Peter Lairo wrote:
sg said on 02.05.04 19:11:
hi!
what is the politics concerning which applications get standalones (like
firefox, thunderbird (with extensions like calendar for thunderbird..)..)
and which don't but are only available in mozilla? is the editor
available
as a standalone?
Everything (but chatZilla?) exists as standalone. Only the browser &
e-mail clients are mature enough for daily use, IMO.
if i'd like to have:
browser,
Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
email with calendar (to keep track of birthdays)
Thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Sunbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html
and a .. composer/editor
NVU: http://www.nvu.com/download.html
Composer (not very up-to-date):
http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/danielglazman/composer/composer++.html
what would your advise be?
Try them! :)
get the standalones or get the mozilla packet?
My preference: standalones (cleaner UI; if one crashes, it doesn't take
the others down with it; the standalones is where most development is
happening)
are there extensions available for mozilla as well?
The suite has XPI installable "extensions" too, IIRC.
FWIW, I'd recommend the Moz suite for day to day use. Firefox is described (mozilla.org) as,
"Perfect for those who live on the cutting edge!" From my experience, that's true of
all the separates. They're fun if you're a Geek. You have to decide whether you want to work
with the absolute latest software or spend your time on the problem that has brought you to look
at the Mozilla.org software.
Extensions for the Moz suite can be found at http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/ .
Because Moz has been around longer, there are more extensions for it and they tend to
be more stable. Don't be surprised however if they don't work with new releases of
the Moz browser because changes from Firefox are being folded back into the suite.
Good luck. All of us were "newbies" once.
Jim
_______________________________________________
mozilla-editor mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-editor
