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    From Deavmi@VERT/KK4QBN to DOVE-Net.General on Sun Aug 27 20:45:12 2017
    So I'm trying out SeaMonkey 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.


    I think when I get setup for university next year that this will
    definately be my goto web thang (along with firefox and thunderbird just
    in case but I do really like it for being simple and all (not that the aforementioned two are not).

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Deavmi on Sun Aug 27 15:11:05 2017
    Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Deavmi to DOVE-Net.General on Sun Aug 27 2017 08:45 pm

    So I'm trying out SeaMonkey 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.

    For some reason I thought SeaMonkey wasn't being developed anymore, but I guess it still is. I remember when Netscape was a similar application suite with the browser bundled along with a web page editor, email client, IRC, etc.. These days, I tend to use separate software for that stuff (and I rarely even use dedicated email software anymore, as I tend to use web mail).

    I often use Chrome for my web browser and occasionally used Firefox. A while ago, I ended up switching from Firefox to Pale Moon.. Pale Moon is based on an older fork of Firefox (with the older Firefox UI, which I like) but is still kept up to date and is fairly fast.

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Sun Aug 27 15:41:33 2017
    Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Nightfox to Deavmi on Sun Aug 27 2017 03:11 pm

    For some reason I thought SeaMonkey wasn't being developed anymore, but I guess it still is. I remember when Netscape was a similar application suite with the browser bundled along with a web page editor, email client, IRC, etc.. These days, I tend to use separate software for that stuff (and I rarely even use dedicated email software anymore, as I tend to use web mail).

    Netscape with all of the built-in apps (News, FTP, email, and web) along with palm desktop rocked back in 2000 on low-end systems. I set up an entire company with that kit.

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  • From Roadhog@VERT/OUTWEST to Deavmi on Sun Aug 27 23:51:52 2017
    Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Deavmi to DOVE-Net.General on Sun Aug 27 2017 08:45 pm

    So I'm trying out SeaMonkey 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.

    I have used it as a webpage editor, It's decent.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Roadhog on Tue Aug 29 20:06:00 2017
    Roadhog wrote to Deavmi <=-

    So I'm trying out SeaMonkey 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.

    I have used it as a webpage editor, It's decent.

    I still have some old fashioned HTML pages kicking around. I've been using Notepad to edit them of late, but a decent WYSIWYG editor would be handy at times. Might install Seamonkey and see how it goes. I think I tried it years ago and it was quite good, from memory.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Vk3jed on Tue Aug 29 09:08:12 2017
    Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Vk3jed to Roadhog on Tue Aug 29 2017 08:06 pm

    I still have some old fashioned HTML pages kicking around. I've been using Notepad to edit them of late, but a decent WYSIWYG editor would be handy at times. Might install Seamonkey and see how it goes. I think I tried it years ago and it was quite good, from memory.

    I noticed that WYSIWYG HTML editors tend to produce bloated HTML (though perhaps they've gotten better over time). I tend to prefer to edit HTML with a simple text editor (like Notepad and such), but I could understand why some would want to use a WYSIWIG editor for more complex pages & sites.

    Nightfox

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  • From jagossel@VERT/KK4QBN to Nightfox on Tue Aug 29 14:21:59 2017
    Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Nightfox to Vk3jed on Tue Aug 29 2017 09:08:12

    I still have some old fashioned HTML pages kicking around. I've been us
    ing
    Notepad to edit them of late, but a decent WYSIWYG editor would be hand
    y
    at times. Might install Seamonkey and see how it goes. I think I tried
    it
    years ago and it was quite good, from memory.

    I noticed that WYSIWYG HTML editors tend to produce bloated HTML (though perhaps they've gotten better over time). I tend to prefer to edit HTML wit
    h a
    simple text editor (like Notepad and such), but I could understand why some would want to use a WYSIWIG editor for more complex pages & sites.

    It has been a while since I have used a WYSIWYG HTML editors in a long while, and I would agree that back then it would produce bloated HTML; FrontPage was the worst, and FrontPage created HTML files that would only work in Internet Explorer.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Nightfox on Wed Aug 30 08:24:00 2017
    Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I noticed that WYSIWYG HTML editors tend to produce bloated HTML
    (though perhaps they've gotten better over time). I tend to prefer to edit HTML with a simple text editor (like Notepad and such), but I
    could understand why some would want to use a WYSIWIG editor for more complex pages & sites.

    Yeah, you are right, certainly when I originally did one of my sites, the editors did add a lot of bloat, but when I'm just adding or changing text, Notepad is fine, but when I want to play with something more visual, I need to be able to see what's going on. :)


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Vk3jed on Tue Aug 29 17:05:18 2017
    Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Vk3jed to Roadhog on Tue Aug 29 2017 08:06 pm

    I still have some old fashioned HTML pages kicking around. I've been using Notepad to edit them of late, but a decent WYSIWYG editor would be handy at times. Might install Seamonkey and see how it goes. I think I tried it years ago and it was quite good, from memory.

    I used to use Allaire Homesite -- Macromedia bought them and disabled the best features -- why buy $49 Homesite when $299 Dreamweaver did all that and more?

    There's a program called Komposer that's pretty good for quickie HTML; it's open source and based on a KDE program, so it's available for Linux, too.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Aug 30 12:00:00 2017
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I used to use Allaire Homesite -- Macromedia bought them and disabled
    the best features -- why buy $49 Homesite when $299 Dreamweaver did all that and more?

    There's a program called Komposer that's pretty good for quickie HTML; it's open source and based on a KDE program, so it's available for
    Linux, too.

    Don't know either of those, but certainly familiar with Dreamweaver, not that I used it myself. My desktop is Windows at this point in time. :)


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Vk3jed on Wed Aug 30 16:12:59 2017
    Re: Re: Trying out SeaMonkey again
    By: Vk3jed to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Aug 30 2017 12:00 pm

    There's a program called Komposer that's pretty good for quickie HTML; it's open source and based on a KDE program, so it's available for Linux, too. [0m

    Don't know either of those, but certainly familiar with Dreamweaver, not that I used it myself. My desktop is Windows at this point in time. :)



    all those editors pile shit upon shit to your code. they arent intelligent enough to do otherwise. the best way to do a website if you arent a pro is get a template and edit it by hand.

    i used kompozer and it does the same as all those editors.
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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Mro on Thu Aug 31 09:15:00 2017
    Mro wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    all those editors pile shit upon shit to your code. they arent
    intelligent enough to do otherwise. the best way to do a website if
    you arent a pro is get a template and edit it by hand.

    It's a case of how important that is. :)


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