In regard to PaleMoon, at least the source code is publically available but who has - or can build - a proper development environment to patch the code and release POSReady-compatible versions? Unfortunately I can't.Īnyway, I'm about to unpack the portable version of the Atom/XP v26.0 in a separate folder, duplicate the existing profile and see if it's gonna work on my XP-SP4 machine, because the unofficial SP4 does create that POSReady registry key (just checked and it's there). My question is: do they do this willingly (I mean all developers from major software projects) or is there something behind the scenes? Because real programmers could always work their way around such (non)issues.

And now, just when I got used to it and was almost perfectly set up, there they go: new engine, dumped compatibility. Then, a month or two ago, I picked it up again, updated it to 25.8.1 when it got released, installed a few more add-ons (even modded a couple to get them running properly) and found it was actually a bit faster and less resource-hungry than the previously used Firefox 13.0.1. Ironically, I had a slightly older version of PaleMoon - 25.3.1 - installed on XP but due to certain bugs I haven't used it for more than a few tests at the time. Why should Moonchild care (and what business is it of his anyway) what variety of XP users want to run PaleMoon on? And now, apparently they are furthering their arrogance by deciding whether or not it is 'dangerous' for users to modify their operating systems as they so choose. What a load of rubbish that was to begin with if there is nothing in the code that prevents it from working under XP, then the choice to not build the code in an XP-friendly environment is nothing but outright laziness (or arrogance/distaste for the right of others to use the OS of their choice) on the part of the developers IMNSHO. You know, I had really started to like PaleMoon before they dropped XP compatibility in the main build line. See also: Īnd for those who have no intention of removing the hack just to satisfy Pale Moon, here are two links for direct download of the offline installer of Pale Moon 25.8.1.(Atom/WinXP): POSReady2009 has never been a valid target OS for Pale Moon.

This includes Windows XP versions that have been 'hacked' to get updates from Microsoft (a dangerous thing to do, to begin with). Pale Moon 26.0 and later will not run on POSReady2009

Download pale moon offline installer