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Article #622010Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:28
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:28
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes: > On 2018-04-25, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote: > >> Mozilla providing both Seamonkey and FF? Seamonkey seems to be >> marginally better and less slathered with UX "features" than FF. > > The impression I get is that Seamonkey was developed by a group of > people that didn't like the way Firefox was going. Oh! Well, good. Better explanation than some I'd imagined, tnx. > Since I too don't like the way Firefox is going, that makes me an > ideal candidate. Me too and all like that. :-) > Looking at Seamonkey's home page > (https://www.seamonkey-project.org)... Hmmm, might be a good fit for SWMBO, also on a slow connection, using Windoes but not liking the MS browser. > it seems to be a sanctioned offshoot. "Legal backing is provided by > the Mozilla Foundation." > > I use the Seamonkey browser exclusively now, under both Linux and > Windows. And when I discovered that a site with a pathetic webmail > server also supported IMAP, I set up Seamonkey's mail client to access > it. Works like a charm. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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