SeaMonkey 2.0 released [LWN.net]

From:		Robert Kaiser <kairo-AT-kairo.at>
To:		dev-planning-AT-lists.mozilla.org
Subject:		SeaMonkey 2.0 - The Modern Internet Suite is Here!
Date:		Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:27:47 +0100
Archive-link:		Article, Thread

The SeaMonkey project at Mozilla is excited to release its completely
refurbished next generation of the all-in one Internet suite today:
SeaMonkey 2.0, now available for free download from the
seamonkey-project.org website, melds the ideas behind Netscape Communicator
with the modern platform of Firefox 3.5 to create one of the most
compelling open source products for advanced Internet users.

The combination of an Internet browser, email & newsgroup client, HTML
editor, IRC chat and web development tools, that has already established a
wide user base in its previous incarnations, has been rebuilt on top of the
modern Mozilla platform, featuring world-class add-on management among
other things. In addition, it has been improved with feed support
(including an RSS and Atom feed reader in the mail component), a modern
look, restoration of browser tabs and windows after crashes or restarts,
tabbed mail, automated updates, smart history search from the location bar,
faster JavaScript, HTML5 features (for example video and downloadable
fonts), and even support for the Lightning calendar add-on (which will
issue a beta for installation on SeaMonkey 2.0 in the next few weeks).

The release notes feature more in-depth lists of the improvements and known
issues with the new version as well as installation requirements and
instructions. Find even more information on SeaMonkey 2.0 and the SeaMonkey
project at seamonkey-project.org!

Full news article:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2009-10-27

Downloads for all available platforms and languages:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/

Release notes:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.0

System Requirements:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/system-requirements

Robert Kaiser
SeaMonkey project coordinator

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SeaMonkey 2.0 released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 17:07 UTC (Tue) by pheldens (guest, #19366) [Link]

Thanks, excellent browser, it's noticably speedier than 1.x and the new built in feed reader has replaced my dogslow liferea which no longer can be built without webkit deps. For the rest I like the pretty new icons, except for the ambiguous delete/junk icons.

SeaMonkey 2.0 released

Posted Oct 28, 2009 14:41 UTC (Wed) by TRS-80 (subscriber, #1804) [Link]

I've been using SessionSaver .2d for quite a few years now with SeaMonkey 1.x. I might try SeaMonkey 2.0 as my secondary or tertiary browser, but it's not going to cut it as my primary due to the referrer not being stored in history. This is perhaps the only case where Mork is better than SQLite, as I was able to write a patch for the old history based on Mork, but haven't for Places.

SeaMonkey 2.0 released

Posted Oct 28, 2009 15:13 UTC (Wed) by bkw1a (subscriber, #4101) [Link]

Unfortunately, though, Seamonkey 2.0 now uses the same printing interface that Firefox uses. This means that it no longer remembers lpr command-line options, even during the same session. Here's my note about it on one of the Seamonkey forums:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=15...

Strange crash

Posted Oct 29, 2009 7:27 UTC (Thu) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

Still seems to have the same strange problem I already noticed in RC2: On Centos 5.3 (at least), visiting the CentOS 5.4 rel note with Seamonkey 2.0 crashes, and takes the entire X11 session with it. Here is the URL: http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4 (warning: don't go there with Seamonkey 2 without saving you work first). Now to find the Seamonkey bugzilla.

Strange crash

Posted Oct 29, 2009 22:39 UTC (Thu) by linuxrocks123 (guest, #34648) [Link]

If it's taking down all of X11, you should report this as a bug in X, not Seamonkey.

Strange crash not Seamonkeys fault

Posted Oct 30, 2009 11:43 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

On further investigation, the problem does not appear on another, different Linux distribution I tried it on (crunchbang), so yes, this issue seems to be only a fault in the X11 server of CentOS 5.3. (But in general, a bug in an app could also take down X11, it is not that robust in practice, unfortunately).

Strange crash

Posted Oct 30, 2009 23:46 UTC (Fri) by pheldens (guest, #19366) [Link]

worked fine here