use Pale Moon but will wait to see what happens. Hope you can fix this soon! Thanks.

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Love it

by mak0058588 Feb 12, 2020

I used Firefox for years. As time went on it seemed that every time I got it set up for the way I wanted it, they would update it and ruin my settings. It got so that I could hardly do any customization. I found Pale Moon is a simple, easy to use and set up program that is very much like Firefox. I now have everything the way "I" like it and it does everything that I want it to do.

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Great progam, beats firefox

by highcloud63 Jun 04, 2019

Now I have my tabs on bottom and hidden tab bar when one tab showing. You can use theme maker to customize the looks. It's fast an so far it hasn't consistently nagged me to update. The add ons are a little lacking in choices but that may improve in time. It's what firefox should have been, I'm not going back unless they mess it up like firefox did.

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Does Not import your existing extensions and bookm

by henerey773 Aug 28, 2018 (Read all my 37 reviews)

Not only did it NOT import during the installation, it seemed to have NO facility for importing other than bookmarking one's manually opened Firefox "bookmarks.html", and for extensions and themes only a one-by-one open/install (if you know how to find them). If you want a FF clone that does import everything on install, try Waterfox. PM does run fine otherwise and is free and also free of some of the cruft FF imposes.

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Best browswer I have used

by dread.77769815 Nov 09, 2015

It is running fast and furious on my win 10 x64 machine, I can feel the difference it actually uses more of my RAM can you imagine that I thought having so much RAM was useless?. Now I'm running Pale Moon fully customized with complete themes, lots of addons; no freezes, no slow down, flashing pages load speeds it's just like the old Firefox.

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Not impressed

by danielson Oct 04, 2015 (Read all my 7 reviews)

After reading latest readers most positive comment and after a long hiatus of using this browser, I decided to install PM for another spin. Other than the fact that i wasn't able to view their homepage without giving its own browser a formal permission... Contrary to previous commentator, I have only about 30 extensions on Firefox, so i started to find my first basic one "Firegestures" - oh oh! not available at Palemoon add-on repertoire and the one at Mozilla's is incompatible. My second alternative, "Mouse Gestures" didn't show up at PM site either. Sorry guys, either you have an integrated mouse gesture or add-on or you don't. Every browser has one (except for IE). Back to Firefox or Chromium based browsers.

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Still good

by OnePiece Sep 28, 2015 (Read all my 12 reviews)

Reading the latest reviews of Pale Moon (hereafter PM) I felt like writing a review, since I think writing this browser off is a mistake. I recently returned to PM after being disappointed in Chromium-based browsers (Opera and SRWare Iron in particular). Although PM has its flaws (coming from the Firefox heritage, like high memory consumption), all-in-all I am satisfied with it and use it exclusively. With regard to the incompatibilities mentioned in the previous reviews: as of now (Sep 2015) I don't really feel this a big problem. All of my favourite extensions work (I have atm. 105 extensions enabled and 30 disabled, these all work flawlessly). There are a few web sites that misbehave, but not more than with Chromium. Windows XP compatibility is not broken, you only need to use the Atom targeted builds. So I cannot agree with these criticisms, and recommend Pale Moon to everyone who wants to use a less bloated and more customisable browser.

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Formerly excellent, now frustrating to use

by Harlan Oct 24, 2014 (Read all my 69 reviews)

Pale Moon was an optimized version of Firefox, eliminating some features most people did not use in return for better performance and stability. As Mozilla lurched from one misguided design decision to another, breaking extensions and frustrating users, Pale Moon kept its traditional, highly functional interface. Any web site and extension that worked with Firefox could be counted on to work with Pale Moon. Over the past two years, though, more and more web sites and extensions have refused to work with Pale Moon. With version 25, Pale Moon has deliberately made itself incompatible with many more sites and extensions (and with Windows XP), and it demands that all of the developers and users in the world make themselves compatible with Pale Moon. Well, it is not going to happen. Firefox itself is steadily losing market share, and Pale Moon is a tiny part of the Firefox user base. With version 25's quantum leap in incompatibility, Pale Moon has gone from "niche" to "cult" status. If you are looking for a new browser, look elsewhere. There are several well-reviewed FF and Chrome clones out there that provide the advantages that Pale Moon formerly did.

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Not as good as it used to be

by bat758 Oct 19, 2014

Pale Moon 25.0.1 Browser used to be very good. A lot of extensions and add ons that used to work with it are broken. Hopefully that will be resolved. And quite a few sites don't recognize Pale Moon. Tested this on 35 computers. The earlier versions of Pale Moon were quite excellent. Sad that the developer is going in this direction. Will wait and see.

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Amazing browser!!

by busybusy Jun 08, 2014 (Read all my 262 reviews)

Runs the same code as FireFox and is a wonderful alternative. Plugins are compatible and seems to have a smaller memory foot-print. It is a project worth supporting. Super Two-Thumbs Up! Simply amazing! Get it, use it, rate it!

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Exactly what i needed

by Sam_the_Man May 06, 2014 (Read all my 54 reviews)

I run several browsers on my computer, but this one beats them all in speed. I was having some sites take forever to load up because of a ton of ads, flash videos and graphics. Not so with Pale Moon. I like the interface, as well, with the short cut icons. Very useful. I can't say enough good things about this browser.

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Awesome

by Jaymz_ Aug 02, 2013 (Read all my 4 reviews)

I've been through the other browsers and they never seem to stay bug free down the road. So one day i came here to see what browser users here most liked. I thought Pale Moon? Ok, I'll give it a shot. It is the ONLY browser i use now! Never a crash or any bugs. I am in total Love with Pale Moon! Great surfing experience! Smooth! Quick! Trusty! Always there for me! So if your looking for a new browser or would like to try something different, i think Pale Moon is an Excellent Choice! Give it a try today! I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed.

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Faster than Firefox and Chrome, but...

by pageahmed476 Mar 26, 2013

Pros:
PM is faster than FF and Chrome but slower than IE 10
Has status bar (which was removed from FF)
Ctrl + B opens Bookmarks Sidebar, which we can't do in IE 10
Familiar interface if you are a FF user
Does not crash as much as IE or Firefox
Loads YouTube videos (1080p) faster than any other browser Cons:
Icon sucks Bottom line: - If you like Firefox and tired of running a 32bit browser on your 64bit OS, than give PM a try, I am quite sure you will be pleasantly surprised

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It's really faster than Firefox!

by nuiparishi26 Mar 10, 2013 (Read all my 13 reviews)

If you don't believe it's faster than FF then give it a try! I've noted a substantial difference in speed, especially when using low processor Notebooks which many of my friends have... It's fully compatible with all extensions and themes from FF and was updated yesterday so it gets frequent updates too Has an amazing support & Forum buit on a strong community I use it for a month now and won't go back to FF at all! A winner!

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My default web browser

by wisobermudez141 Sep 03, 2012

This is the one! Just try Pale Moon, only for Windows! Highly recommended.

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Very capable browser

by drfung Aug 27, 2012 (Read all my 18 reviews)

I have been using the portable version of this browser for a few months now and have found the speed to be excellent. I have had no compatibility issues at all. Today it was updated to v15 and speed does appear to have increased. I have not performed detailed testing, it is just based on perception. Won't hurt to try the portable version - it does exactly what it should and stays portable - to the point where dropping the folder onto a Linux box makes it quite usable under Wine. They mean what they say about older hardware. It will not run on some machines, check the web page for the details.

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Any speed difference really ?

by armaggedon51 May 22, 2012 (Read all my 7 reviews)

I have tried both PM and Firefox 12 and sincerely I cannot see any difference in speed. While technically, PM should be faster according to the developers, I don't see any benefit. It is however not bad and fully compatible with FF data and extensions. That said, I see no reason to switch from FF which seems to be updated more rapidly.(Btw, FF can also be tweaked for faster network/internet access for people with broadband)

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Much needed!

by manicburp Feb 16, 2012

After a moz product I loved went rapidly downhill with version three and above I really missed it. I tried many browsers based upon the gecko engine then I found Pale Moon :) Excellent in every way, when they say it is faster and more stable it is true, I am so glad to have found it! I am still very cautious what add-ons I have installed and a few leak and cause crashes so this with minimal add-ons goes like lightening and I have never had any problems with it so far. I recommend it highly.

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Oh so much speedier!

by claudchu51 Dec 21, 2011

Frustrated by ever slower FF (yet every time I try to upgrade from 3.6 + version installation crashes), I've been recreating multiple browsers to protect myself against the day when FF won't work at all for me. This little alternative is wonderful. It is the fastest of any of the others I've used, very stable, and still downloads the FF addons I love. I'm using PM 3.6.28 v. on Vista and if I remain as impressed as I am now I will make it my default browser. Recommended for older Windows systems that can't take FF's attempts to be cutting edge. Take that FF!

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Migrated

by gimpguy Aug 28, 2011 (Read all my 1159 reviews)

I was trying out Pale Moon when it began and have tried it on and off. Recently I installed it and haven't found the need to go back to Firefox. I would like to mention that it works with download managers very well, as when Firefox rolls out yet another version, most things need time to catch up and quit working, not the case here. Pale Moon is very stable, fast and does everything Firefox does (at least for my needs). There may be some sites that require Firefox or IE still so I wouldn't toss out either browser yet but they will remain dormant on my system until needed. Pale Moon has always worked well and currently, it's very up to par and at the very least, give it a try, you won't lose out.

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Responsive browser

by albertv223 Aug 27, 2011

Much better then any Firefox Browser I have ever tried.

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Very good browser

by smokie Jul 06, 2011

This is a very good browser.Very fast and sleek.I love the fact that it is not bloated with stuff you hardly use.Please keep it that way! Good work,Thanks

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Almost identical to firefox

by madmik Jun 25, 2011 (Read all my 32 reviews)

Tested the startup times for Palemoon 5 and Firefox 4 - they were virtually identical at about 3 seconds. Possibly Palemoon is slightly faster overall. In any case a very nice browser,but I will stick to Firefox as I'm getting an error "TypeError: Components.classescid is undefined", which I can't eliminate!

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The best browser yet!

by KeithT Jun 02, 2011

I'm (obviously) not a big reviewer but in this case decided to make an exception. Ive long ago given up on IE and have been a happy Firefox user for several years. When FF came out with their V4 I upgraded without question and was extremely disappointed. I still use(d) it and do greatly appreciate the work that goes into open source software. I decided to look around for another browser and gave Pale Moon a try. I am just astounded how fast it works and loads even compared to FF. If you are still an IE user, or even a FF junkie try Pale Moon. I promise you, it will blow you away!!

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Has become my most-used browser

by jono7777 Feb 18, 2011 (Read all my 6 reviews)

Given the problems I've had with Chrome, the relative slowness of Safari and the even slower dinosaur IE, Pale Moon has come through for me. It is nice and stable, fast, and now I've got the ' No Squint ' screen magnifier, eliminating the need to constantly enlarge text on each page, I have a browser that is just about right. It's pretty quick, this one. I need speed and this does it well for me.

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Amazing!

by desertjon Feb 05, 2011 (Read all my 18 reviews)

This browser Blows IE and Firefox out of the water. I am very satisfied user and I think you will be too. Give it a try

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Well worth trying

by Rustyboy Sep 27, 2010 (Read all my 33 reviews)

I was a bit skeptical about trying Pale Moon as we have all seen programs promote themselves as better, faster, etc. After installing it, I found it is indeed faster than FF and I now use PM exclusively. Even my beloved Greasemonkey works on it. Gotta love PM.

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I like it

by NZkiwi Apr 28, 2010 (Read all my 9 reviews)

Well, it is certainly a lot faster than the regular Firefox. I still use dial up and the extra speed is really noticeable. I can recommend you at least try Pale Moon. It changes nothing on the normal Firefox screen and all the add-ons and extensions work just fine.

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Fast and hassle free install

by megabob6666 Apr 27, 2010 (Read all my 19 reviews)

Pale Moon is significantly faster than Firefox. The setup was a breeze; just install it and run it, and all your Firefox extensions and themes are there on first run just as if you started Firefox. The author claims this browser is better for multi-core processors. I am running an Athlon 435 X3.

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Faster than Firefox

by RickyF Apr 15, 2010 (Read all my 11 reviews)

I installed it on my Intel i7-920 rig and the speed difference in page loads is quite noticeable.

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