On 16/03/06, Daniel Bauer
Hello,
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
Daniel. SeaMonkey is the new updated (cleaned up and streamlined) version of the Mozilla suite. Mozilla was not just a browser, don't forget. It was mail reader, browser and news reader all in one hence the 'suite' part. Firefox, again, is the cleaned up successor to Mozilla but with a big difference. It is a stand alone browser not a mail client or news reader. These can of course be accomplished via web based sites but they are not integrated into Firefox. That's where Thunderbird comes in :-) If you want e-mail reading capability you install Thunderbird. Which also runs as stand alone. Hope that's of some help. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR