On 8/27/2017 8:45 PM, DEAVMI wrote to DOVE-NET.GENERAL:

So I'm trying out SeaMxkey again and I must say, I really like it. It
has a built-in website creator (page editor to be more correct), IRC client, mail, news and not to forget a web browser.

It is still developed. I use SeaMonkey on my Virtual Machine and use it to edit some of the
web pages on the wc7 system i have.

I love the retroness of it.

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Matthew Munson to DEAVMI on Sun Aug 27 2017 09:32 am

It is still developed. I use SeaMonkey on my Virtual Machine and use it to edit some of the
web pages on the wc7 system i have.

I love the retroness of it.

is it 'retro' or is it just that they arent keeping up with today's styles in regards to toolbars and icons?
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On 2017-08-27 11:32 AM, Matthew Munson wrote:

On 8/27/2017 8:45 PM, DEAVMI wrote to DOVE-NET.GENERAL:

So I'm trying out SeaMxkey again and I must say, I really like it. It
has a built-in website creator (page editor to be more correct), IRC client, mail, news and not to forget a web browser.

It is still developed. I use SeaMonkey on my Virtual Machine and use it to edit some of the
web pages on the wc7 system i have.

I love the retroness of it.

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The retroness of it is great.

What's wc7?

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On 2017-09-04 06:43 PM, Mro wrote:

Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Matthew Munson to DEAVMI on Sun Aug 27 2017 09:32 am

> It is still developed. I use SeaMonkey on my Virtual Machine and use it to
> edit some of the
> web pages on the wc7 system i have.

> I love the retroness of it.

is it 'retro' or is it just that they arent keeping up with today's styles in regards to toolbars and icons?
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Maybe the latter. idk.

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Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Deavmi to Matthew Munson on Wed Sep 13 2017 07:54 pm

The retroness of it is great.

Every once in a while I dig up an old Eudora email archive I have - still has emails from 1997 in it! That's my retro fix.

I read that JoHo has gotten FrontDoor working with a net fossil - I should put my old incarnation of realitycheckBBS (Maximus/FD) up on a different port.

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Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Deavmi on Fri Sep 15 2017 08:54 am

Every once in a while I dig up an old Eudora email archive I have - still has emails from 1997 in it! That's my retro fix.

I used to use Eudora a long time ago. At some point, I remember Eudora adding something annoying to try to get you to upgrade from the free Eudora to the paid version (I don't remember if it was ads or pop-ups or something different). I decided to switch to Mozilla Thunderbird, which was free. Thunderbird was able to import my Eudora email folders, so I switched and didn't look back. I was reading something about Eudora recently that said the developers of Eudora eventually made a new version of Eudora that was based on Thunderbird, which I thought was amusing..

I haven't used a desktop email client in a long time though. These days I tend to just use web mail via a web browser, since I can access it from anywhere.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 15 2017 12:41 pm

Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Deavmi on Fri Sep 15 2017 08:54 am

Every once in a while I dig up an old Eudora email archive I have - still has emails from 1997 in it! That's my retro fix.

I used to use Eudora a long time ago. At some point, I remember Eudora adding something annoying to try to get you to upgrade from the free Eudora to the paid version (I don't remember if it was ads or pop-ups or something different). I decided to switch to Mozilla Thunderbird, which was free. Thunderbird was able to import my Eudora email folders, so I switched and didn't look back. I was reading something about Eudora recently that said the developers of Eudora eventually made a new version of Eudora that was based on Thunderbird, which I thought was amusing..

yeah same here, but i left thunderbird because of a few issues i didnt like. now i use my phone email client and forward all my accounts to my phone one.
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Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 15 2017 12:41 pm

I used to use Eudora a long time ago. At some point, I remember Eudora adding something annoying to try to get you to upgrade from the free Eudora to the paid version (I don't remember if it was ads or pop-ups or something different).

I liked that when I used it you could remove the prompts and just run the free features, run in 'sponsored' mode with ads or run the Pro version, and switch back and forth.

didn't look back. I was reading something about Eudora recently that said the developers of Eudora eventually made a new version of Eudora that was based on Thunderbird, which I thought was amusing..

Penelope, I think it was called. The project appears to have stalled, but I liked it when I ran it. The guts of thunderbird with the UI (and new mail sound) from my past.

I do most of my email through Gmail, but I'm tiring of the web UI for dealing with lots of email. I found a great free new client called eM Client I'm trying out now, looks like a decent POP/IMAP/GMAIL client with a fresh UI. I'm doing more GPG mail, and running encrypted email with a Gmail extension seems a little dangerous.

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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-

I do most of my email through Gmail, but I'm tiring of the web UI for dealing with lots of email. I found a great free new client called eM Client I'm trying out now, looks like a decent POP/IMAP/GMAIL client
with a fresh UI. I'm doing more GPG mail, and running encrypted email
with a Gmail extension seems a little dangerous.

I've started using eM too. I'm happy with it so far. It seems that the world tilted their hat to Outlook and then stopped developing. eM is the exception.

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On 9/4/2017 11:43 AM, MRO wrote to Matthew Munson:

is it 'retro' or is it just that they arent keeping up with today's

styles in

regards to toolbars and icons?
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Yes, the toolbars and icons are sooooo 1999.

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Matthew Munson to MRO on Sun Oct 01 2017 12:12 pm

On 9/4/2017 11:43 AM, MRO wrote to Matthew Munson:

is it 'retro' or is it just that they arent keeping up with today's

styles in

regards to toolbars and icons?

Yes, the toolbars and icons are sooooo 1999.

dislike!
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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: MRO to Matthew Munson on Mon Oct 09 2017 16:21:03

Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Matthew Munson to MRO on Sun Oct 01 2017 12:12 pm

On 9/4/2017 11:43 AM, MRO wrote to Matthew Munson:

is it 'retro' or is it just that they arent keeping up with today's

styles in

regards to toolbars and icons?

Yes, the toolbars and icons are sooooo 1999.

dislike!

OMG, I was talking about this with my buddy at work and we checked the default icons in windows 10... in shell32.dll and they still use some old one from windows 95. so retro

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Bigbangnet to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2017 09:15 pm

OMG, I was talking about this with my buddy at work and we checked the default icons in windows 10... in shell32.dll and they still use some old one from windows 95. so retro

I don't particularly like the overall look and feel of Windows 8 & 10 much. It looks fairly flat and monotone. I'd like it if they brought back some of the icons and look and feel of Windows 7. Even the XP or '95 icons look a bit better IMO. The older icons, window borders, buttons, etc. have more depth and color to them. It's like they've taken a step backwards starting with Windows 8, making everything look flat and more monotone.

Nightfox

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Nightfox to Bigbangnet on Sat Oct 14 2017 03:19 pm

By: Bigbangnet to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2017 09:15 pm

OMG, I was talking about this with my buddy at work and we checked the default icons in windows 10... in shell32.dll and they still use some old one from windows 95. so retro

I don't particularly like the overall look and feel of Windows 8 & 10 much. It looks fairly flat and monotone. I'd like it if they brought back some of the icons and look and feel of Windows 7. Even the XP or '95 icons look a bit better IMO. The older icons, window borders, buttons, etc. have more depth and color to them. It's like they've taken a step backwards starting with Windows 8, making everything look flat and more monotone.

i dont like win8, but windows 10 is just fine with me for the most part. i had to change the start menu,though.
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I don't particularly like the overall look and feel of Windows 8 & 10 much. It looks fairly flat and monotone. I'd like it if they brought back some
of the icons and look and feel of Windows 7. Even the XP or '95 icons look a bit better IMO. The older icons, window borders, buttons, etc. have more depth and color to them. It's like they've taken a step backwards starting with Windows 8, making everything look flat and more monotone.

We have to thanks Sir Johnny Ive for this with his was on skeuomorphism. The weird think it feel like Microsoft and Google took it more at hart than apple. Might save a lot of system resource but it does look bland and it's not even looking like Lcars.

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Oct 14 2017 08:04 pm

i dont like win8, but windows 10 is just fine with me for the most part. i had to change the start menu,though.

I think the start menu in Windows 10 is a lot better than Windows 8/8.1.

Nightfox

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Ennev to Nightfox on Mon Oct 16 2017 10:56 am

We have to thanks Sir Johnny Ive for this with his was on skeuomorphism. The weird think it feel like Microsoft and Google took it more at hart than apple. Might save a lot of system resource but it does look bland and it's not even looking like Lcars.

I remember reading somewhere that Apple's current team doesn't feel like software programs need to look like real-world items anymore, and it was more Steve Jobs that felt they should.

Nightfox

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Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Oct 16 2017 09:31 am

Re: RE: Trying out SeaMonkey
By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Oct 14 2017 08:04 pm

i dont like win8, but windows 10 is just fine with me for the most part. i had to change the start menu,though.

I think the start menu in Windows 10 is a lot better than Windows 8/8.1.

Nightfox

i rarely use the start menu, but when i do i like it really simple and condensed so that's why i installed 'classic start menu' on all my win10 computers.
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