MOZILLA'S SEAMONKEY - WHAT IS IT?

Many people have heard of the internet browser and email client that Mozilla offers to the masses. If you haven't Mozilla's internet browser has become a very popular internet browser for those that wish to keep their computer systems free of spyware of which Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Mozilla also has an Outlook email client killer called Thunderbird.

So what is this "SeaMonkey"? Well, contrary to popular belief, SeaMonkey is not a monkey at all. It is an all-in-one browser, email, instant-messenger, and address book. It is basically a re-hash of Mozilla Suite, which has been discontinued but still downloadable, continuing thetradition of the big and mighty internet experience.

I have been playing around with SeaMonkey lately and will give you some information about the suite.

First of all, it is just about as fast as Firefox and has basically the same button setup. If you are switching from Netscape, it will be the same setup. The suite loads very quickly (of course this will depend on the speed of your computer; I am running a Sempron 3000+ with 512MB RAM) and has your home page open right away. The browser is just as easy to use as Firefox. It even includes a download manager. That's still better than Internet Explorer (IE).

Second of all, there is a composer. The composer is very close to the Thunderbird program. It is fairly quick as well as updates fairly quick as well. I haven't found any glitches as of yet and it supports all the IMAP and POP systems out there.

Thirdly, there is an address book. It also has the same basic setup as Thunderbird. It is fairly simple to import your previous addresses from Outlook and create new entries in the program. You can browse all the entries via search bar at the top of the screen.

Lastly, SeaMonkey includes an IRC client. I don't use IRC but I would like hear from someone who does. Please comment by clicking on the comment button below. I will post it below if the information is good.

All in all SeaMonkey looks like a good all-in-one browser. I prefer to use Firefox and Thunderbird just because the interfaces seem to be a little slicker.

I think if you like to use the all-in-one suites than use them. If you like to choose individual programs that use what you want.

If you want to keep your computer free of spyware please use Firefox. You can get it here.

If you want to use Thunderbird you can get it here.