Re: [gentoo-user] mozilla migration option

[Dale]

James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Background:
>
> We have many windoz and linux systems, all users use mozilla, for
> these key reasons:
>
> Easy to install on windoz or linux
> easy to upgrade
> easy to troubleshoot
> email is stored in plain ascii text
> easy for *users* to backup their bookmarks.html and email boxes
> email and browser, etc,  in a single  easy to manage package.
> Note: All Linux systems all use KDE-meta as I do not have time to
> customize various kde packages on  variety of systems.
> < snip >
>
> You could also try Seamonkey [1] which is closer replacement of Mozilla
> than Firefox. It is an "all-in-one" solution just like Mozilla (web
> browser, e-mail client, HTML composer, IRC client). It can be found in
> portage.
> <end/snip>
>
> So, my biggest challenge is migrating all of the bookmarks, email,
>  setings and such to a new platform. Simple automation of this task
> is the key ingredient, as well as a simple restore when a user gets
> a new portable or workstation.
>
> What's the best choice for making the migration as easy as possible?
> After all, our users are frequently migrating their 'main machine'
> form one sytems to another very frequently.
>
> ideas?
>
>
> James
>
>

I recently switched to Seamonkey and it just worked great.  It will use
the same mozilla directory used before, mail and all.  Just uninstall
Mozilla and install Seamonkey and start it up and continue on.

This may be the easiest option for you as you really don't have to do
anything but uninstall then install.

Hope this helps.

Dale

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