Browsing with Seamonkey

[jatar_k]

I know it has been out for a while but i just installed it. I have been with mozilla since I left netscape, long after it's lifecycle ended.

Some interesting things, the spellcheck on forms is pretty good though it wants me to spell colour with out the u.

I love the page preview that pops up when you hover over a non active tab, quite interesting.

Anyone else using it or am I their target market?

[jatar_k]

I also like that when I go back it still has the link I clicked highlighted. Very nice for forums.

I am not against talking to myself

[g1smd]

I used Netscape 3, then 4, before swapping to Mozilla many years ago.

I still rate Mozilla as the best browser out there, especially with my choice 7 extensions added in.

All was fine until Vista ate the browser a couple of months ago.

It sounds like you have US dictionaries loaded. Have a look for a UK dictionary.

[encyclo]

I think I'd find it strange to go back after getting used to Firefox; Mozilla/Seamonkey's biggest weakness was the user interface which is not as adaptable as Firefox.

However, I'm still using Firefox 1.5, as I still haven't moved on from Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (where 1.5 is the default). I've used FF2.0 in Windows, but it seems to add a considerable extra bulk with few discernable benefits.

The irony now is that Firefox, which was designed as a much simpler offshoot of the Mozilla Suite, is now getting bloated and slow, whereas the Seamonkey version (especially if installed browser-only without the extras) is smaller, faster and lighter than Firefox, but sharing the same core and compatible with most of the extensions.

My wife, who like myself is a former hard-core Netscaper, still prefers the familiarity of Seamonkey along with the inbuilt email client (again, much faster than running FF plus Thunderbird separately). I think Seamonkey's obscurity is undeserved, it remains a very stable and solid browser, and a good alternative to the more mainstream choices.

If anyone is still running the Mozilla Suite and/or Netscape 7.x, then you absolutely must upgrade to Seamonkey, you'll get exactly the same interface you're used to, with the latest rendering core from Firefox 2.0 and without the several serious, unpatched vulnerabilities in the older products.

[jatar_k]

>> prefers the familiarity of Seamonkey

that's my thing too and they seem to have added just a few simple things which I actually like

>> you'll get exactly the same interface you're used to

absolutely, no point not to switch, I hate switching but now I feel foolish for not doing it sooner. I guess that proves my faith in software upgrades in general.

[jdMorgan]

The only major thing wrong with SeaMonkey is its name... Too many 'foolish' connotations to the word "monkey," and why on earth would you name an internet suite after a shrimp?

Considering that the product is targeted at former corporate users of the Mozilla and Netscape suites, their choice of this name is beyond my comprehension. It doesn't sound "seriously-corporate" enough.

On some of my sites, I do browser sniffing and recommend SeaMonkey to visitors who are still using old Mozilla and Netscape browsers -- possibly because of their built-in e-mail client and WYSIWYG HTML editor. But I feel like that name takes away from the seriousness of the "Upgrade now" message and the warnings of the security implications of using an old browser. Sorry, but to me, it's just a silly-sounding name for an otherwise very good product.

But I am very glad that the SeaMonkey team picked up the torch from the Mozilla group after Mozilla/1.7.x.

Jim

[jatar_k]

>> their choice of this name is beyond my comprehension

agree absolutely and it was part of my original trepidation