I've used Firefox on windows since around version 0.9(something), along with (in more recent times), the following AddOns:
- Adblock Plus
- No Script
- ForecastFox
- Status for ever
- (Video) Downloadhelper
- Flagfox
- Down them all!
- Download Statusbar
- Bookmark Favicon Changer (more about this below)
A little voice in my head said "No Way" , as SeaMonkey is really a descendent of the Netscape Suite (a "Big Fat Lady (R) ). I thought it would be slow and bloaty. Nonetheless, I've noticed radical slow downs in initial loading of Firefox from USB, and almost all the "stuff" I carry around with me lives on USB sticks...
(A lot of that stuff is from the highly recommended portableapps.com ....)
Still, I tried it, and was amazed! It really is faster to loading my home page (I use en.wikipedia.org).
The first problem is that I have many bookmarks in Firefox so I needed to import those into SeaMonkey. Backup from Firefox and Restore to SeaMonkey worked fine with just one little problem - All the bookmark toolbar icons were "Generic". A big problem for me as I abbreviate all the text descriptions to fit as many icons as possible in the main bar. The trick is to install Bookmark Favicon Changer in Firefox, go to its options dialog and check the "embed icon data..." option. That way, your JSON backup has the icons. Install the same addon in SeaMonkey and check the option there. Now, when you restore the bookmarks backup it brings in the icons.
OK, but now we had another problem. I needed to import or install (somehow) the history from Firefox. Some searching with Google showed up that this is located in the profile directory (which for SeaMonkey is
<drive letter>:\PortableApps\SeaMonkeyPortable\Data\profile\profiles.sqlite)
Copying the file worked fine - I now have a SeaMonkey with all the old information from Firefox.
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