Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Update: Pale Moon Version 27.8.1 Released


Pale Moon
Update:  Pale Moon has been updated to version 27.8.1 to address some breaking issues.
 
Changes/fixes:

  • Backed out the NSPR/NSS update from 27.8.0 for causing crashes, general operational instability and handshake issues.
  • Disabled TLS 1.3 draft support by default, because with the NSS backout we only support an older draft right now that is no longer current and may cause connectivity issues. You can manually re-enable it at your own risk in about:config by setting security.tls.version.max to 4.


Pale Moon has been updated to Version 27.8.0. This is a development update with new and improved features and bugfixes.

Linux versions will follow shortly.  Details from the Release Notes:

Changes/fixes:
  • Added support for emojis on Windows systems that have relatively poor support for them with standard font sets by including our own font (EmojiOne based for now).
  • Added a setting in preferences to select the use of tab previews with Ctrl+Tab.
  • Added Eyedropper menu entry to the AppMenu.
  • Added a preference to control whether the text cursor (caret) should be thicker when dealing with CJK characters or not (default = yes).
  • Added URL fix-ups for schemes (mis-typed "ttp://" etc.).
  • Added support for ES6 "Symbol species".
  • Updated our TLS 1.3 support to the latest (probably final) draft.
  • Fixed gap inconsistency in the tabstrip.
  • Fixed a number of browser crashes.
  • Fixed a crash with the exponentiation operator "**"
  • Set the performance timer granularity to 1 ms.
  • Updated the kiss-fft library to our forked 1.4.0 version.
  • Disabled a potentially problematic optimization on Win 8+ with high contrast themes in use.
  • Removed the notification bar when in full screen to prevent unwanted visible screen elements.
  • Removed unmaintained and insecure WebRTC code - building with WebRTC enabled is no longer an option.
  • Removed redundant checks for "Vista or later" since that is all we support.
  • Added display of the http status to raw request displays.
  • Added a workaround for cloned videos not retaining their muted state.
  • Added a temporary workaround to avoid crashes on trackless media.
  • Removed some superfluous ellipses from menu labels.
  • Fixed undesired shrinking of line heights as a result of setting minimum font size in preferences.
  • Fixed some issues with setting the new tab preference (regression).

       Minimum system Requirements (Windows):
      • Windows Vista/Windows 7/8/10/Server 2008 or later
      • Windows Platform Update (Vista/7) strongly recommended
      • A processor with SSE2 instruction support
      • 256 MB of free RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
      • At least 150 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space
      Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows:

      Update

      To get the update now, select "Help" from the Pale Moon menu at the upper left of the browser window.  Select About Pale Moon > Check for Updates.




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