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Revision as of 15:45, 26 May 2010

For other uses, see Seamonkey (disambiguation).
SeaMonkey
Developer(s)SeaMonkey Council
Initial releaseJanuary 30, 2006 (2006-01-30)
Stable release2.53.10.2 (December 28, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-28)[1]) [±]
Preview release2.53.18 Beta 1 (November 25, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-11-25)[2]) [±]
Repository
Written inC++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformGecko
Available in20 languages
TypeInternet suite
LicenseMozilla tri-license
WebsiteSeaMonkey Project

SeaMonkey is a free and open source cross-platform Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code. Core Mozilla project source code is licensed under a disjunctive tri-license that gives the choice of one of the three following sets of licensing terms: Mozilla Public License, version 1.1 or later, GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later, GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later.[3]

The development of SeaMonkey is community-driven, in contrast to the Mozilla Application Suite, which until its last released version (1.7.13) was governed by the Mozilla Foundation. The new project-leading group is the SeaMonkey Council.

Naming

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3 start up for the first time on Linux.
The new addons dialog for SeaMonkey 2.

To avoid confusing organizations that still want to use the original Mozilla Suite, the new product needed a new name. After initial speculation by members of the community, a July 2, 2005 announcement confirmed that SeaMonkey would officially become the name of the Internet suite superseding the Mozilla Suite.

"SeaMonkey" was formerly used by Netscape and the Mozilla Foundation as a code name for the never-released "Netscape Communicator 5" and later the Mozilla Suite itself. Originally, the name derived from needing a nicer word instead of ButtMonkey[4] winning a contest for it and chosen with reference to brine shrimp. The SeaMonkey Council has now trademarked the name with help from the Mozilla Foundation.[5] The project uses a separate numbering scheme, with the first release being called SeaMonkey 1.0. Despite having a different name and version number, SeaMonkey 1.0 is based on the same code as Mozilla 1.8.

History

On March 10, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced that it would not release any official versions of Mozilla Application Suite beyond 1.7.x, since it had now focused on the standalone applications Firefox and Thunderbird. However, the Foundation emphasized that they would still provide infrastructure for community members who wished to continue development. In effect, this meant that the suite would still continue to be developed, but now by the SeaMonkey Council instead of the Mozilla Foundation.

The SeaMonkey Council, which is the team responsible for project and release management, currently consists of Mark Banner, Christian Biesinger, Karsten Düsterloh, Robert Kaiser, Ian Neal, Neil Rashbrook, and Andrew Schultz.

The first version of SeaMonkey, 1.0 Alpha, was released on September 15, 2005 [6], followed by SeaMonkey 1.0 stable released on January 30, 2006. The release of SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2 on December 10, 2008 scored 93/100 on the Acid 3 test.

Release history

Parts of this table are based on the SeaMonkey release notes, the roadmap and the meeting notes.

  •   Old release
  •   Current release
  •   Future release
Gecko Branch Version Release date Significant changes
1.8 1.0 Alpha September 15, 2005
1.0 Beta December 19, 2005
1.8.0 1.0 January 30, 2006 Official Version 1.0 release.
1.0.1 April 13, 2006 Security updates and native support for Intel-based Macintosh computers, via Universal Binary.
1.0.2 June 1, 2006 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.3 July 27, 2006 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.4 August 2, 2006 Small fix for a regression with the Microsoft Media Server protocol in 1.0.3.
1.0.5 September 14, 2006 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.6 November 8, 2006 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.7 December 20, 2006 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.8 February 27, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.0.9 May 30, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes. Marks the end of life for SeaMonkey 1.0.x series.
1.8.1 1.1 Alpha August 30, 2006 Major feature work
1.1 Beta November 8, 2006
1.1 January 18, 2007 Official Version 1.1 release.
1.1.1 February 28, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.2 May 30, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.3 July 19, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.4 August 3, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.5 October 19, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.6 November 5, 2007 Several small problems in displaying certain web pages corrected
1.1.7 November 30, 2007 Stability improvement and security fixes. Problem with running SeaMonkey from read-only application directories corrected.
1.1.8 February 7, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.9 March 25, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.10 July 2, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.11 July 15, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.12 September 23, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.13 November 12, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.14 December 16, 2008 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.15 March 18, 2009 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.16 April 8, 2009 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.17 June 22, 2009 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.18 September 3, 2009 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.1.19 March 16, 2010 Stability improvement and security fixes. End-of-life of 1.1.x product line.
1.9.1 2.0 Alpha 1 October 5, 2008 Toolkit transition and major feature work
2.0 Alpha 2 December 10, 2008 Toolkit transition and major feature work
2.0 Alpha 3 March 3, 2009 Toolkit transition and major feature work
2.0 Beta 1 July 21, 2009 Follows Gecko 1.9.1.1 stable release, major feature work
2.0 Beta 2 September 12, 2009 major feature work
2.0 RC 1 October 10, 2009 first release candidate
2.0 RC 2 October 19, 2009 second release candidate
2.0 October 27, 2009 Official Version 2.0 release.
2.0.1 December 15, 2009 Stability improvement and security fixes.
2.0.2 January 11, 2010 Stability improvement and security fixes.
2.0.3 February 17, 2010 Stability improvement and security fixes.
2.0.4 March 30, 2010 Stability improvement and security fixes.
1.9.3 2.1 Alpha 1 May 18, 2010 feature work
2.1 To be determined Next release

Components

SeaMonkey consists of a web browser (SeaMonkey Navigator), which is a descendant of the Netscape family, an e-mail and news client program (SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups, which shares code with Mozilla Thunderbird), an HTML editor (SeaMonkey Composer) and an IRC client (ChatZilla). The software suite supports skins. It comes with two skins in the default installation, Modern and Classic.[7]

Mail

Mail features include support for multiple accounts, junk mail detection, message filters, HTML message support, a dictionary, an address book, customizable labels and mail views as well as integration with the rest of suite.

Composer

SeaMonkey Composer is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and part of the SeaMonkey Internet Suite. Its main user interface features four tabs: Normal (WYSIWYG), HTML tags, HTML code, and browser preview. The generated code is HTML 4.01 Transitional. As of version 1.1.13, SeaMonkey Composer supports basic text formatting and styling, insertion of hyperlinks and images, and the creation of tables. It does not support the addition of form elements (text fields, check boxes, and buttons). SeaMonkey Composer is scheduled to be updated with the release of Kompozer 0.8 which is currently under development.

Portability

SeaMonkey Running on Linux, showing a verse in The Book of Mozilla

The SeaMonkey project releases official builds for three operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Unofficial ports exist for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, IRIX, OS/2, Solaris, AIX and BeOS/magnussoft ZETA.

Reception

A PC World review by Dennis O'Reilly described Seamonkey as easy to use, except for ChatZilla.[8] The reviewer found the program buggy and gave it 3.5 stars out of 5. A Softpedia review thought the software suite was both easy to use and feature packed. Nistor rated the program 4 out of 5 stars.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "SeaMonkey 2.53.10.2 released". 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ^ "SeaMonkey 2.53.18 Beta 1". SeaMonkey Project. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ^ Mozilla.org
  4. ^ SeaMonkey: Name And Version
  5. ^ Home of KaiRo: SeaMonkey trademarks registered!
  6. ^ SeaMonkey Download & Releases
  7. ^ a b Codrut Nistor (December 18, 2006). "SeaMonkey Review: Web Browsing and a Little More". Softpedia. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  8. ^ Dennis O'Reilly (March 28, 2006). "SeaMonkey Offers Browser, E-Mail, and Chat". PC World. PCWorld Communications, Inc. Retrieved January 30, 2010.

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