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it is a regrettable episode but they had their reasons. i would also wish this would not be used against this great project. everyone knows how territorial we c

it is a regrettable episode but they had their reasons. i would also wish this would not be used against this great project. everyone knows how territorial we can be as developers. people make mistakes. i have been using it and pentadactyl ever since vimperator stopped working and i love it. it gets updated frequently and fairly recently had a rebase to a newer ff build. also their theming support is really nice and their logo isnt as obtrusive. give it a chance and you won't regret it.

michaelmrose 8y ago
Why would I not regret moving from Firefox 64 to a version based on a several year old version thats less responsive. Its like your Ford pintos awesome stereo wouldn't work with a car with abs and airbags so you drive a decades old pinto. There are good stereos that don't involve driving a pinto.
- yosefzeev 8y ago
  Funny thing about old cars: You can work on them. I actually drive a 97 Ford and also have a 97 Camry. What good is a fancy stereo if the car sits in the driveway because you can't work on it?
  - michaelmrose 8y ago
    The anology kind of breaks down when both browsers are free open source.
The-Compiler 8y ago
It's unfortunately not the only questionable decision taken by the Pale Moon devs - see e.g. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1363542-pale-moon-team-disables-noscript-by-default-faces-backlash-blocks-discussion/ https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1363542-pale-moon-team-di...
- yosefzeev 8y ago
  In my experience, this decision is correct. Noscript does cause the browser to bog down and do all manner of annoying things that causes instability. As a project lead, you get to decide things like what goes in the project or leaves. Not everything needs a discussion once it has been decided. I suspect the "not allowed to be discussed" is implemented so that these discussions are bypassed and those that don't like the decision can simply vote with their feet.

michaelmrose 8y ago

Why would I not regret moving from Firefox 64 to a version based on a several year old version thats less responsive. Its like your Ford pintos awesome stereo wouldn't work with a car with abs and airbags so you drive a decades old pinto. There are good stereos that don't involve driving a pinto.

yosefzeev 8y ago
Funny thing about old cars: You can work on them. I actually drive a 97 Ford and also have a 97 Camry. What good is a fancy stereo if the car sits in the driveway because you can't work on it?
- michaelmrose 8y ago
  The anology kind of breaks down when both browsers are free open source.

The-Compiler 8y ago

It's unfortunately not the only questionable decision taken by the Pale Moon devs - see e.g. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1363542-pale-moon-team-disables-noscript-by-default-faces-backlash-blocks-discussion/ https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1363542-pale-moon-team-di...

yosefzeev 8y ago
In my experience, this decision is correct. Noscript does cause the browser to bog down and do all manner of annoying things that causes instability. As a project lead, you get to decide things like what goes in the project or leaves. Not everything needs a discussion once it has been decided. I suspect the "not allowed to be discussed" is implemented so that these discussions are bypassed and those that don't like the decision can simply vote with their feet.