Ken --
Hi guys. I have already posted the following as an adjunct to other threads but
got no response. I will clarify below what I am seeking:
>Looks like I can't go back to SM 2.0.18 (I think it was - but it may have
been 2.0.11). The 'Known Issues' note for SM 2.2 is headed (in bold), 'Data loss
warning' and continues: 'If you use a profile with this or any later version and
then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.0, SeaMonkey will rename your history file to
places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.qlite file, effectively resetting
your browsing history.'
>Well, I don't pretend to understand all of that, but it does seem to be
saying that I will lose data if I try to restore the SM version I had before. No?
It would seem, from the text you cite and from the "Known issues" page :
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.2/#issues
that the only expected data loss is your browsing history. Given that
most of us now operate in "paranoid" mode, and clear the browser history
on browser exit anyway, this does not seem to represent a serious risk.
Like you, and like some other contributors to this list since the
announcement/release of V2.2, I too feel that V2.2 has fixed far
too much that "ain't broke" in the first place -- incremental releases
should (IMHO) address security concerns, evolving standards such
as CSS, and similar core issues, reserving major behavioural changes
such as the new "must use tabs" philosophy and the no-longer-optional
installation of Chatzilla for optional major release (i.e., Seamonkey 3).
Philip Taylor. who understands the "the world must move on" philosophy,
but who nonetheless finds Windows/XP, Classic View, Office 2003
and so on infinitely more user friendly than any of the more recent
developments).
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