Mozilla Suite vs. Firefox

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 5/4/06, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 22:31 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> >> I like the fact that it does not decide what is best for me as Firefox
> >> seems to. I would rather select where I want a file downloaded to.
> >
> > I don't recall having any trouble configuring Firefox to save as I
> > wanted to (ask each time, always to a default location, etc.).  I do
> > dislike their default "My Downloads" idea (directory name with a blank
> > space in it, and stupid capitalisation).
>
> For Firefox, the logic for setting preferences is not intuitive to me
> and the defaults are horrible. It downloads to the desktop by default
> and I had to hunt for where the desired preference was located.
>
> >
> >> I use both a browser and email client so why not include them
> >> together. I occasionally need to edit html documents, why not keep
> >> this feature integrated in one package?
> >
> > This one is yet another example of multi-function software being worse
> > than individual specialised software.  The HTML generated by it can be
> > rather dire.
>
> I use Seamonkey/mozilla for editing in Windows as well as with Linux. It
> does the basics, (links, tables, background and text colors and such).
> Dire or not, it is functional and presentable for a variety of purposes
> and if viewable as the same content with IE or other browsers.
>
> There is no stand-alone HTML editor that I know for standalone mozilla
> excerpted applications.
>

NVU - http://www.nvu.com/

But yah, I love the Mozilla Suite too, I use Firefox, only when I am
not on my own desktop or for this gmail account.
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