Any one tried SeaMonkey mail/browser/newsgroup??

MacDoc · Sep 15th, 2006, 07:53 PM

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

Very quick browser.
Looks like a nice mix for a slower light use situation where All-in-one is convenient - earlier iMacs etc.

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	Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application

Pretty slick..themes too

.....did I say fasssst.

Vexel · Sep 15th, 2006, 08:06 PM

Gonna give it a try and report back, thanks for the tip, MacDoc.

Chealion · Sep 15th, 2006, 09:15 PM

Is SeaMonkey just a rebadging of Mozilla or have they changed direction (hence the new name Mozilla chose)? That said pretty much all the Firefox extensions you can download you can run in SeaMonkey as well. It's like Firefox, Thunderbird and more in one package.

Rob · Sep 15th, 2006, 10:24 PM

I have SeaMonkey installed on a couple of my PC laptops. It is really just the continuation of the Mozilla Suite.

I believe that development of the full Mozilla suite recently ended at 1.7.x so that they could focus their efforts on Firefox and Thunderbird. A sidegroup decided to continue the full suite concept and thus SeaMonkey was born.

I can't really tell the difference between the latest SeaMonkey release and previous versions of Mozilla. The main reason to get SeaMonkey is that you'll get the latest security updates.

I'm a huge fan of the full Mozilla/SeaMonkey suite concept. The browser is excellent, the email software is full featured, and I've also made use of the web page builder component. Several years ago the big knock against the full suite concept was the high memory requirements and the large size of the application. These days those worries are laughable since computers have so much more memory and huge hard drives. In fact, the full Mozilla/SeaMonkey suite takes up less drive space and uses less memory than installing both Firefox and Thunderbird.

I love the ability to use "skins" since the basic look is just plain ugly without one. I'm using the Orbit Retro or Orbit 3+1 themes http://themes.mozdev.org/

It works the same way in OSX and on a PC. It's got all the features most people will need and it's got great compatibility. For those of you who like me are still using OS9 get the Wamcom version of Mozilla http://wamcom.org/

I haven't even bothered with any other browser or email app for several years now since all the components work so well and are nicely integrated.

In terms of speed the browser runs as fast as anything else out there. The app does take longer to launch than some others, but once it's started it's speedy.

MacDoc · Sep 16th, 2006, 01:10 PM

Thanks for the detailed info Rob - my impression was it should be a treat for those with older machines and the All-in-one aspect is would be very nice for some.
We'll be recommending it in the future.
I suspect it's excellent on say a G3 iMac.Be nice to put together a suite of apps for earlier boxes.
ie GraphicConverter, SeaMonkey etc that are faster and perhaps even better than iLife or X components and have lower power requirements.

I want to explore it a bit more - maybe use it for remote mail/web browsing.

I could not see how to "leave messages on server" in SeaMonkey. Something critical for mail in my opinion.

I DO love skins.

Shiira2 looks intriguing as well. Choice is good

Rob · Sep 16th, 2006, 07:58 PM

To leave messages on the server in Mozilla or SeaMonkey you click on the header for your email (should be right above the inbox). When you do that you will see a different screen on the right. Click on the line that says "View settings for this account". After doing that you select server settings. Under server settings there is an option box to leave messages on the server.
You can manage several email accounts in both POP3 and IMAP. Spam filtering also works very well if you enable it under the tools menu.

At the moment I'm writing this on my Wallstreet using OS9.1 and Wamcom Mozilla. For anyone still using OS8.6 or 9 this is absolutely the best browser and mail program you can get. The newer versions for OSX and PC have a few more features but the differences are subtle.

At work I've been using Mozilla for several years. I have about 6 Gigs of email and have never had any issues. I think Outlook craps out at around 2 Gigs. This is really solid, industrial strength software.

MacDoc · Sep 18th, 2006, 09:12 AM

Thanks for that.

For those that use multiple g-mail accounts it appears that SeaMonkey can stay logged into one account while Safari is logged into another - useful for me - maybe for others.
It IS quick

gridtalker · Sep 18th, 2006, 11:38 AM

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Looks good I am going to try it

Rob · Nov 11th, 2006, 07:50 AM

Just saw a nice little review on Applelinks SeaMonkey Review on Applelinks

There is also a SeaMonkey update available now to 1.06

MacDoc · Nov 11th, 2006, 08:17 AM

Thanks for the link. Learned a bunch. Now just a bit prettier and........

Anyone with an older mac could surely benefit from the speed and stability and the "all in one can" aspect.