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Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird

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Bert Hickman wrote on 7/14/2017 4:25 PM:
> rickman wrote:
>> Michael A. Terrell wrote on 7/14/2017 11:54 AM:
>>> rickman wrote:
>>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote on 7/14/2017 9:01 AM:
>>>>>
>>>>>    Select 'View' at the top, then 'Zoom'. I use the 240% setting on
>>>>> a 24"
>>>>> monitor.
>>>>
>>>> That changes the font size in exactly one pane.
>>>>
>>>> SeaMonkey is every bit as bad a piece of software as T-bird.  It seems
>>>> to have the same delay problems (although not quite as bad) and has
>>>> many other problems as well.  I did manage to find a support group,
>>>> but there isn't much help there.  Seems like some people have
>>>> problems with SeaMonkey/T-bird and others don't.
>>>
>>>
>>>    Big deal. How much time do you spend, on the others?
>>
>> Too much because they are hard to read.
>>
>>> You can always
>>> change the screen's resolution.
>>
>> I know.  I set the resolution so the rest of the computer is usable and
>> now only the apps that ignore the Windows settings are hard to read.  In
>> particular there are icons in SeaMonkey that are *very* hard to
>> distinguish because of their size.
>>
>>
>>> I prefer the older Netscape 4.78, but it
>>> won't install on this 64 bit Win 7 Pro system.
>>
>> Some people complain software won't run on old machines.  Some people
>> complain software won't run on new machines.  Some people complain
>> because the software just won't run.  Damn computers...
>>
>
> I've used SeaMonkey exclusively since Netscape went away. In addition to a
> browser, email, & news reader, it also has a built-in WYSIWYG HTML editor.
> It also stores individual email folders as pairs of files instead of a huge
> database.
>
> You can easily customize just about any part of SeaMonkey by using "Theme
> Font & Size Changer". This plug-in fixed a problem with getting the right
> size fonts for various SeaMonkey screens (mail, browser, etc.) without doing
> the massive changes created by Windows display size changes. Very few
> problems compared to many other browsers and readers. It simply works!

I was with you until you said that.  The real problem with SeaMonkey is that 
it doesn't fix the problems I had with T-bird.  The delays in running are a 
bit better, but it has other problems I never saw in T-bird.  I can be 
typing a message and the program freezes (as it often does for some seconds) 
but sometimes when it comes back the focus changes to the main window and 
the keystrokes cause all sorts of trouble!  Just one of many problems I 
never saw with T-bird.

-- 

Rick C

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SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 15:53 -0400
  Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-05-22 17:53 -0700
    Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-22 18:42 -0700
      Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-05-22 18:56 -0700
    Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-22 23:19 -0400
      Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2017-05-22 23:14 -0500
        Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-23 00:17 -0400
          Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-05-23 14:15 -0500
  Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-14 09:01 -0400
    Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 10:37 -0400
      Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-14 11:54 -0400
        Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 14:47 -0400
          Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Bert Hickman <bert-hickman@comcast.net> - 2017-07-14 15:25 -0500
            Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-07-14 21:34 +0100
            Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 16:51 -0400
          Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-14 16:25 -0400
      Re: SeaMonkey vs. Thunderbird Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2017-07-14 22:58 +0000

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