SeaMonkey
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 NASA's Earth page in SeaMonkey |
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| Developed by | SeaMonkey Council |
| Initial release | January 30, 2006 |
| Stable release | 1.1.9 (March 25, 2008) [+/−] |
| Preview release | none (n/a) [+/−] |
| Written in | C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Gecko |
| Available in | 20 languages |
| Genre | Internet suite |
| License | Mozilla tri-license |
| Website | SeaMonkey Project |
SeaMonkey is a free, open source, and cross-platform Internet suite that is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite. Based on the same source code as the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey consists of a Navigator which is a descendant of the Netscape family; a Mail and Newsgroups client program, and an HTML editor, or Composer program. 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.
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[edit] History
On 10 March 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced that they would not release any further official versions of Mozilla Application Suite beyond 1.7.x, since they are 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 means that the suite will still continue to be developed, but now by the SeaMonkey Council instead of the Mozilla Foundation. SeaMonkey 1.0 was released on January 30, 2006.
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.
[edit] Release history
Parts of this table are based on the release notes of SeaMonkey and the roadmap.
| Old release | Current release | Future release |
| Branch | Version | Release date | Significant changes |
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| 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] | |
| 1.1.7 | 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. | |
| 1.9/Trunk | 2.0 Alpha | 2008 | Toolkit transition and major feature work |
[edit] Naming
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" winning a contest for it and chosen with reference to Artemia Salina Brine shrimp. The SeaMonkey Council has now trademarked the name with help from the Mozilla Foundation.[2] 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.
The choice of "SeaMonkey" as the official name of the follow-up project has drawn criticism from some long-time users and testers of the Mozilla Suite, as many would have preferred the continued use of the name "Mozilla" or "Mozilla Suite". However, the Mozilla Foundation has stated that the name change was necessary in order to differentiate the new independent product from official products of the foundation.
[edit] Portability
The SeaMonkey project releases official builds for three operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Unofficial ports exist for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, OS/2, Solaris and BeOS / Magnussoft ZETA.
[edit] See also
- List of web browsers
- List of news clients
- List of HTML editors
- List of IRC clients
- Comparison of web browsers
- Comparison of e-mail clients
- Comparison of HTML editors
- Comparison of IRC clients
- List of Firefox extensions
- Browser timeline
- Mozilla Composer
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Mozilla Foundation (March 10, 2005). Mozilla Application Suite - Transition Plan. Retrieved March 10, 2005.
- MozillaZine (June 6, 2005). Community Mozilla Application Suite Project Not Renamed Yet. Retrieved June 6, 2005.
- Adot's Notblog (June 6, 2005). It's not a renaming and it's not official. Retrieved June 20, 2005.
- SeaMonkey Council (July 2, 2005). SeaMonkey Project Continues Internet Suite. Retrieved July 3, 2005.
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