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I'm experimenting with Pale Moon now. It actuall feels snappier than the latest Firefox, but a profile reset on my main Firefox might change that (traditionall

I'm experimenting with Pale Moon now. It actuall feels snappier than the latest Firefox, but a profile reset on my main Firefox might change that (traditionally with my usage patterns there's little improvement to be seen from that.) So for now the advantages of Firefox vs Chrome are: - not Google - less RAM usage - slightly better extensions And for Palemoon vs Firefox: Pro Palemoon: - snappier (?) - extensions work - looks better (subjective) and can be skinned Advantages Firefox: - more secure (maybe, Palemoon unlike Mozilla doesn't have a history of abusing extension bundling for various promos)

michaelmrose 6y ago
Firefox me robot wasn't a real threat to your security whereas security holes patched in firefox but not palemoon certainly are. Your browser is your number one vulnerability and you have selected poorly. https://www.howtogeek.com/335712/update-why-you-shouldnt-use-waterfox-pale-moon-or-basilisk/ https://www.howtogeek.com/335712/update-why-you-shouldnt-use...
- eitland 6y ago
  > and you have selected poorly. Note that I write "experimenting with". I'm fairly aware that my browser is the main vulnerability, thank you, which is why I run different (mainstream) browsers for different sites already and actually want even more lock down for certain use cases than what IT currently privides. I'll also add that in the last 20 years I've had one infection on a machine that I alone used (a drive by exploit in a banner ad on a developer blog I read) so a combination of carefulness/paranoia certainly helps ;-) And no, I'm not suggesting anyone should uncritically download a random browser and start exploring the dark corners of the web. Also: I agree, the robot thing was harmless, but that said: do you remember Superfish? The little thing that Lenovo added to their laptops? Which turned out to be a giant easily exploitable hole? As for the robot extension: - when I noticed it in between my own extensions it scared me quite badly until I managed to look it up - companies that does such things aren't trustworthy. The robot thing was harmless. Superfish wasn't. Do you trust marketing executives to know the difference?
  - michaelmrose 6y ago
    Its a garbage product run by heinously rude people https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 If you run it you are choosing poorly

michaelmrose 6y ago

Firefox me robot wasn't a real threat to your security whereas security holes patched in firefox but not palemoon certainly are. Your browser is your number one vulnerability and you have selected poorly. https://www.howtogeek.com/335712/update-why-you-shouldnt-use-waterfox-pale-moon-or-basilisk/ https://www.howtogeek.com/335712/update-why-you-shouldnt-use...

eitland 6y ago
> and you have selected poorly. Note that I write "experimenting with". I'm fairly aware that my browser is the main vulnerability, thank you, which is why I run different (mainstream) browsers for different sites already and actually want even more lock down for certain use cases than what IT currently privides. I'll also add that in the last 20 years I've had one infection on a machine that I alone used (a drive by exploit in a banner ad on a developer blog I read) so a combination of carefulness/paranoia certainly helps ;-) And no, I'm not suggesting anyone should uncritically download a random browser and start exploring the dark corners of the web. Also: I agree, the robot thing was harmless, but that said: do you remember Superfish? The little thing that Lenovo added to their laptops? Which turned out to be a giant easily exploitable hole? As for the robot extension: - when I noticed it in between my own extensions it scared me quite badly until I managed to look it up - companies that does such things aren't trustworthy. The robot thing was harmless. Superfish wasn't. Do you trust marketing executives to know the difference?
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  Its a garbage product run by heinously rude people https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86 If you run it you are choosing poorly