<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
customization	O
;	O
its	O
motto	O
is	O
"	O
Your	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
Your	O
way	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
official	O
releases	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
contributed	O
builds	O
for	O
various	O
platforms	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
originated	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
but	O
has	O
subsequently	O
diverged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
differences	O
are	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
add-on	B-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
and	O
running	O
in	O
single-process	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
retains	O
the	O
highly	O
customizable	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
version	O
4	O
–	O
28	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
continues	O
to	O
support	O
some	O
types	O
of	O
add-ons	B-Operating_System
and	O
plugins	O
that	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
including	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
plugins	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
legacy	O
Firefox	B-Application
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
has	O
diverged	O
from	O
Firefox	B-Application
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
"	O
Complete	O
Themes	O
"	O
,	O
add-ons	B-Operating_System
which	O
can	O
customize	O
the	O
entire	O
UI	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
this	O
and	O
retains	O
limited	O
options	O
for	O
UI	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defaults	O
to	O
DuckDuckGo	B-Application
as	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
instead	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
or	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
is	O
built	O
upon	O
the	O
Unified	O
XUL	B-Application
Platform	O
(	O
UXP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
,	O
multimedia	O
application	O
base	O
with	O
ancestry	O
in	O
Mozilla	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
Goanna	B-Language
layout	O
and	O
rendering	O
engine	O
,	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
Gecko	B-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
develops	O
UXP	O
alongside	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
UXP	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
52	O
ESR	O
platform	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
2017	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
imminent	O
death	O
of	O
XUL/XPCOM	O
technology	O
in	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
2.0	I-License
,	O
with	O
exceptions	O
for	O
image	O
assets	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
quality	O
,	O
redistribution	O
of	O
officially	O
branded	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
binaries	O
is	O
only	O
permissible	O
under	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
proprietary	B-Application
redistribution	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
builds	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
use	O
either	O
unbranded	O
assets	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
or	O
custom	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
offers	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
for	O
modern	O
iterations	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
SSE2-capable	O
processor	B-General_Concept
is	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
official	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
releases	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
operating	O
system	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
requirement	O
is	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
with	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
or	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
specific	O
versions	O
of	O
GTK	B-Application
2	O
or	O
3	O
,	O
GLib	B-Language
,	O
Pango	B-Language
,	O
and	O
libstdc++	O
are	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
portable	O
version	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
"	O
contributed	O
"	O
builds	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
are	O
produced	O
by	O
community	O
members	O
and	O
may	O
or	O
may	O
not	O
carry	O
the	O
official	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
branding	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
their	O
level	O
of	O
association	O
and	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debian	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
repositories	O
for	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
are	O
maintained	O
by	O
Steve	O
Pusser	O
and	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
repositories	O
provide	O
the	O
latest	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
updates	O
only	O
for	O
recent	O
Debian	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
major	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
ended	O
with	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
25.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
speciality	O
builds	O
continued	O
to	O
support	O
XP	B-Application
for	O
some	O
time	O
:	O
PM4XP	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
after	O
release	O
25.7.0	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
special	O
build	O
intended	O
for	O
devices	O
with	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processors	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
27.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
27.9.4	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
to	O
officially	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
community-contributed	O
release	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
Snow	I-Device
Leopard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
for	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
a	O
distinct	O
development	O
effort	O
that	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
that	O
this	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
variant	O
would	O
likely	O
be	O
abandoned	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
community	O
involvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Straver	O
is	O
the	O
project	O
founder	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Straver	O
's	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
rebuild	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
3.5.2	O
with	O
minor	O
tweaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
grew	O
,	O
and	O
version	O
24	O
became	O
a	O
true	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
24	O
ESR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
25	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
began	O
using	O
its	O
own	O
versioning	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
27	O
(	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Tycho	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
re-fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
core	O
browser	B-Application
code	O
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
38	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
HTTP/2	B-Protocol
,	O
DirectX	O
11	O
,	O
MSE/DASH	O
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
ES6	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-on	B-Operating_System
support	O
remained	O
almost	O
entirely	O
unchanged	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
slight	O
reduction	O
of	O
Jetpack	B-Application
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
team	O
began	O
the	O
Unified	O
XUL	B-Application
Platform	O
project	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
Firefox	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
code	O
one	O
final	O
time	O
,	O
before	O
Mozilla	O
fully	O
removed	O
the	O
XUL/XPCOM	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
Basilisk	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
reference	O
application	O
"	O
for	O
developing	O
UXP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
Basilisk	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
with	O
substantial	O
divergence	O
from	O
Mozilla	O
's	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
incarnation	O
of	O
UXP	O
(	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Möbius	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Firefox	B-Application
53-55	O
,	O
but	O
complications	O
arose	O
with	O
building	O
non-Firefox-based	O
applications	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
platform	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
and	O
SeaMonkey	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
UXP	O
development	O
was	O
restarted	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
52	O
ESR	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
basis	O
,	O
ultimately	O
resulting	O
in	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
28	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
breach	O
was	O
reported	O
involving	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
archive	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
archived	O
releases	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
27.6.2	O
and	O
older	O
were	O
infected	O
with	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basilisk	O
and	O
then-current	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
releases	O
were	O
not	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
macOS	B-Application
support	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
consistency	O
from	O
community	O
developers	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
effort	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
clean	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
UXP	O
codebases	O
of	O
all	O
macOS-specific	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Straver	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
next	O
release	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
version	O
29.2.0	O
,	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
allow	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
extensions	O
intended	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
was	O
a	O
significant	O
departure	O
from	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
's	O
previous	O
,	O
decade-long	O
support	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
addons	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
preceding	O
years	O
,	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
and	O
collaborators	O
had	O
made	O
efforts	O
to	O
raise	O
and	O
cultivate	O
a	O
unique	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
addons	B-Operating_System
for	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
ultimately	O
desiring	O
to	O
break	O
away	O
from	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
addons	I-Operating_System
altogether	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
29.2.0	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
the	O
culmination	O
of	O
this	O
goal	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
27	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
amid	O
long-standing	O
misgivings	O
from	O
developers	B-Application
and	O
users	O
alike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
after	O
controversy	O
over	O
third-party	O
forks	B-Application
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
UXP	O
,	O
the	O
publishing	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
UXP	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
a	O
cathedral-style	O
of	O
tarballs	O
upon	O
release	O
of	O
binaries	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
publicly-available	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
30	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
new	O
Goanna	B-Language
Runtime	O
Environment	O
(	O
GRE	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
both	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
its	O
platform	O
was	O
made	O
readily	O
available	O
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
core	O
developer	B-Application
unexpectedly	O
departed	O
from	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
project	O
,	O
sabotaging	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
website	O
and	O
certain	O
browser	B-Application
services	O
in	O
the	O
process	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
30	O
,	O
which	O
depended	O
upon	O
the	O
damaged	O
project	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
was	O
recalled	O
on	O
21	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
extra	O
updates	O
to	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
29.4	O
were	O
released	O
while	O
damage	O
control	O
was	O
underway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Future	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
GRE	O
and	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
30	O
was	O
deemed	O
unviable	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
nature	O
of	O
the	O
Goanna	B-Language
Runtime	O
Environment	O
's	O
accompanying	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
which	O
remained	O
under	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
departing	O
core	O
developer	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
breaking	O
platform	O
code	O
changes	O
committed	O
by	O
this	O
developer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
Straver	O
decided	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
UXP	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
base	O
,	O
abandoning	O
both	O
the	O
GRE	O
and	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
30	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
31	O
milestone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
support	O
was	O
restored	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
pre-Pale	O
Moon	O
30	O
status	O
quo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
31	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
restored	O
support	O
for	O
traditional	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
addons	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
ill-fated	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
30	O
milestone	O
,	O
Straver	O
described	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
31	O
as	O
"	O
putting	O
us	O
back	O
on	O
course	O
after	O
various	O
deviations.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Basilisk	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
was	O
previously	O
considered	O
a	O
sibling	O
to	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
developed	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
team	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
development	O
vessel	O
for	O
the	O
then-new	O
UXP	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basilisk	O
includes	O
additional	O
features	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
carries	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
29-56	O
era	O
interface	O
(	O
"	O
Australis	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
with	O
similar	O
system	O
requirements	O
as	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basilisk	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
x86	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
Windows	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
x86	O
64-bit	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
additional	O
libraries	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beta	O
Builds	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
MacOS	B-Application
x86	O
64-bit	O
and	O
ARM	O
64-bit	O
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
x86	O
64-bit	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
ARM	O
64-bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basilisk	O
's	O
support	O
for	O
add-ons	B-Operating_System
and	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
plugins	O
is	O
largely	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
's	O
,	O
though	O
notable	O
differences	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basilisk	O
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
version	O
number	O
closely	O
resembles	O
Firefox	B-Application
52	O
ESR	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
improve	O
compatibility	O
when	O
attempting	O
to	O
install	O
add-ons	B-Operating_System
intended	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
some	O
time	O
,	O
Basilisk	O
included	O
experimental	O
support	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
WebExtensions	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
has	O
never	O
supported	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
unlike	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
Basilisk	O
has	O
technological	O
support	O
for	O
Widevine	O
DRM	O
and	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
are	O
currently	O
non-functional	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
licensing	O
from	O
Google-controlled	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Basilisk	O
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
open	O
offer	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
to	O
transfer	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
any	O
legitimate	O
and	O
reasonable	O
developer	B-Application
who	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
however	O
,	O
an	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
forums	O
that	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
has	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Basilisk	O
's	O
name	O
and	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
bit	O
slower	O
than	O
Firefox	B-Application
in	O
the	O
ClubCompy	O
Real-World	O
Benchmark	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
browsers	B-Application
respectively	O
scoring	O
8,168	O
and	O
9,344	O
points	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
possible	O
50,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2016	O
browser	B-Application
comparison	O
test	O
by	O
Ghacks	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
version	O
25	O
had	O
the	O
smallest	O
memory	O
footprint	O
after	O
opening	O
10	O
different	O
websites	O
in	O
separate	O
tabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
report	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
scored	O
bottom	O
in	O
the	O
Mozilla	O
Kraken	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Octane	O
,	O
32-bit	O
RoboHornet	O
tests	O
and	O
second-to-last	O
in	O
the	O
64-bit	O
RoboHornet	O
benchmarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
hung	O
during	O
some	O
tests	O
,	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
only	O
hung	O
during	O
the	O
JetStream	O
JavaScript	B-Language
benchmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Iceweasel	B-Protocol
)	O
or	O
different	O
builds	O
of	O
the	O
exact	O
same	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
relative	O
performance	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
on	O
the	O
limited	O
subset	O
of	O
what	O
is	O
actually	O
tested	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
's	O
about	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
it	O
goes.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
questionable	O
role	O
of	O
benchmarking	O
has	O
been	O
corroborated	O
by	O
major	O
technology	O
companies	O
when	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
was	O
retiring	O
its	O
Octane	O
benchmark	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	O
indicating	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
believe	O
these	O
benchmarks	O
are	O
not	O
representative	O
of	O
modern	O
JS	O
code	O
"	O
when	O
introducing	O
WarpBuilder	O
in	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
admitting	O
that	O
their	O
new	O
technology	O
"	O
is	O
currently	O
slower	O
than	O
Ion	O
on	O
certain	O
synthetic	O
JS	O
benchmarks	O
such	O
as	O
Octane	O
and	O
Kraken	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
has	O
inspired	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
contributed	O
and	O
third-party	O
forks	B-Application
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
seek	O
to	O
provide	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
on	O
platforms	B-Device
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
by	O
Roytam	O
,	O
maintains	O
supports	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roytam	O
additionally	O
develops	O
the	O
Serpent	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Basilisk	O
that	O
continues	O
to	O
support	O
XP	B-Application
and	O
Vista	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arctic	O
Fox	O
,	O
by	O
wicknix	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
27	O
fork	B-Application
which	O
supports	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
,	O
PowerPC	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mypal	B-Protocol
,	O
by	O
Feodor	O
,	O
maintained	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
licensing	O
dispute	O
between	O
Feodor	O
and	O
the	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
team	O
,	O
Mypal	B-Protocol
switched	O
to	O
a	O
Firefox	B-Application
68	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
White	O
Star	O
,	O
by	O
dbsoft	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
fork	B-Application
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
macOS-specific	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
official	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
and	O
UXP	O
codebases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dbsoft	O
has	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Moonchild	O
Productions	O
to	O
restore	O
official	O
macOS	B-Application
support	O
for	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
version	O
32.1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
White	O
Star	O
branding	O
is	O
now	O
relegated	O
to	O
experimental	O
Mac	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
features	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
might	O
wish	O
other	O
users	O
to	O
test	O
before	O
integrating	O
them	O
to	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
