

Pale Moonįor instance, a browser I reviewed in April of 2012 called Waterfox is a special 64-bit Windows optimized build of Firefox which is said to improve upon performance and efficiency. On a higher level, however, there are projects that are considered offshoots of open source mainline browsers like Firefox and Chrome that apply their own twists and special sauce, all the while keeping a major bulk of the engine underneath mostly the same. We have browser choices in addition to the standard fare of Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, and Chrome. With the recent news about Google’s switch to the Blink engine and Mozilla experimenting with a multi-core optimized Firefox engine called Servo, there is quite a bit of change on the horizon for under-the-hood technologies that power the browsers we love. Matt Nawrocki takes a look at an optimized web browser that may not be as optimized as advertised.

In short, if you need accessibility features or parental controls, then please visit the firefox homepage and get the official, non-optimized build.

Please see the page with technical details to learn exactly what the browser supports, and what it doesn't support. A few, carefully selected, features have been disabled that are not in high demand, and that do not interfere with the way web pages are displayed or function all to maximize speed and efficiency of the browser. This means that this browser, however extremely close to Firefox, does not have all the functions that Firefox has.

Of course, getting a faster browser is not just about optimizing the compilation process (building a program from its source code), but also about carefully choosing features and how to choose the best setup. Make sure to get the most speed out of your browser! That needs to change! So, here is the Pale Moon project: Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems. Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that performs 25% faster? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, while many Linux ("from scratch") users get the advantage of a browser built specifically for their system.
