Leaner surfing with the SeaMonkey Internet Suite
Clever Combination
SeaMonkey is a lean and time-tested alternative for web, mail, IM, and address management that supports Firefox plugins.
Mozilla Firefox is regarded as one of the most secure web browsers and enjoys great popularity for its versatility and usability. But Firefox and its email counterpart Thunderbird are not really suitable for low-end hardware, and even some users with high-end hardware prefer to travel light and avoid big, over-sized applications.
Several leaner browser alternatives exist today, such as Qupzilla, Midori, Chrome, or even Min and Dillo, but many of these tools don't provide the security and privacy options included with Firefox. Perhaps more importantly, they don't offer the rich collections of add-ons and extensions available through Firefox and the Mozilla family of applications.
SeaMonkey [1] is a suite of Internet tools that provides a lean, standards-compliant alternative to Thunderbird and Firefox. The suite is based on the Mozilla Application Suite and is a descendant of the Netscape tool family. The good news for users who are searching for a leaner alternative is that SeaMonkey provides this lighter footprint while still maintaining compatibility with many Firefox add-ons.
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