Richard Owlett wrote: > I have 2.3.1 on my desktop. It has not yet been allowed on Web as there is > yet no acceptable free (as in beer) AV program on it. [My laptop uses > commercial software and though I don't like some EULA conditions, I abide by > them.
Have you considered Microsoft Security Essentials, backup up by Spybot-SD and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ? I find this combination pretty good. > > I'm not particularly happy with much in the "Free Software" (as in speech AND > beer) movement. Many have followed Mr. Gates in saying "Papa knows best" :< "Free software" (as in "Libre") has suffered the same fate as Communism -- wonderful in theory/conception, elevated its fanatics to the status of a religion, and thereafter everything goes very rapidly downhill. > > I'll try 2.3.1 on my laptop and see what happens. I am currently running 2.3.3, and whilst there is a great deal that I dislike about the new, "forced on us by Mozilla/Gecko/Firefox" rapid-release schedule, that seems to be predicated on the hypothesis that users are forever seeking the latest, most fashionable, "user experience" (I personally believe that most users are far more interested in a stable user interface, the best security that can be offered, and the resolution of as many outstanding bug reports as time and voluntary effort will allow), I do find 2.3.3 almost as satisfactory as earlier versions. Where it currently falls down (IMHO) is in its inability to zoom-in more than three levels, the unavoidable tab(s) that result from "Tools/Add-ons Manager", in the lack a "Close" button specific to each tab rather than a generic "Close Active Tab" button that lurks dangerously close to (and is only too easily confusable with) the application "Close" button, and the lack of any warning when clicking on the application "Close" button if one had multiple tabs open. There are other niggling annoyances, but these have been here since day one (e.g., the static nature of the tooltips associated with the column headers in the Mail and News part of the client that read (e.g. "Click to sort by ...) whether or not the view is already sorted by that criterion ). Philip Taylor > > P.S. > I use SeaMonkey as I've always liked the Netscape 4.x experience. I've always liked the Netscape experience ever since Netscape 1.0, but that just demonstrates the difference on our ages or in the length of our professional careers ! _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
