Mozilla pieces versus Mozilla Suite

its available, right here
http://www.nvu.com/

Nvu is simply the Mozilla suite Composer module re-done as a standalone
product (its been added to and enhanced as well)

 

?? I simply leave TB running in the background, it automatically checks
for mail, even when I am using Firefox. Its hard to miss the bouncing
icon from the dock that tells me new mail is available in Thunderbird,
no matter what I am doing in Firefox.

 

Why not just leave Thunderbird running in the background?
Then you have indication of mail AND the capilbility to READ it
available at a moments notice.

 

On the mac, its just as simple as leaving Thunderbird running in the
background. You can even minimize the program to the dock and it STILL
gives you an indication when new mail has arrived. One mouse swipe, one
click, and TB is back up with the new mail already downloaded. Heck it
even works when the computer is in Screensaver mode.

Why would someone want yet another piece of software to do what the
program will do for you anyway?

 

Set Firefox as your default browser in the system.
Then if you click on a url in Thunderbird, it opens Firefox for you.

 

Have you thought of having a bookmark to keep track of
your other bookmarks

 

If I combine all my bookmarks, then I would be over the 2 meg mark.
That is why I've broken them down in smaller pieces. And Moz lets be
switch between them without a problem.

 

Default is set. But only works IF you have a URL in an e-mail in TB.
Unless I'm completely missing something. If you finish your mail and
just want to go browse a while then there's that extra 1.85 seconds of
manual labor.

 

nps ;D

 

If you have the quick launch bar enabled, and place a Firefox shortcut
there, it is always available, even if TB is open and maximized. From
here thats every but as effective as having a button to open FF from TB.

Coving the mouse to the FF icon and clicking it is not even a second.

Lee

 

Hi Dan, thanks for lending your Mac expertise.

I did set TB to check messages every five minutes, though i do not want
it to download immediately.

After the specified time, I heard the system alert, and a green circle
appeared on the TB icon in the Dock, telling me there were message, 8 to
be exact.

As basic mail notification, this is great. However, Poptray on Windows
tells me exactly which accounts have mail, and displays subject and
sender. It allows me to preview the message on the server, without
downloading it. It also allows me to delete obviously unwanted messages,
and to run custom filters to delete unwanted messages before I am even
bothered with them.

What I would really like to find would this extended functionality for
Macs and Linux computers.

Lee

 

Thank you )

 

Hmmm, okay, that goes beyond mere notification. What you want is
something that notifies you, allows you to view on server (preview) and
delete prior to downloading as well. Lets see what we can find...

Hmmm, a seperate program called Mail Beacon does all that, tho its not
an 'add-on' for Thunderbird or Mozilla specifically
http://www.bainsware.com/mb/
shareware, not freeware.

Mail Call perhaps?
http://www.ekimsw.com/mailcall/index.html
again shareware, not freeware

Mail Siphon?
http://maliasoft.appeule.com/us/mailsiphon.html
more shareware, not freeware
Mail Watcher
http://maliasoft.appeule.com/us/mailwatcher.html
shareware
Mail Toolbox (combination of Mail Siphon & Mail Watcher)
http://maliasoft.appeule.com/us/mailtoolbox.html
shareware again

PopFile?
http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
free!
but is an afterdownload application, not a pre-download as you
requested, indication may not be as you wished either
PopMonitor?
http://www.vechtwijk.nl/dev/popmonitor/
shareware

Basic reviews and links to all the above can be found at
http://www.macorchard.com/email/
The macorchard site is a handy tool/site for finding out whats available
mac wise. Cant help you with Linux applications/extensions tho

I cant find a direct equivelent of Poptray for Windows, but combinations
of the above may do the job. As noted, most are shareware tho

 

The Mac system gives you one
Apple-->Recent Applications-->Firefox
<POOF> Firefox is opened
But thats a mac thing and not really applicable to windows I suppose

 

Thanks Dan!

You should give me Mac lessons!

Lee

 

Its good to ask the right people!

Mail Beacon looks like a winner, from the description. At a $15
license, I think I can handle that, particularly with a 30 day free
trial to make sure it works as advertised.

I'm saving your post in case I need to investigate other options.

One of the few drawbacks I find to the Mac is the lack of the kinds of
freeware I can find for a PC. I guess I'm too fond of mooching!

Lee

 

As I said, its about choice. What is important to you may not be as
important to the next person, just as what is important to them may not
appear to you in the same fashion.

Personally I find the bookmark folders available in Firefox quite
sufficient for my needs, giving me ample space to group bookmarks
together for various activities. Of course your experience may be
otherwise. The beauty of the products is that they accommadate either,
dependent on which you choose.

 

The linked page is slightly out if date.

I just installed latest FF, TB & Seamonkey 1.0 & I would say the
Seamonkey is functionally virtually identical to FF+TB but uses less ram
& contains chat, html editor, calendar as well.

Some folks prefer FF+TB as separate apps & some prefer the 'suite'.

Download & try them out & decide for yourself, either is good.

* BTW many plugins for FF work fine in SM also.

 

btw how does Nvu 1.0 compare to Composer in Seamonkey?

One thing I notice is that nvu is a huge 6729kb download whereas the
whole seamonkey suite (including composer etc) compares favorably to the
combined file sizes of FF & TB alone.

 

NVU is a separate application and picks up where Composer left off.
Its got more bells and whistles. Its rumoured that they might
intergrate NVU into SM and replace Composer