Basilisk - a new Firefox fork from the makers of Pale Moon

[Gingerbread Man]

http://www.basilisk-browser.org

Main features:

• Full support for JavaScript's ECMAscript 6 standard for modern web browsing.
• Support for all NPAPI plugins (Unity, Silverlight, Flash, Java, authentication plugins, etc.).
• Support for XUL/Overlay Mozilla-style extensions.
• Experimental support for WebExtensions (in gecko-target mode). Please note that some Mozilla-specific WebExtension APIs are not yet available.
• Support for ALSA on Linux.
• Support for WebAssembly (WASM).
• Support for advanced Graphite font shaping features.
• Support for modern web cryptography: up to TLS 1.3, modern ciphers, HSTS, etc.

Important differences with Mozilla Firefox:

• Uses Goanna as a layout and rendering engine. Goanna behaves slightly differently than Gecko in certain respects and may result in different display of web pages. e.g.: Goanna renders gradients in a more accurate color space (non-premultiplied).
• Builds on UXP, our XUL platform in development. As such XUL is alive and well in this browser and will not be deprecated.
• Has some long-standing known issues with the Mozilla code-base fixed (e.g. CVE-2009-1232).
• Does not use Rust or the Photon user interface. You can expect a familiar interface as-carried by Firefox between v29 and v56.
• Does not use Electrolysis (e10s, multi-process browsing).
• Does not require walled-garden extension signing.

[Reflective]

I installed it this morning and then installed CTR after which I imported a backup of my CTR settings created in FF ESR52.5.

The location bar no longer works with CTR installed. No URLs can be loaded and about:config cannot be accessed. I posted the issue on Github afterwards, but nobody has responded so far: https://github.com/MoonchildProductions ... issues/193

[LuvKomputrs]

Just installed the browser myself to post here with it and test it out.
I am able to access about:config and the location bar after installing CTR.
Perhaps a clean install with a brand new profile(without the backup of your CTR settings created in FF ESR52.5.)
And then try to change the CTR settings in the browser after that.

https://s8.postimg.org/3uxcyhag5/Basilisk_browser.with_CTR_enabled.png

https://s8.postimg.org/evsi2xpo5/Basiliskbrowser.aboutconfig.open.png

Noted a lot more RAM usage whilst using the browser in comparison to the two main browsers that I use.

Note: uninstalled browser after posting this post.

[Reflective]

Just installed the browser myself to post here with it and test it out.
I am able to access about:config and the location bar after installing CTR.
Perhaps a clean install with a brand new profile(without the backup of your CTR settings created in FF ESR52.5.)
And then try to change the CTR settings in the browser after that.

https://s8.postimg.org/3uxcyhag5/Basilisk_browser.with_CTR_enabled.png

https://s8.postimg.org/evsi2xpo5/Basiliskbrowser.aboutconfig.open.png

Noted a lot more RAM usage whilst using the browser in comparison to the two main browsers that I use.

Note: uninstalled browser after posting this post.

Thanks for the suggestion, but no need for that now because the CTR developer released an update namely 1.7.3.2beta1 to address the issue: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... 7.3.2beta1

There's also an ongoing thread at Github for anyone interested in further developments: https://github.com/MoonchildProductions ... issues/193

[Reflective]

Damn! I just discovered what for me is a big No-No. Basilisk changes the context menu whereby users are forced to use DuckDuckGo to search with:
I have a lot of custom search engines I use for translation work and don't need to use a search engine to find them. In the above image I intended to go directly to the Mozilla extensions site to take a look at that particular extension. Pity.

Stupid mistake here on my part. I forgot to install an extension called Context Search which provides the ability to search with other engines besides the one set at default.

[isaacschemm]

Damn! I just discovered what for me is a big No-No. Basilisk changes the context menu whereby users are forced to use DuckDuckGo to search with: http://imgbox.com/g7ddCZeF

I have a lot of custom search engines I use for translation work and don't need to use a search engine to find them. In the above image I intended to go directly to the Mozilla extensions site to take a look at that particular extension. Pity.

I think that's just because DuckDuckGo is the default search engine. I have it set as default in Firefox 58 and I see the same context menu as you.

[Reflective]

I think that's just because DuckDuckGo is the default search engine. I have it set as default in Firefox 58 and I see the same context menu as you.

Yes, you're right. I forgot to install an extension called Context Search which allows searching with more than one search engine.

[rodndtube]

There is another work around for adding search engines. Go to the Pale Moon site from Basilisk and select your engine of choice from the long list:
https://addons.palemoon.org/search-plugins/

[JodyThornton]

Seems Basilisk is running into a bit of difficulty. They are going to need to rebase, it appears.
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18211

If it were my gamble, I'd go with Waterfox. Personally, I like Quantum, so I've made my choice.

[Brummelchen]

as expected they ran into trouble.