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Seamonkey 1.1 Released
stuuf writes "Version 1.1 of the Seamonkey Internet Application Suite is now available, with quite a few improvements over the 1.0 series. Some of the new features include spell checking in form text areas, a new tagging system to classify email, a better indicator for secure web sites and preview images for browser tabs. This release also includes many of the updates that have gone into the Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2 branches. Check out the release notes and download page for more."
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Seamonkey is a Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application.
I'm not quite sure why I need a browser, e-mail/news reader, IRC client, and HTML editor together in one package. To me (other than the e-mail and news readers) these are very separate functions that have no business being packaged together. Then again I'm very particular about my IRC client and e-mail and I would much prefer to use a regular text editor for HTML and e-mail. YMMV.
As far as spell check goes -- amen! I *love* in-browser spell checking and can't stand life without it on my mobile device. Not that I'm a bad speller, I'm just a poor typer while driving.
I would say that spell checking should be a service the OS provides. Then I can configure it one place and not in multiple applications. Right now I have different dictionaries to download for Abiword, for OpenOffice and for Firefox and Thunderbird. It is rather sub-optimal. Windows XP does not do it, Vista, KDE, GNOME and MacOS X not sure.
Let me correct your sentence for you:
It's about time that the spell check feature become standard in all OSs.
I think almost anyone who uses OS X will agree - spell-check is a service that is better done at the OS level. The idea of every application in the world having to include code-bloat to include a spell-check, all of which I have to add my last name to, is insane.
This is one reason I much prefer Camino to Firefox on OS X, as well.
>Wanna bet someone will post a 'I like Seamonkey ..
>except for the memory leak problem
It ain't FUD, bud. Firefox does have memory leak
problems. It's still my favorite and primary browser,
but the problems are real.
If you use portable Firefox a lot you might want to look into Google Browser Sync. It keeps all your stuff synced across multiple browsers.
I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
This is one reason I much prefer Camino to Firefox on OS X, as well.
Firefox 3 alpha 1 on OS X is pretty stable for me and includes cocoa widget support so the spell checking service and all the other services work just fine in it. You might want to check it out as it is more up-to-date than Camino which tends to lag Firefox quite a bit. It's not for everyone, but you do have a choice between trailing edge or bleeding edge if that is the feature you need.
and now I use FireFox/Thunderbird.
Why? Extensions. I actually like Seamonkey better for tab options (Ex: Firefox doesn't honor the preference to open a new tab showing the home page.) and the overall integration (icons in the bottom left of the screen, ctrl-[123] to switch between browser/email, etc. Another one: One theme applies to the browser and email.
However, I run Firefox and Thunderbird now for the extensions.
But, I wish one theme could be used for both.
I wish it had all the options (or honored the about:config options that do work, somewhat).
If/when Seamonkey supports FireFox/Thunderbird extensions, will quickly go back to it.
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