My sole complaint about SM 2. is the removal of form manger - my objections come from two directions: 1) the feature was used by many of us for many years and was somewhat unique among browsers, and 2) the removal of a feature is not an improvement, and adding insult to injury, some here seem ready to dismiss those of us who used that function- telling us to make do with a firefox handme down. Firefox is nice - I have a copy on one my machines, but if SM's claim to fame is to be reduced to saying "we"re firefox and thunderbird in one package", what's the point?
The number of complaints here and other places about the removal of form manger is just the tip of the iceberg- most don't complaint, they vote with their feet and go looking for a replacement. I've said before, but it bears repeating I am very aware of the debt I owe the unsung heroes who have kept SM going, my rumbling here in no way reduces that, but at the same time I feel it appropriate to remind those here that SM IN ITS ORIGINAL concept was part of the true linage of Netscape and that is its true claim to fame. Restore form manager ... isOn Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:35:27 -0500, Phillip Jones <pjon...@kimbanet.com> wrote: >Leonidas Jones wrote: >> Ray_Net wrote: >>> MCBastos wrote: >>>> Interviewed by CNN on 2/12/2009 23:36, John Boyle told the world: >>>>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>>>> question wrote: >>>>>>> Is 2.0 a beta ? >>>>>> At this point official no. >>>>>> >>>>> To the newsgroup: But from a USERS standpoint, a definite "YES"! :-( >>>> >>>> Speaking as someone who had *no* problems at all, whose migration went >>>> flawlessly (despite having a somewhat complex mail setup) and who now >>>> enjoys a lot of stuff that simply wasn't available for the old version, >>>> I have to disagree. >>>> >>>> No software *ever* hits the public in a perfect form. Bugs *will* be >>>> found. But calling it a "beta" because of it... well, by that logic, >>>> *all* software is beta. >>>> >>> >>> when we see so much complains .... it would be better to maintain the >>> beta status some time longer ... >> >> I strongly disagree. >> >> They went through, I think 3 RC's. Versions were tested in house, then >> went to public alphas, betas, and RCs. The testing showed some major >> issues, which were corrected. most of the problems we are seeing here >> are minor, the exceptions being the migration issues, and the form manager. >> >> Any product that goes through a really major revision, and, under the >> hood, this might as well be a new product, is going to have issues like >> this. >> >> You think you are seeing complaints now? Wait til Thunderbird 3 reaches >> release. They are testing like crazy and fixing things,and delaying. I >> predict there will still be storm when it hits release. >> >> Wait til the software is perfect, and you might as well never release >> anything. >> >> Lee >Actually 2 RC a notice was put up after the second one about it being >wrong wait for the third which followed a day later. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
