Website Download Spoiler: Main features Main features: Full support for JavaScript's ECMAscript 6 standard for modern web browsing. Support for all NPAPI plugins (Unity, Flash, Java, authentication plugins, etc.). Support for XUL/Overlay Mozilla-style extensions. Experimental support for WebExtensions (in gecko-target mode). Please note that some Mozilla-specific WebExtension APIs are not yet available. Support for ALSA on Linux. Support for WebAssembly (WASM). Support for advanced Graphite font shaping features. Support for modern web cryptography: up to TLS 1.3, modern ciphers, HSTS, etc. Important: "Basilisk is development software. This means that it should be considered more or less "beta" at all times"
Pale Moon team releases first version of Basilisk browser https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/17/pale-moon-team-releases-first-version-of-basilisk-browser/
Interesting stuff. So it's basically a new Pale Moon version based on newer FF technologies, with the ability to run old-skool extensions? If FF 57 does not add certain features, I just might have to switch to this one.
They are still two different projects (Basilisk / PaleMoon): Maybe PaleMoon switches to this platfom in the future, who knows:
It's a bit confusing, but if it will help Pale Moon to become just as fast as FF 57 then it's a good thing.
No, certainly not: 1. No Servo, no Rust. 2. No multiprocessing i.e. no sandboxing and no process separation. 3. No webextensions (legacy add-ons are much more insecure) I wouldn't use it.
Basilisk Browser v2018.01.05 (January 1, 2018) Download Release Notes "Meltdown"/"Spectre" and Pale Moon/Basilisk
The Pale Moon team came out with a fork of the Australis FF browser, to allow users to keep running native FF extensions even after FF moves with 57+ to the new Web Extensions. It uses the same Goanna engine that powers Pale Moon. If you don't want to give up the customizability of FF, Basilisk looks like the ticket.
Its old-fashioned. The Pale Moon team's philosophy is simple: if it ain't broke don't fix it, or rather fix all the bugs Mozilla hasn't bothered to patch and just make a good browser even better. I see Mozilla's constant change for the mere sake of change pointless and FWIW, I've never had a problem with the legacy extensions - the kind Mozilla dumped at great cost to how users like to do things. I just hate having to constantly update my browser.
I have been testing this for a few days and like it a lot so far. It seems like it renders Netflix and Amazon videos a bit better than Firefox.
The way I understand this: they found insurmountable compatibility issues when based on version 55 and decided to start from scratch with version 52. Is this a positive or negative development? I'm not sure. But at least they stick with their vision of a XUL platform ... ... and they're not afraid of hard work. Myself I'm sticking with Palemoon as my browser and future will tell.
Do you not remember when browsers first came out and they had none of this fancy stuff but we used them effectively.
