On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:22:59 -0700, OldeGuye
wrote:
So how is K-Meleon different than Thunderbird?
Looks very similar.
Browser /Mail / newsgroups
Probably the same plug-ins as TBird?
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K-Meleon 1.5.4 and earlier were ONLY a Browser. But for many years it
was my favorite browser. It's similar to what Firefox was in it's early
days, except K-Meleon was more user friendly. What I like best is that
you can toggle on-off Scripts, Cookies, Pictures, etc right from the
taskbar. Yet it's not bloated, and best of all, dont bog down the system
if too many web pages are opened. I've had as many as 30 pages opened at
once.
The downfall is that it tends to have script errors, which at one time
was seldom, but with the new web pages it's far too often. Those script
errors can and do cause the browser to freeze up.
There is no newsgroup reader or email built into K-Meleon 1.5.4 and
earlier. They may have added that to their latest version, which I have
not tried, because any version above 1.5.4 dont work in Win98, and on my
XP machines, I've used Firefox because of the extensions. However, since
FF extensions are now all "screwed up", I have been looking for other
software, so the latest K-Meleon will be downloaded soon. But, K-Meleon
never had extensions, and probably still dont.
If any browser is similar to Thunderbird, I'd say it's Seamonkey. SM is
not too bad, but I never cared for it's layout real much, and I dont
prefer browsers which combine email and newsreaders. To me, each should
be a separate program, but that's just my personal opinion. I use Agent
for newsgroupos and (and early version of) Thunderbird for email.