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Re:SeaMonkey All-in-One Internet Application Suite by ajtjp on Friday April 19, 2024 @12:37PM (#40088902)
I keep an install of SeaMonkey 2.49.5 on my desktop. It's my preferred platform for browsing FTP and Gopher (the latter with the OverbiteFF add-on), and is the last version of SeaMonkey that has full NPAPI support, useful if I find an old site with a Java applet, or would for some reason need Silverlight. And being based on Firefox 52, it still works with most web sites as well; more recent versions would work even better with modern web sites.

I should try its HTML editor, it might be a nice upgrade from writing my HTML pages in Notepad++.

The vintage UI is part of the charm. Admittedly the "Stop" button is less useful than it was in the '90s, but I'm a believer that we've lost more than we've gained with the trend towards low-chrome browser designs.

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Re:SeaMonkey All-in-One Internet Application Suite by SpaceL10n on Friday April 19, 2024 @12:56PM (#40089169)
Why not VSCode? It's support for extensions are great. Emmet for rapid HTML scaffolding, inline hex color preview, autocomplete for attributes, and not to mention great multi-line editing support. And, of course, CoPilot which can write/edit HTML so much faster than I can type. Can you tell I'm a fan?
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