Gabriele wrote: /snip/
I really don't understand the discussions I read about "modal windows", and download manager; are these a Windows-only things ? On OSX I found everything as before.
For exmaple, when you click on SeaMonkey>>About SeaMonkey, you get either a new tab or a new full browser window with the about information. In 1.1.x you used to be able to set a pref in about:config to get a smaller window similar to what you get when you click Firefox>>About Mozilla Firefox.
If you have never modified that pref, SM2 will seem just like SM1.1 in that regard.
Now, I have some observations: 1) At 1st start-up after installation, there was a window asking for "master password", but the field didn't accept any input; I restarted SM, and now it works.
Did you have a Mater Password set in 1.1.x before upgrading to 2.0? If so, is it behaving correctly now?
2) What did the developers change in SM, that now every 1st outgoing connection to standard HTTP and SSL ports makes my firewall asking for permission? It's the same odd behaviour as FireFox 3.5! I mean: I open SM 2, write an URL, and Little Snitch asks "seamonkey-bin wants to connect to www... TCP port 80. Deny or Allow?"! I never saw that alert with previous versions of SM, nor with Safari, but only with FireFox and now SM 2.
I've only been using the uilt in firewall for Snow Leopard, so I don't know. No browser connections have been stopped, though it asks about other programs that access. Once I allow it permanently, it doesn't ask anymore. Of course, that was intorduced in Leopard, so no such thing for Tiger.
3) It seems to me the text size in web sites is larger than before.
Well, I hadn't notivrd that, but rendering will be a little different, generally better. You could check SeaMonkey>>Preferences>>Appearance, and see if you have a minimum font size set. If not, I would just leave it alone.
4) In Mail Messages: why the View Headers only has "All, Normal" and no more "extended, None" options?
I believe the other options were added by the Mnenhy extension, which has not been updated for use with 2.0 as far as I know.
Thank you for adding keyboard-shortcuts to some News commands :) 5) I see the little rainbow wheel when writing a long message like this one.
Its probably when SM is auto saving the post, which it does every five minutes. If you want a longer interval between saves, you can set it in SeaMonkey>>Preferences>>Mail & Newsgroups>>Composition, or disable it entirely if you want. Its not happening here, but I am running a more powerful system the you.
6) WHY the X button for closing tab is now at the right of the mail window only, and not in every tab as before? I have to move the mouse a lot more now! It was more easier before.
If you have a mouse with scroll wheel, try middle clicking on the tab you want to close. If you have a one button mouse, Control +click, then click Close Tab. I'm a little surprised the Command Click doesn't work. However, I love my Mighty Mouse. ;)
Ok, I'll do rendering tests another time, I can say that I'm satisfied with the new SM 2.0, just fix the spinning wheel please!
The other thing that has been causing my install to freeze, and show the beachball of Death, is the updating of RSS feeds. The obvious workaround is to disable automatic checking in the RSS accounts, but that is kind of a pain.
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