Web Compatibility Support • Re: Suggestion for a fallback browser

I might open a diiferent thread on it (i.e. fallback altenrate browser).

Something similar was raised occasionally in past threads but not systematically. My question is for a suggestion about what to do for sites which do not work with Pale Moon, with the idea of using one alternate browser., with the minimum "damage" i.e. difference from the "safe" behaviour of Pale Moon. [cut]

I went back on using Firefox as my main browser after a while of using just Chrome, and I find it very productive. Performance are almost the same, at least on my main machine (AMD 9700X CPU, 1TB Nvme Gen5, GPU AMD 9070, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM); probably, difference gap is more noticeable on a i5-4th gen, a spare PC that was given to me, that I use as secondary machine.

I guess the extensions you turned on also play a role either on the performance side or in the compatibility one.

I don't think Firefox is the best choice when it comes to videoconferencing using a service WebRTC-based (with i.e. Meet, a Chromium based like... Chromium or Chrome is just a better solution indeed), but for all the rest I honestly guess there is not a particular task where Firefox is far behind Chrome.

A big "pro" of Firefox over Chrome is customizability: a lot more, in almost every side (not only the interface), as well as Pale Moon.

Speaking of you specific requests, Firefox has probably all satisfied: cookies, cache and history can be deleted on exit, via "normal" settings (not fiddling with the advanced ones) without leaning on any particular extensions. Also, disk cache can be moved to RAM if you have enough, so that also performance is improved and SSD wearing reduced.

There's a very nice web page on the Arch wiki which summarize many tweaks to maximize performance and stability, especially if you're on Linux (as I am).

The password storage, or the storage of other kind of personal data (credit card, home address) can be disabled from Settings > privacy and security (and so I do, since I use a thir-party service extension).

Chrome's "Incognito" should be the equivalent of Palemoon's private windows or Firefox's private windows: all of these create a temporary session that doesn't store cookie, history or other data on your disk.

At the end, Firefox should be the best choice if you are looking for a browser with minimal differences from Pale Moon. In my opinion.