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An all-in-one internet application suite.

• Evolved from the original Mozilla project Netscape Navigator.

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Firefox is fundamentally broken, having been infiltrated by bureaucracy, feature creep and whatever other shenanigans. While I checked out SeaMonkey as an alternative, I ended up with Pale Moon.

version 2.26 ∞

about:data is pretty cool.

• Tested 2014-05-24 on Lubuntu 14.04, updated recently.
• User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26

• Build identifier: 20140428215857

Improvements ∞

• Fuckloads faster, perhaps because of my choice of addons, so more testing is being done.

  • I'm going to do some experimentation with a fresh Firefox profile to see if perhaps an old profile is to blame.

• Has a profile manager built-in: Tools > Switch Profile

Downsides ∞

• Cannot alt-number to change tabs
• Many addons don't work with it, although I've had good luck finding community updates.
• The search functionality is at the top instead of the bottom, where I'm used to.
• The search functionality doesn't have a straightforward way to know if I don't find any matches on the page. What the fuck, Mozilla?

• Cannot assign hotkeys to open the individual sidebar items, like Boomkarks and History.

  • Keyconfig doesn't provide options. Perhaps there is a more advanced way to use keyconfig to solve this issue, but I have not looked into it.
• There is no bookmarking popup to prevent duplicate bookmarks.

• There is no visual feedback that a bookmark was made.

  • I can see the speed advantage in this.

Things to adjust ∞

I don't know if I might have toggled some things before building this list. I also have some addons installed and semi-configured, some of which probably adjusted traditionally-accessible settings.

• I can't use shortcuts for Tools > Options, of the Popup Manager.

  • The Menu Edit addon isn't compatible and needs updating.

To get to the preferences, do Tools > Options

Appearance > Content

• [x] Aggressively look for website icons when the page does not define one
• [x] Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page

Browser

• Display on [Browser Startup]

  • (o) Restore Previous Session

• When restoring sessions and windows

  • (o) Only restore tabs when I need them

• Clicking the Home button takes you to this group of pages:

  • about:blank

Browser > History

• [_] Enable form and search history

Browser > Languages

• Add English/United Kingdom, then move it to the top of the list.

Browser > Internet Search

• TODO - figure out how to customize this.

Browser > Tabbed Browsing

• When opening a bookmark group

  • (o) Add tabs

Browser > Link Behavior

• When scripts want to open a new window

  • (o) Always divert windows into tabs

Browser > Downloads

• When starting a download

  • (o) Don't open anything

Privacy & Security

• [x] Tell websites about my tracking preference

• Safe Browsing

  • [_] Block reported attack sides (malware, viruses)
  • [_] Block reported web forgeries (Phishing)

Privacy & Security > Cookies

• Cookie Acceptance Policy

  • (o) Allow cookies for the originating website only (no third-party cookies)

Privacy & Security > Passwords

• [_] Remember passwords

Privacy & Security > Certificates

• OCSP

  • [_] Use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to confirm the current validity of certificates
  • TODO? - OCSP stapling (Firefox notes, in firefox 26)

about:config adjustments ∞

• Middle-click close tabs.

  • middlemouse.contentLoadURL;false

• Do not close the browser when the final tab is closed.

  • browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab;false

Addons ∞

General addons ∞

• Greasemonkey

  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/gmport/
• British English Dictionary

• Shortcut customization

  • Keyconfig (kb · forum)

TODO - Sidebar functionality ∞

• TODO - moving it to the right

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61847

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297972

  • WONTFIX by Asa Dotzler [:asa] 2013-04-11 16:26:51 PDT -- "This sidebar is probably going away. Certainly not moving to the right side."
  • WHAT?!

• xsidebar might have been able to move the sidebar to the right, but it doesn't as of SeaMonkey 2.26.

failed attempt one

/* Place the sidebar on the right edge of the window  */
window > hbox {
   direction:rtl;
}
window > hbox > * {
   direction:ltr;
}

failed attempt two

/* Place the sidebar on the right edge of the window  */
hbox#browser { direction: rtl; }
hbox#browser > vbox { direction: ltr; }

Scrapbook ∞

• Scrapbook
• http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=407965
• This appears to be Scrapbook, not Scrapbook Plus
• Highlighting doesn't do anything.

• On Linux, text entered into in-page note boxes are not saved.

  • This isn't surprising, as the original broke it some time ago.

Add Tools > Options, just like on Windows ∞

• Tools > Options… for Linux

  • Works unmodified on SeaMonkey. Just select "install anyway" on that web page.

Unclutter and rearrange items on the status bar. ∞

• Organize Status Bar

keyconfig - Configure shortcuts ∞

• https://web.archive.org/web/20210126135830/http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyconfig_extension
• http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994
• http://mozilla.dorando.at/
• direct download

• I had to adjust many items.

The JavaScript console gives me:

Timestamp: 14-05-24 09:23:27 AM
Error: TypeError: props is undefined
Source File: chrome://keyconfig/content/keyconfig.js
Line: 420

also line 422

[disabled] Linky ∞

• Its right-click Linky hotkey interferes with Copy Link Location.

[not compatible] Menu Editor ∞

• http://menueditor.mozdev.org/ [ 1 ]
• Menu Editor [ 2 ]
• menuedit-1.2.3.3-mod.xpi is not compatible with SeaMonkey 2.26.

• I tried about:config extensions.checkCompatibility.2.26;false

  • This did work to get it installed. I can interact with the addon, but its functionality does not seem to work. I attempted to hide the items at the top of Tools (Search the Web through to Popup Manager) and they remain.

Also, the page

Menu Editor [ 3 ]

Has a link to

https://web.archive.org/web/20121109162755/http://www.mozdev.org:80/mailman/listinfo/xsidebar

.. but that mailing list does not exist.

move the sidebar to the right ∞

chrome/userChrome.css

/* Move the sidebar to the right */
#browser { direction: rtl; } hbox#browser > vbox { direction: ltr; }.

This does not work.

Notes ∞

• Add-on Converter for SeaMonkey (forum thread)

Addons not tested ∞

xsidebar ∞

Various firefox addons modified to maintain SeaMonkey support.

• http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modified.html [ 4 ]

• http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmisc.html [ 5 ]

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• Context Search

• Vacuum Places Improved [ 6 ]

  • This was fixed in Firefox some time ago. Is this still necessary in SeaMonkey?
• FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)
• FavLoc
• CookieSwap
• Context Highlight
• Named Anchors
• Statusable
• Download Statusbar
• Video DownloadHelper
• User Agent Switcher
• Show Anchors
• Resurrect Pages

• Resizable Textarea

  • Resizable Textarea -- not compatible
  • Resizable Form Fields -- tested and works
• Remove it Permanently
• NewsFox
• refspoof
• NoSquint

• NoRedirect

  • Is this actually necessary?

• Linky

  • http://gemal.dk/mozilla/linky.html
• Link Alert

• Jump Link

custom key bindings no longer possible ∞

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201011

Notes ∞

• Gooey Software - Firefox & SeaMonkey addons

• https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/seamonkey/addon/monkeyfix/

  • Fixes up numerous SeaMonkey browser interface issues (eg. adding support for popup ALT attributes), as well as adding some handy features for developers and power users (eg. configure source viewer, work online/offline).

Last updated 2022-11-22 at 01:23:45

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