Leonidas Jones wrote:
Rufus wrote:
Leonidas Jones wrote:
dominique wrote:
OldCroc wrote:
/snip/
I have it running on my MacBook Pro, but am holding off on updating any
of my other machines. SM is my default browser on all of my Macs, but
I'll be holding on to 1.1.18 on the other three for a bit longer.
While I can say that the upgrade to 2.0 went about flawlessly on my
MacBook, there are a few minor things - revisions/alterations to feature
sets, lack of or unclear information in Preference panels - and other
minor annoyances that do have me thinking about alternatives for the
first time in a very very long time.
As a Mac user, Camino is now on my list of browsers to investigate...as
I like the way that it integrates it's Password management directly with
Keychain, for starters...though I'd still prefer the integrated suite
approach, and flexibility of SeaMonkey overall.
But still, I have to agree - the package had to be released sometime in
order to begin a move forward. The new nuts and bolts of SM 2.0 make
sense, and do provide a new starting point for the evolution of the
package. Now users need to weigh in and be listened to in order to
actually complete that move forward.
I've tried many times to embrace Camino, and I certainly like the
concept. However, I don't notice any benefits in performance, so there
rally is nothing to make up for the lack of extensibility, at least when
I've used it. I keep it updated, and give it a spin when a new version
comes out, but I keep running into the fact that, for my usage at least,
Firefox runs just as well on my Mac's, and its customizable for my needs
far more fully.
Then again, I've been using an application suite for so long, that
standalones just don't do it for me. I find the visual interface and
performance of SeaMonkey Mail/News to be far better then either TB
2.0.0.23 or 3.0b4. Of course, there is lot of being so used to it in that.
Personally, I could not even imagine going back to SM 1.1.18. 2.0 is a
fine product, different to be sure, but almost universally better.
Lee
Agreed - while I also like the user configurable aspects of SM, I
personally don't use any add-ons with it...save for installing a Google
search engine. I don't even use third party Themes, so for me having
features built in, stable, and user selectable - particularly security
related features - are my primary drivers, not performance per se.
My new quest for alternative is based solely on a perception that a
number of the built in virtues I have previously championed SM for are
now missing, "hidden", or unclear to me as far as status/feedback goes.
This doesn't bode well for the enterprise deployments I've previously
recommended SM for - in some cases, those (PC based) enterprises are
even still relying on Netscape 7.x or earlier, and I've been at them to
switch to SM as an upgrade.
Being an avid News user at home, my personal preference is for an
integrated suite like SM over Safari, even. But in making a
professional consideration - most where add-ons aren't even allowed - I
need to account for more than my personal preference.
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- Rufus
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