Pale Moon 24.2.0 released!

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Pale Moon 24.2.0 released!

Unread post by Moonchild » 2013-11-26, 11:26

Pale Moon 24.2.0 has been released, which implements the following changes:
  • Update of the new-tab routine: When opening a new tab, focus will now only be on the address bar if you open a blank tab or the Quick Dial page, and focus will be on the page content otherwise (Pale Moon start page or custom URL). This means starting a search from the Pale Moon start page is now easier than ever: wait for the page to load, and focus will automatically be on the search bar - type away!
  • Compatibility issues between QuickFind/Find-as-you-Type and HTML5 input fields in forms fixed.
    This long-standing issue in the Mozilla code prevented Pale Moon from properly using HTML5 input (form) fields when the accessibility feature for Find-as-you-type enabled (see previous version release notes). After temporarily disabling this accessibility feature, to prevent people from having broken forms, this incompatibility has now been worked around. Please note that it remains a feature that is not intended as part of the Pale Moon feature set and will likely be removed from the browser in the future for various reasons. "QuickFind" will remain present, which is the same routine but requires a keystroke to indicate to the browser that you want to start searching (slash / ) instead of "any key" (which is a too ambiguous way to work with an application).
  • New advanced feature: Later versions of the Firefox code will automatically place the browser window fully on a visible portion of the screen. If you prefer having the browser window positioned partially off-screen and want to prevent this automatic resizing and repositioning when starting a new session, create a new boolean preference in about:config called browser.sessionstore.exactPos and set it to true.
    Obviously, this feature requires that you have "Restore windows and tabs from last time" selected in General options, as it's part of restoring your browsing window to the previous session state.
  • Updated the localization of the status bar code with the following locales: en-GB, es-MX, es-AR, it, pl.
    Setting your locale to any of these will now also see the Status Bar options in your chosen language.
  • Fix for a security issue with script event handlers.
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