On 02/23/2009 11:54 AM, Ray K wrote: > Robert Kaiser wrote: >> Ray K wrote: >>> My only real problem with SM is the slow browser. >> >> What do you find slow? We're using the same browser component as Firefox >> 2 in SeaMonkey 1.1 and the same as Firefox 3.1 in SeaMonkey 2, so I >> wonder how it can be different in speed. >> >> Robert Kaiser > > Now that I've installed FF3, I see that my concern over migrating from > SM was not warranted. All the bookmarks, history, passwords, etc. > migrated effortlessly as part of one of the installation choices. > Congratulations to the developers for that. > > For whatever reasons, FF is dramatically faster that SM 1.1.14 (and IE). > Maybe SM doesn't like my W2k, or maybe some of my other settings are > slowing SM but not FF. Maybe FF's excellent popup blocker is the difference.
My guess is that you have: 1) a clean profile with Fx3 and so it's not cluttered up by any extensions/add-ons that you have installed in SM, and 2) you need to compare with SM 2.x rather than with 1.1.14. > > My home page is my.yahoo.com. With SM, when I click on a link, the new > page often - but certainly not every time - is delayed in opening. Task > Manager shows SM as Not Responding. At the bottom status line, I see > Read (or Waiting for) l.yimg.com. If I wait, sometimes up to a minute, > SM starts responding and the page loads. With FF, this has not happened > so far. That is a yahoo issue and profile issue. Test with a new/clean test profile. > > One other immediate improvement. With SM, if I received an email with a > wmv attachment, and double-clicked it, it would not play unless all SM > windows were closed. This is not a problem with FF. Really? You receive email with FF (Fx actually)? Or are you talking about when you are logged into your ISP's web mail application? > > Some grumbles/comments: > > 1. If I scroll down on my my.yahoo.com home page and click on a link, > after viewing the new page and clicking on Back, the scroll bar on > my.yahoo.com returns to the top position instead of its previous lower > position. This is mainly a problem with links from my.yahoo.com > (regardless if I've signed in or not). > > If I start from simply yahoo.com, scroll down, click a link and then > return, the scroll bar does return to it previous position. So it > appears to be be something odd about my.yahoo.com, but IE manages to > remember the previous scroll position. Ask yahoo.com. > > 2. With SM, as I type a previous visited address in the the URL box, > autocomplete would put the most likely address right into the box so all > I'd have to do is press Enter. Now, FF is similar to IE; it merely opens > a drop-down list for me to choose from. I have to use an arrow key first > to make the selection, then press Enter. Also, I'm not wild about the > two lines that appear for each entry. Preferences. > > 3. Tools/Options seem much more limited in some ways. I don't see a way > of modifying the autocomplete operation mentioned in 2 above. I don't > see a password manager. I thought that Parental control was missing, but > now I see that it is an add-on. Are you still talking about Fx (FF), SM, or Thunderbird? You don't see Tools|Password Manager in your 1.1.14? > > 4. It would be nice to be able to delete items that appear when I click > on History, either by highlighting the item and pressing Delete or > opening a right-click menu with Delete and Delete All as options. > > Maybe some of the above issues are because I haven't explored FF enough > yet. But I certainly do love the increased speed. Now I have to explore > Thunderbird. You might want to give SM 2.x a try. If not mozilla.support.thunderbird and mozilla.support.firefox are down the hall to the left :-) _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
