SeaMonkey 2.0 Review

After two years of waiting, enthusiastic developers have released the final version of the SeaMonkey 2.0 Internet combine.

Careful traffic!
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What is this beast?

- Built-in email client based on Thunderbird
- Browser, almost no different from Firefox
- HTML editor
- IRC - ChatZilla client
- The address book

What are the pros and cons of SeaMonkey compared to individual Firefox, Thunderbird, ChatZilla?

There are several advantages:

- No need to install 3 programs separately
- Convenient folding panel feature
- Integration of three programs into one
- The download speed of the program from the "cold" state is higher than that of Firefox

Less cons, but they are:

- Add-ons from Firefox will not work with SeaMonkey, and in the list of add-ons at the time of this writing there were only 2 addons - FlashGot and NoScript. The list is gradually increasing.

- Not very good location of the button tab closure, you have to reach from one edge of the monitor to another.

We proceed to the review of the "combine"

First of all, we are waiting for an updated interface. Theme does not hurt the eyes



The function of folding panels - in the screenshot, both panels are collapsed



The mail client is no different from Thunderbird, except as an integration into the "combine" and a modified interface



The HTML editor, albeit without highlighting, is good. Allows you to view the dialed code, after saving it. Allows you to immediately upload the resulting document to the server using FTP. Immediately found a bug - a problem with the encoding in the title of the window

Writing mode



Preview mode



The download manager remained similar to his younger fellow from SeaMonkey 1



There is also a JavaScript debugger with highlighted code elements.



Unexpected for me was the built-in translator plugin. The default is translate.ru.



Search the page by using JavaScript



Acid3 test. SeaMonkey scored 93 points, as much scored Firefox 3.5.3



SunSpider test. Firefox was faster, typing 1092.8ms against 1606.6ms for SM

Conclusion

To be honest, I was waiting for more. At the moment, there are not so many additions for SM, but I think that developers will quickly fill this niche.
A good download manager and debugging tool. Eats RAM less than Firefox. For netbooks with a small amount of RAM, this will be a huge plus.