Benoit Renard wrote:
Leonidas Jones wrote:
Phil, in large measure, kept SM 1.1.x usable by his incredible work on
xSidebar and porting Firefox and Thunderbird extensions to work in
SeaMonkey. Without that, 1.1.x was really not a usable piece of work,
at least without Multizilla, which basically converted it to another
application entirely.
I object to this. SeaMonkey 1.1.x is very usable without extensions.
Well, it depends on your usage. Sure it works. But so does Safari/Mail,
FF/TB, Opera, and any other number of other applications, or combination
of applications. Heck, so does Netscape 7.2, though the browser is
feeling its age. But to get it to work for me, with the functions I
depend on, requires extensions.
I have a great appreciation for the convenience of one application for
mail, newsgroups, and RSS feeds. SM 1.1.x out of the box does not do
RSS, it requires an extension, Forumzilla worked pretty well for me.
PrefBar is a convenience, but a very handy one that I install first
thing. Web Developer Toolbar is one I rely on.
Mnenhy, Quote Collapse, Quote Colors, FolderPane Tools make Mail/News
far more usable. Lightning has become a must have for full functionality.
FlashBlock, Tab Clicking Options are very important to me for function
in the browser. FireFTP is handy. ForecastFox is not a really necessary
item, but I also find it very handy.
A lot of these extensions were fine in SM 1 1.x, but many required
xSidebar to install. Without xSidebar and the Extension Manager
extension, there was no extension management to peak of, making it a
real chore.
So sure, if your needs are simply to browse the internet, read mail and
newsgroups, SM 1.1.x is fine out of the box. For me it is not, and I
stand by my statement.
Lee
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