08-11-2014, 01:43 PM
The fix for this was simple: The official 32 bit build doesn't seem to like 64 bit systems (or mine at least). There's an unofficial 'contributed build' for AMD64 listed on the download page here http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.26.1 which works flawlessly.
Seamonkey is 'stand-alone' and can be installed in any location - installation is just a case of unpacking the archive. It stores your Seamonkey user profile (mailboxes, preferences etc) in ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/ and can be 'uninstalled' by removing the program folder and profile folder.
I've found it to have far fewer annoyances than later versions of Firefox and although it's based on the same rendering engine seems to be much more nimble. The interface can be made pretty minimal and the simple wysiwyg html composer is also very handy
Paul
Seamonkey is 'stand-alone' and can be installed in any location - installation is just a case of unpacking the archive. It stores your Seamonkey user profile (mailboxes, preferences etc) in ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/ and can be 'uninstalled' by removing the program folder and profile folder.
I've found it to have far fewer annoyances than later versions of Firefox and although it's based on the same rendering engine seems to be much more nimble. The interface can be made pretty minimal and the simple wysiwyg html composer is also very handy
Paul