Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rob
MCBastos myemail@example.invalid wrote: Interesting post about preference dialogs: http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill Food for thought. That was about Firefox, but Seamonkey has probably even more options exposed through the main preferences interface. Are there some of them that should

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rob
Rufus n...@home.com wrote: But I'm still left curious about these business users...I should think that the SM user base would be far higher if employers were adopting/requiring it...which I've been waving the flag for for the last couple decades Businesses don't like the idea that

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Philip Chee
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:52:56 -0300, MCBastos wrote: Interesting post about preference dialogs: http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill Food for thought. That was about Firefox, but Seamonkey has probably even more options exposed through the main preferences interface. Are there some of them

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Philip TAYLOR
And the converse : expose all preferences in the GUI rather than force users to delve into the depths of about:config ? Philip Taylor Philip Chee wrote: See: Bug 288764 - Add ability to hide some of the more advanced prefs https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288764 Phil

Re: Quote Colors

2013-03-19 Thread BIll Spikowski
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 18/03/2013 15:23, BIll Spikowski told the world: I just started using Quote Colors again; it makes threaded discussions much more comprehensible, instead of this: Once before I tried it but gave up because it only worked on my computer; it didn't add the

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rob
Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote: And the converse : expose all preferences in the GUI rather than force users to delve into the depths of about:config ? That is not available because it would be a lot of work to implement that. Design a lot of neatly looking panels, decide on good

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Philip TAYLOR
nom...@example.com wrote: That is not available because it would be a lot of work to implement that. Design a lot of neatly looking panels, decide on good names to give to the options, provide the helptext for all of them, translate them into 25 different languages, etc. Sad. That means

Re: Change in 'Move Tab' behavior

2013-03-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-03-10 18:44 (GMT-0300) MCBastos composed: But those are usually cheapo house-brand mice. His is a Logitech, and in my experience Logitech mice are very durable. The best pointing device ever made was made by Logitech,[1] the Trackman Marble FX. They do wear out.[2] I had to replace

Re: Change in 'Move Tab' behavior

2013-03-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-03-10 19:59 (GMT) Rickles composed: David E. Ross wrote: Frankly, I prefer the current capability. It means that the tab whose page I see is the tab that will be closed... So what we have now is different users wishing to choose how the tab closure should work in their own

Re: Change in 'Move Tab' behavior

2013-03-19 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Felix Miata wrote: There can have been no step back here, no reduction, as the option has never existed in SM (except via extension). As comment 7 in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534221 shows, close buttons on tabs could be a major usability reduction for some SM users. In

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 19/03/2013 10:58, Philip TAYLOR told the world: Sad. That means that unless that situation is reversed, Seamonkey is doomed to remain of fringe interest, since the average browser user would be most unwilling to have to delve into about:config, yet such delving seems

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rufus
Rob wrote: Rufus n...@home.com wrote: But I'm still left curious about these business users...I should think that the SM user base would be far higher if employers were adopting/requiring it...which I've been waving the flag for for the last couple decades Businesses don't like the idea

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rufus
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 19/03/2013 10:58, Philip TAYLOR told the world: Sad. That means that unless that situation is reversed, Seamonkey is doomed to remain of fringe interest, since the average browser user would be most unwilling to have to delve into about:config, yet such

Re: Usenet in SM

2013-03-19 Thread Jim G .
David E. Ross sent the following on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:55:51 -0700: On 3/15/13 12:53 PM, Jim G. wrote [in part]: I suspect that very few people run multiple profiles, so I can see why that might also be a low priority item. Certainly no one I know outside of the tech field does, anyway.

Re: Usenet in SM

2013-03-19 Thread Jim G .
Daniel sent the following on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:19:02 +1100: Jim G. wrote: Snip Yep. And what time is devoted to things will probably be on the email side of things, as most people under 35 have probably never even heard of USENET. Once in a while, I take a look at the web boards on a

Re: Quote Colors

2013-03-19 Thread Rickles
Mark Berger wrote: Rickles wrote: Mark Berger wrote: BIll Spikowski wrote: Mark Berger wrote: Rickles wrote: BIll Spikowski wrote: I just started using Quote Colors again; it makes threaded discussions much more comprehensible, instead of this: Once before I tried it but gave up because it

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rob
Rufus n...@home.com wrote: I think the main reason that our environment never adopted Mozilla or SM is *because* of it's ability to configure for usenet access, again for security as well as time-wasting reasons. Not having a usenet feature in Firefox is what makes it allowable for us as

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Ray_Net
MCBastos wrote, On 19/03/2013 00:52: Interesting post about preference dialogs: http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill Food for thought. That was about Firefox, but Seamonkey has probably even more options exposed through the main preferences interface. Are there some of them that should be

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rufus
Rob wrote: Rufus n...@home.com wrote: I think the main reason that our environment never adopted Mozilla or SM is *because* of it's ability to configure for usenet access, again for security as well as time-wasting reasons. Not having a usenet feature in Firefox is what makes it allowable for

Re: Change in 'Move Tab' behavior

2013-03-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2013-03-19 15:18 (GMT) Philip TAYLOR composed: I would argue that if anyone is stupid [1] enough to have that many tabs open at one time, he or she deserves whatever crazy behaviour they experience as a result. Computers are tools. Virtual desktops are tools. Web browsers are tools.

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Geoff Welsh
Ray_Net wrote: An example of the huge list of option to be positionned: I hate tabs - and it would be very nice to have an option that says [ ] use tabs If that box is unchecked, all other tab options should be disabled and greyed. By simply not opening any tabs, isn't one inherently

Need help to transfer all SM 2.16.2 emails, address books to a new Windows 7 O/S PC

2013-03-19 Thread cqbrodie
Hi! I have an old windows XP with svc pk3 PC (32 bit) and a new PC with windows 7 (64bit). How can I transfer all 4 separate email accounts address books from one PC to another. thanks for any help Cliff ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Philip Chee
On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:32:44 -1000, Geoff Welsh wrote: Ray_Net wrote: GW (who loves Tabs even more than sliced bread) I love tabs too. But I think sliced bread is slightly more edible. Phil -- Philip Chee phi...@aleytys.pc.my, philip.c...@gmail.com http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

Re: Preferences dialogs

2013-03-19 Thread Rufus
Philip Chee wrote: On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:32:44 -1000, Geoff Welsh wrote: Ray_Net wrote: GW (who loves Tabs even more than sliced bread) I love tabs too. But I think sliced bread is slightly more edible. Phil I prefer to slice my own bread, but I really wish I could open Mail/News in a