Pale Moon version 28.1.0 has been released. This update is considered a major update, focused on performance and security as well as some regression and bug fixes.
From the
Release Notes:
Changes/fixes:
- Updated NSS to 3.38, removed TLS 1.3 draft version check
since it's considered final.
- Reinstated RC4 as an optional encryption cypher for
non-standard environments (e.g. old routing/peripheral networked
hardware on LAN). RC4 and 3DES are marked weak and disabled, and will
never be used in the first handshake with a site, only as last-ditch
fallback when specifically enabled (meaning they won't show up on
ssllabs' test, for example).
- Removed Telemetry accumulation calls, automatic timers and
stopwatches. This removes a very noticeable performance sink for all
operations on all platforms.
- Fixed many occurrences of discouraged types of memory
access for primarily GCC 8 compatibility. This improves overall code
security as a defense-in-depth measure.
- Re-implemented the pref-controlled custom background color
for standalone images.
- Updated session history handling for internal pages.
about:logopage is no longer stored in history, and you can choose to
store the QuickDial page in history by setting the pref browser.newtabpage.add_to_session_history
to true. This is
disabled by default (meaning you can't use the "Back" button to go back
to the QuickDial page) as a defense-in-depth security measure.
- Added ui.menu.allow_content_scroll
to control whether content can be scrolled if a context menu is open.
- Fixed incorrect code removal in ipc.
- Removed support for TLS session caches in TLSServerSocket.
- Added support for local-ref as SVG xlink:href values.
- Changed the find bar to be a browser-global toolbar again
(like in Pale Moon 27) instead of per-tab. For people who prefer search
terms to be saved on a per-tab basis (like with the per-tab findbar
previously), this is possible by setting findbar.termPerTab to true. This resolves a number
of issues, including styling with lightweight themes not applying to
the find bar, and status pop-ups overlapping the find bar.
- Ported all relevant security fixes from Mozilla's Gecko/62
release, including CVE-2018-12377 and CVE-2018-12379.
- Restored part of the searchplugin API that was removed by
Mozilla, so extensions can provide and save edits to installed search
engines.
- Improved the speed of restoring browsing sessions upon
startup.
- Fixed the "Restore previous session" button sometimes being
missing from about:home, while a restorable session would be present.
- Fixed tab previews in the Windows taskbar (if enabled).
- Fixed the setting of the new tab page being "My Home Page"
so it'll pick up subsequent changes to the home page URL automatically.
- Removed the Firefox Accounts migrator from Sync.
- Fixed an issue with the enabled state of number controls if
appearances changed.
- Stopped building ffvpx on 32-bit platforms (except windows)
to use the (faster) system-installed lib instead.
- Re-added a horizontal scroll action option for mouse wheel.
(regression)
- Fixed handling of content language if the locale is changed.
- Fixed document navigation with the F6 key.
- Fixed toolbar styling in toolkit themes.
- Fixed viewing the source of a selection.
Download:
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Mozilla sent Firefox Version 62.0.2 to the release channel today. According to the release notes, the update appears to be limited to fixes without changes or security updates.
