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Add to SafariWhen comparing Seamonkey vs Basilisk, the Slant community recommends Seamonkey for most people. In the question“What are the best web browsers for UNIX-like systems?” Seamonkey is ranked 18th while Basilisk is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Seamonkey is:
Seamonkey is more than just an e-mail client as it is a full featured web browser as well. This makes for a good app to use for those that dislike having many different apps on their devices as it is a bit like an all in one solution.
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Pros
Pro Not just an e-mail client
Seamonkey is more than just an e-mail client as it is a full featured web browser as well. This makes for a good app to use for those that dislike having many different apps on their devices as it is a bit like an all in one solution.
Pro Auto imports setting from Thunderbird
For those that would be making the switch from the Thunderbird e-mail client setup is quite easy with Seamonkey as it auto imports all previous Thunderbird settings.
Pro Open Source
So the source code can be verified.
Cons
Con Permanent CPU usage
Seamonkey permanently uses CPU (quite a few percents on a Intel i7). On a laptop this causes the fan to run (which make noise) and the battery to lasts less time.
Con Security risk
Con Limited WebRTC support
Con Licensed under MPL
which one of the more restrictive open source licenses.
Con Uses Goanna
A Gecko fork that is developed by mostly one developer.
Con Only available for Intel based cpu architectures
it is only available for ix86 and amd64.
Con Limited Widevine support
