diff --git a/application/palemoon/base/content/aboutDialog.xul b/application/palemoon/base/content/aboutDialog.xul
index 1ba8f06a1a..743ff21df8 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/base/content/aboutDialog.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/base/content/aboutDialog.xul
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
           </vbox>
 
         <description class="text-pmcreds">
+#ifdef MC_PRIVATE_BUILD
+          This is a private build of Pale Moon. If you did not manually build this copy from source yourself, then please download an official version from the <label class="text-link" href="http://www.palemoon.org/">Pale Moon website</label>.
+#else
           Pale Moon is released by <label class="text-link" href="http://www.moonchildproductions.info">Moonchild Productions</label>.
         </description>
         <description class="text-pmcreds">
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@
         <description class="text-blurb">
           If you wish to contribute, please consider helping out by providing support to other users on the <label class="text-link" href="https://forum.palemoon.org/">Pale Moon forum</label>
           or getting involved in our development by tackling some of the issues found in our GitHub issue tracker.
+#endif
         </description>    
         </vbox>
       </vbox>
diff --git a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menubar.inc b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menubar.inc
index f818f5149e..fa9d7f0f44 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menubar.inc
+++ b/application/palemoon/base/content/browser-menubar.inc
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
                           observes="workOfflineMenuitemState"
                           oncommand="BrowserOffline.toggleOfflineStatus();"/>
                 <menuitem id="menu_restart"
-                          label="&appMenuRestart.label;"
-                          accesskey="&appMenuRestart.accesskey;"
+                          label="&restartCmd.label;"
+                          accesskey="&restartCmd.accesskey;"
                           command="cmd_restartApplication"/>
                 <menuitem id="menu_FileQuitItem"
 #ifdef XP_WIN
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
index 9e15d8bb43..f0ad8490c7 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ var gTabsPane = {
       case "about:logopage": 
         newtabUrlChoice.value = 1;
         break;
-      case "https://start.palemoon.org/":
+      case "http://start.palemoon.org/":
         newtabUrlChoice.value = 2;
         break;
       case newtabUrlSanitizedPref.value:
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ var gTabsPane = {
       default: // Custom URL entered.
         document.getElementById("newtabPageCustom").hidden = false;
         newtabUrlChoice.value = 0;
+        // We need this to consider instantApply.
+        this.newtabPageCustom = newtabUrlPref.value;
     }
   },
 
@@ -109,32 +111,45 @@ var gTabsPane = {
    * if the choice is "my home page", get and sanitize the browser home page
    * URL to make it suitable for newtab use.
    *
-   * Called from prefwindow's ondialogaccept handler.
+   * Called from prefwindow's ondialogaccept handler and
+   * from browser.newtab.choice's oncommand to consider instantApply.
    */
-  writeNewtabUrl: function() {
+  writeNewtabUrl: function(newtabUrlChoice) {
     try {
-      let newtabUrlChoice = Services.prefs.getIntPref("browser.newtab.choice");
-      let browserHomepageUrl = Services.prefs.getCharPref("browser.startup.homepage");
+      if (newtabUrlChoice) {
+        if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.preferences.instantApply")) {
+          newtabUrlChoice = parseInt(newtabUrlChoice);
+        } else {
+          return;
+        }
+      } else {
+        newtabUrlChoice = Services.prefs.getIntPref("browser.newtab.choice");
+      }
+      let browserHomepageUrl = Services.prefs.getComplexValue("browser.startup.homepage",
+                                Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data;
       let newtabUrlPref = Services.prefs.getCharPref("browser.newtab.url");
       switch (newtabUrlChoice) {
         case 1:
-          newtabUrlPref="about:logopage";
+          newtabUrlPref = "about:logopage";
           break;
         case 2:
-          newtabUrlPref="https://start.palemoon.org/";
+          newtabUrlPref = "http://start.palemoon.org/";
           break;
         case 3:
           // If url is a pipe-delimited set of pages, just take the first one.
           let newtabUrlSanitizedPref=browserHomepageUrl.split("|")[0];
           // XXX: do we need extra sanitation here, e.g. for invalid URLs?
           Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.myhome", newtabUrlSanitizedPref);
-          newtabUrlPref=newtabUrlSanitizedPref;
+          newtabUrlPref = newtabUrlSanitizedPref;
           break;
         case 4:
-          newtabUrlPref="about:newtab";
+          newtabUrlPref = "about:newtab";
           break;
         default:
-          // In case of any other value it's a custom URL, so don't change anything...
+          // In case of any other value it's a custom URL, consider instantApply.
+          if (this.newtabPageCustom) {
+            newtabUrlPref = this.newtabPageCustom;
+          }
       } 
       Services.prefs.setCharPref("browser.newtab.url",newtabUrlPref);
     } catch(e) { console.error(e); }
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
index fc15a87efe..f5b44b776b 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.xul
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
         <label value="&newtabPage.label;"/>
         <menulist 
           id="newtabPage"
-          preference="browser.newtab.choice">
+          preference="browser.newtab.choice"
+          oncommand="gTabsPane.writeNewtabUrl(event.target.value);">
           <menupopup>
             <menuitem label="&newtabPage.custom.label;"    value="0" id="newtabPageCustom" hidden="true" />
             <menuitem label="&newtabPage.blank.label;"     value="1" />
diff --git a/application/palemoon/config/version.txt b/application/palemoon/config/version.txt
index bdad952239..1d43844fa2 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/config/version.txt
+++ b/application/palemoon/config/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-27.8.0a1
\ No newline at end of file
+27.9.0a1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/palemoon/confvars.sh b/application/palemoon/confvars.sh
index ba760f0aa9..7466d0c3cd 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/confvars.sh
+++ b/application/palemoon/confvars.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ MOZ_APP_VENDOR=Moonchild
 MOZ_UPDATER=1
 MOZ_PHOENIX=1
 
+if test "$OS_TARGET" = "WINNT"; then
+  MOZ_BUNDLED_FONTS=1
+fi
+
 MOZ_CHROME_FILE_FORMAT=omni
 MOZ_SERVICES_COMMON=1
 MOZ_MEDIA_NAVIGATOR=1
diff --git a/application/palemoon/fonts/EmojiOneMozilla.ttf b/application/palemoon/fonts/EmojiOneMozilla.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50356509db
Binary files /dev/null and b/application/palemoon/fonts/EmojiOneMozilla.ttf differ
diff --git a/application/palemoon/fonts/README.txt b/application/palemoon/fonts/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..188ea3fff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/palemoon/fonts/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+EmojiOne Mozilla
+================
+
+The upstream repository of EmojiOne Mozilla can be found at
+
+  https://github.com/mozilla/emojione-colr
+
+Please refer commit history for the current version of the font.
+This file purposely omit the version, so there is no need to update it here.
diff --git a/application/palemoon/fonts/moz.build b/application/palemoon/fonts/moz.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93d07120b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/palemoon/fonts/moz.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# -*- Mode: python; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 40 -*-
+# vim: set filetype=python:
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+if CONFIG['OS_ARCH'] in ('WINNT'):
+    DIST_SUBDIR = ''
+    FINAL_TARGET_FILES.fonts += [
+        'EmojiOneMozilla.ttf'
+    ]
diff --git a/application/palemoon/installer/package-manifest.in b/application/palemoon/installer/package-manifest.in
index 0228deb52e..a581ff4693 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/installer/package-manifest.in
+++ b/application/palemoon/installer/package-manifest.in
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 @RESPATH@/browser/defaults/profile/localstore.rdf
 @RESPATH@/browser/defaults/profile/mimeTypes.rdf
 @RESPATH@/dictionaries/*
+#if defined(XP_WIN)
+@RESPATH@/fonts/*
+#endif
 @RESPATH@/hyphenation/*
 @RESPATH@/browser/@PREF_DIR@/palemoon-l10n.js
 @RESPATH@/browser/searchplugins/*
diff --git a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/browser.dtd b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/browser.dtd
index d6965cd742..fe5f64854c 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/browser.dtd
+++ b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/browser.dtd
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ can reach it easily. -->
 <!ENTITY goOfflineCmd.label "Work Offline">
 <!ENTITY goOfflineCmd.accesskey "k">
 
+<!ENTITY restartCmd.label "Restart…">
+<!ENTITY restartCmd.accesskey "R">
+
 <!ENTITY menubarCmd.label "Menu Bar">
 <!ENTITY menubarCmd.accesskey "M">
 <!ENTITY navbarCmd.label "Navigation Toolbar">
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ These should match what Safari and other Apple applications use on OS X Lion. --
 <!ENTITY viewToolbarsMenu.accesskey     "T"> 
 <!ENTITY viewSidebarMenu.label "Sidebar">
 <!ENTITY viewSidebarMenu.accesskey "e">
-<!ENTITY viewCustomizeToolbar.label       "Customize…"> 
+<!ENTITY viewCustomizeToolbar.label       "Customize"> 
 <!ENTITY viewCustomizeToolbar.accesskey     "C">
 <!ENTITY viewTabsOnTop.label            "Tabs on Top">
 <!ENTITY viewTabsOnTop.accesskey        "T">
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ These should match what Safari and other Apple applications use on OS X Lion. --
 
 <!ENTITY appMenuEdit.label "Edit">
 <!ENTITY appMenuCustomize.label "Customize">
-<!ENTITY appMenuToolbarLayout.label "Toolbar Layout…">
+<!ENTITY appMenuToolbarLayout.label "Toolbar Layout">
 <!ENTITY appMenuSidebars.label "Sidebars">
 <!ENTITY appMenuFind.label "Find…">
 <!ENTITY appMenuUnsorted.label "Unsorted Bookmarks">
@@ -546,7 +549,7 @@ you can use these alternative items. Otherwise, their values should be empty.  -
 <!ENTITY zoomInButton.tooltip           "Zoom in">
 <!ENTITY zoomControls.label             "Zoom Controls">
 
-<!ENTITY appMenuRestart.label           "Restart">
+<!ENTITY appMenuRestart.label           "Restart…">
 <!ENTITY appMenuRestart.accesskey       "R">
 
 <!ENTITY quitApplicationCmdWin.label       "Exit"> 
@@ -573,11 +576,8 @@ you can use these alternative items. Otherwise, their values should be empty.  -
 <!ENTITY pageReportIcon.tooltip            "Change pop-up blocking settings for this website">
 
 <!ENTITY allowPopups.accesskey "p">
-<!-- On Windows we use the term "Options" to describe settings, but
-     on Linux and Mac OS X we use "Preferences" - carry that distinction
-     over into this string, which is used in the "popup blocked" info bar . -->
-<!ENTITY editPopupSettingsUnix.label "Edit Pop-up Blocker Preferences…">
-<!ENTITY editPopupSettings.label "Edit Pop-up Blocker Options…">
+<!ENTITY editPopupSettingsUnix.label "Edit Pop-up Blocker Preferences">
+<!ENTITY editPopupSettings.label "Edit Pop-up Blocker Preferences">
 <!ENTITY editPopupSettings.accesskey "E">
 <!ENTITY dontShowMessage.accesskey "D">
 
diff --git a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/meta.properties b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/meta.properties
index fd8a135475..24cb5c0922 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/meta.properties
+++ b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/meta.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Translator names. If there is more than one, separate with commas. Only include your name, not the locale you're translating.
-translator=Sparky Bluefang
+translator=Moonchild
 
 # Extension title. This usually should not be translated.
 name=Status-4-Evar
diff --git a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/statusbar-overlay.dtd b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/statusbar-overlay.dtd
index 0ea5ffc263..bb0ab95f8a 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/statusbar-overlay.dtd
+++ b/application/palemoon/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/statusbar/statusbar-overlay.dtd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!ENTITY status4evar.progress.widget.title "Progress Meter">
 <!ENTITY status4evar.throbber.widget.title "Activity Indicator">
 <!ENTITY status4evar.download.widget.title "Download Status">
-<!ENTITY status4evar.options.widget.title "Pale Moon status bar options">
+<!ENTITY status4evar.options.widget.title "Status Bar Preferences">
 <!ENTITY status4evar.options.widget.label "Pale Moon status bar">
-<!ENTITY status4evar.menu.options.label "Status bar options...">
+<!ENTITY status4evar.menu.options.label "Status Bar Preferences">
 
diff --git a/application/palemoon/moz.build b/application/palemoon/moz.build
index b911f2818c..2b9d8f09ba 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/moz.build
+++ b/application/palemoon/moz.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIGURE_SUBST_FILES += ['installer/Makefile']
 DIRS += [
     'base',
     'components',
+    'fonts',
     'locales',
     'modules',
     'themes',
diff --git a/application/palemoon/themes/windows/browser.css b/application/palemoon/themes/windows/browser.css
index 9fdd67b555..7c837764d4 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/themes/windows/browser.css
+++ b/application/palemoon/themes/windows/browser.css
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ richlistitem[type~="action"][actiontype="switchtab"] > .ac-url-box > .ac-action-
   /* Hide the transparent top border by default */
   margin-top: -1px;
   /* Reduce the gap between the tabs */
-  -moz-margin-start: -0.8px;
+  -moz-margin-start: -1px;
   box-shadow: var(--tab-box-shadow);
 }