On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:32 -0700, Rufus wrote in message <news:kd2dnv-erfsjs8hmnz2dnuvz_gadn...@mozilla.org>:
> Iceman wrote: >> On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:22:38 -0700, Rufus wrote in message >> <news:4badnbvdgm3t68bmnz2dnuvz_j-dn...@mozilla.org>: >> >>> Geoff Welsh wrote: >>>> Rufus wrote: >>>>> Iceman wrote: >>>>>> I've been wondering if I should try the Macintosh version of >>>>>> SeaMonkey on >>>>>> my MacBook OS X 10.5.6. They say it's a Beta version, that should be >>>>>> used >>>>>> with caution. >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anybody had any experience of using SeaMonkey on Mac? Any forums or >>>>>> blogs you can point me to? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Seamonkey works very well on a Mac, however if you are running 10.5.6 on >>>>> a PPC Mac you will be limited to version 1.1.19 for an official build. >>>>> The latest OEM releases are Intel only. >>>>> >>>>> There are a third party PPC releases of current versions of Seamonkey, >>>>> but I don't have any experience with them. Available here, if that's >>>>> what you're looking at - >>>>> >>>>> https://code.google.com/p/seamonkey-ppc/ >>>>> >>>>> Personally, I quite dealing with beta releases after a particularly >>>>> destructive experience in updating from a 1.1.x version while evaluating >>>>> one...but hopefully that's resolved by now. Hopefully... >>>>> >>>> He said MacBook. PPC was in PowerBook >>>> GW >>> >>> ...but he's running 10.5.6, so I have to assume he's on a PPC machine. >>> >>> And I'd suggest he at least update to 10.5.8. >> >> Which, actually, is what I have. Sorry for the mistake. >> >> However, I can't use the latest version on 10.5.8. What's the newest usable >> version for Mac OS X 10.5.8? (I just can't get used to those big-cat >> names.) >> > > The main question is if you are running 10.5.8 on a PPC Mac, like I am > on my G5 iMac - in that case it's 1.1.19 as far as the official releases go. > > If it's 10.5.8 on an Intel Mac then anything up to and including 2.17 > should run. I think... Like I said, I can't use 2.17. I dl'ed it and it wouldn't run. I then got 1.1.19, which did work. However, it's a 3-year-old release and may have problems with security. Also, a page I tried came out rather poorly (too much javascript?) Still, it was worth trying out. Thanks for your help. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
