Apr
27
Written by:
xram net
4/27/2010 11:20 AM
Rarely have I found a program that makes your computer feel new again. Windows 7 was a great start, and Outlook 2010 looks promising. But what I’ve been really hooked on the past few weeks is the Pale Moon Project—a re-compiled Firefox that brings some of the optimizations that Linux users have enjoyed for years by compiling software on their own computers. It’s code-compatible with Firefox, and achieves its results by removing compatibility for older computers and allowing the compiler to take advantage of newer processor instructions. Installation was incredibly straightforward—by default, it shares the same profile—which makes it a drop-in replacement for Firefox. Almost every browser benchmark shows it to be faster than Firefox, and Pale Moon’s responsive feel back the numbers up. As of right now, Pale Moon is up-to-date, matching Firefox at 3.6.3. You can read more about it on their website or head straight to the Pale Moon Project download page.