EDIT: workaround
no longer needed as of
Pale Moon v24.0!
I have been mostly using
Pale Moon since my discovery of it here at TPFC; although I have tried alternatives, what gets me every time is its overall convenience. It might not be the fastest browser but since it's based on Firefox, on the long run it has proved to be the least annoying (if you discount its gargantuan RAM appetite) coupled with an unbeatable customization scope.
But to each, his own; what I want here is to share an add-on related trick that I only recently became aware of. It concerns the
Self-Destructing Cookies add-on (now at v0.4.1;
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox ... g-cookies/), a extremely easy and hassle free tool to enforce a 'do-not-track' cookie policy from the user side without breaking normal site navigation -- something that isn't straightforward at all without it (it's also available on
Firefox for Android, and that's where I discovered it).
But if you check the add-on page, you'll notice that it's currently unavailable for later versions of
Pale Moon and few will be advised enough to check the FAQ for a workaround (I know I wasn't...):
Q: The add-on does not load properly (aka "nothing happens"). I'm using a re-branded version of Firefox (e.g. IceWeasel, PaleMoon, WaterFox or IceDragon).
A: You are affected by two bugs in the SDK: See #851426 and #855651 on Bugzilla. Until those are resolved upstream, I recommend you install version 0.3.6.1-pre1 and disable automatic updates for this add-on. You can get this version by scrolling to the bottom of this page, expanding the "Version Information" section and clicking on "see complete version history". Get exactly this version: earlier releases are affected by the first bug since they lack the required workaround, and later releases are affected by the second bug since it was introduced in the latest version of the SDK.
I did as instructed (although I don't know how to completely disable its inclusion from the browser 'check for updates' results) and it has been working perfectly. It destroyed over 2000(!) tracking cookies on first run, something one may appreciate even more in the light of the recent scandal of widespread government snooping revealed by Edward Snowdden (e.g., see
http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... hp?t=20621).
BEWARE:
Self-Destructing Cookies will destroy even cookies you might want to keep (site logins and such) unless you whitelist them. On first run, the browser will display an explanation on how to undo any unwanted cookie destruction, so be sure to read it.