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SeaMonkey is a web browser that shares much of the same base code as the popular Firefox web browser. It also contains an advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite". Whereas the main focus of the Mozilla Foundation is on Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, our group of dedicated volunteers works to ensure that you can have "everything but the kitchen sink” and have it stable enough for corporate use.
Version 2.0:
- SeaMonkey uses the same internal platform as Firefox 3.5.4 now. Due to this change SeaMonkey is now much closer to Firefox as far as user profiles, add-ons and functionality of user interface elements are concerned.
- The default location of user profiles has changed. Legacy profiles, e.g. from SeaMonkey 1.x, or even Thunderbird profiles, can be migrated automatically, excluding third-party add-ons (extensions and themes). The old profile will not be touched (instead, copies are made).
- The new Add-on Manager allows to install, update, disable and remove extensions (add-ons), themes and plugins using the same mechanisms Firefox uses. This should ease extension management and development considerably.
- Session restore (crash recovery) has been added. Now, when SeaMonkey crashes, all your browser windows and tabs will be restored automatically or on request (including data entered in web forms!). In addition, users can select to always restore the browser windows and tabs from their last open session when starting SeaMonkey.
- Reopening closed browser windows (Undo Close Window) is now possible.
- History is now stored in a better database solution, so that it can easily keep more information, and the location bar determines which addresses to autocomplete and/or show in the drop down menu with a smarter algorithm based on what you type, searching in both URL and title of visited pages by default.
- Toolbars in the browser, main MailNews and message compose windows are now fully customizable, including icon size and whether to display icons and/or text for every major toolbar, all available via their context menus.
- The MailNews component now includes support for reading RSS and Atom feeds. The browser detects feeds offered by web pages, can preview them and offers different ways to subscribe to them.
- New IMAP accounts will now keep local offline copies by default, as a part of a number of speed improvements when working with IMAP. Synchronization can be disabled per account or for individual folders, and limited to the most recent messages in the Synchronization & Storage settings.
- Tabbed Mail enables accounts, folders and even single messages to be opened in tabs inside the Mail & Newsgroups window. This feature also enables the Lightning extension to be installed into SeaMonkey for calendering functionality.
- Password Manager was switched to an improved version, allowing easier searching, and notification bars replacing modal dialogs for remembering logins.
- Download Manager has been completely reworked, including support for cross-session resumable downloads.
- A new form manager replaces all previous web form management, and automatically keeps a record of what you type into forms and presents you these options in a drop-down list when you come back.
- Cookie Manager has been improved and now allows searching for cookies by site and cookie name.
- Gecko, the rendering engine used in SeaMonkey, has seen many improvements since the version used in the last stable release. Changes range from a better graphics backend (Cairo/Thebes) to improved support for fonts, CSS, DOM and JavaScript. SeaMonkey 2.0 passes the Acid2 test and most of Acid3 and includes all the HTML5 and other new web-facing features also included in Firefox 3.5, such as audio/video elements, downloadable fonts and JIT-compiled JavaScript.
- Most of the icons in the default theme have been exchanged for newer images that fit better with the look of modern desktop environments.
- The default theme on Mac OS X was completely renewed to better fit with the look of Leopard and Snow Leopard.
- For extension developers, SMILE is introduced, making interfaces known from FUEL and STEEL also available in SeaMonkey.
- Support for Windows 95, 98, Me and NT 4 was dropped. GTK 2.10 or higher is now required on Linux/UNIX. Support for Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther") and 10.2 ("Jaguar") was also dropped.
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| SeaMonkey User Reviews (294 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Oct 10 2009 |
KNOWHOWE I must admit to not yet getting to know the browser itself but very much appreciate the easy-to-use IRC feature of this package. Have found myself sitting up far too late at night indulging in quizzes such as as a result!
(Version 2.0rc1) | |
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 | Sep 24 2009 |
MICG Best web browser of my choice. The online community is tremendous, the updates are regular, and the power of this browser suite is amazing. When they go to v2.x.x I'll upgrade. I'm happy with this browser. It generally blocks out the pop-ups without all the add-ons. (I don't like add-ons)
(Version 2.0b2) | |
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 | Sep 13 2009 |
PLOTZENHOTS wonderfull browsingsuite but - little bug in the de-version mail will not send with error "no password" once again this is only a bug in the german 2.0b2
(Version 2.0b2) | |
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| Dec 8 2007 |
BOBC4775 i have only een using tiger for a few weeks and tried seamonkey because i didn't care for safari. I'm pleased with seamonkey (v1.7) except for the fact you cant copy and paste. When I try to highlight text, as soon as I move the trackball (logitech marble) I get a menu that looks like I right clicked. The copy and paste works fine in other apps. i found mention of this problem from 2006 but can't find anything recent. Is this a seamonkey bug or is it a logitech unintentional negative enhancement? | |
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| Oct 19 2007 |
JCRAIG Strange how the screenshot of the MU website is displayed on the left side of the page, when in my Camino and Minefield builds it is centered/dynamic.
(Version 1.1.5) | |
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| Oct 19 2007 |
LACWBO This browser is much faster than Firefox or Safari. Except for Camino, it renders my.yahoo.com pages faster than any of the rest. I also like the way it handles cookies. Keep up the good work.
(Version 1.1.5) | |
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| Oct 15 2007 |
GEEPZ I like it. You do have to change the theme, but there are some good ones available. I hope this continues to be supported as an alternative to Firefox. It is very fast on old machines and it's nice to have the e-mail client built-in. Hopefully more developers will get involved. The all-in-one approach definitely has life left in it, but the components could use a major update (think Flock).
(Version 1.1.4) | |
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| Oct 7 2007 |
PORCUSTAL like has been said this is a really great web browser if you like the old Mozilla. It has your basic web development abilities and usual mozilla/firefox browsing features. bulkier but very kitchen sink, which is what i like. Its html editor could use some updateing to be a bit less buggy but its just fine for quick edits...
(Version 1.1.4) | |
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| Jul 26 2007 |
GEORGE24 I really enjoy using SeaMonkey. Having the email client and browser in one application is great. I like it simple - it works - it is that simple. With SeaMonkey my 83 yo mother can use one program on her Mac and not get flustered. I can answer her questions since I use the same program (by telephone since we live in different cities). If you don't like it don't use it. Don't knock it either because it does what it is supposed to do. BTW - my cellphone has no camera! And I don't text. My 1st Mac was the 512k Fat Mac. So at one time I was on the leading edge of the curve. I enjoy where I am now and appreciate the work of the good folks who have provided a super application for many OS. | |
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| Sep 26 2009 |
MICG The new version 2 will be a major enhancement over the current Classic theme. There's also the modern theme. - There's also other themes you can download.
(Version 2.0b2) | |
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