Jim J schrieb: > NoOp wrote: > >> Install Thunderbird before you uninstall SeaMonkey (they can be used in >> parallel) and it should offer to import all of your data. While you are >> at it, why not give SeaMonkey 2.0rc2 a try? > > One reason for switching to Firefox is that too many websites do not > recognize Seamonkey as a "supported" browser. Some of them don't even > give you the option to "Continue anyway". Just open about:config in the URLbar filter for general.useragent.override (if it doesn't exist, create a new string with this name and give it the following value (one line): Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-AT; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090825 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 NOT Firefox/2.0.0.14
Websites Filtering for Firefox will detect their beloved Firefox at the end and smart people can still see your using Seamonkey. > The other is that there are > far more addons, plug-ins and themes available for Firefox. SM won't reach all of them, but compatibility for SM2 is much higher than for SM1! > Even if I do stick with Seamonkey (which isn't entirely out of the > question), I _must_ uninstall my current version first to eliminate some > version conflicts which occurred with my last upgrade attempt. Install SM2 to a new dirctory. On the first start it will offer you to import your data and create also a NEW profile with it. If everything is fine you can uninstall SM1 and delete the SM1 profile if you wish. > I assume > that this will wipe out all of my e-mail, personal data, etc., so the > question remains: What do I need to backup, and how do I restore it so > the new installation uses it? If you still want to get your hands on the prfile data by hand: http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/profilefaq/ regards Martin PS: when adding that "NOT Firefox"-thing to the new SM2 I would recommend to use "NOT Firefox 3.5.4" at the end instead of FF2 -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
