GStreamer and PulseAudio support has been re-enabled on Linux.
Mozilla platform changes
Support for H264 (MP4) is now built in on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and newer through native APIs.
HTTP/2 (draft14) and ALPN have been implemented.
Added ability to recover from a locked process in the "SeaMonkey is already running" dialog on Windows.
Added ECDH support for WebCrypto.
The console.table function has been added to the Error Console.
CSS transitions start correctly now when started at the same time as changes to display, position, overflow, and similar properties.
Also see Firefox 34 for Developers.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.26.1 -> v2.29.1
Major Changes
None.
Fixes in 2.29.1
While composing mail, an empty line appeared in the attachment context menu when right clicking the attachment area (bug 1039933).
Switching tabs triggered onLocationChange with the LOCATION_CHANGE_SAME_DOCUMENT flag, preventing Adblock Plus from working correctly (bug 1035171).
Förändringar v2.22.1 -> v2.23
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Download progress is now shown in the Mac OS X app dock icon.
EXIF orientation is now being used when displaying attached images in MailNews.
"This folder is being processed... to get messages." alerts on active MailNews folders now identify the account or folder.
MailNews notifications have a new look.
See the changes page for a more complete overview.
Mozilla platform changes
All plugins, with the exception of recent Flash plugins, now default to click-to-play.
The password manager now supports script-generated password fields.
Support for H.264 on Linux is now available if the appropriate GStreamer plugins are installed.
Support for MP3 decoding on Windows XP has been added, completing MP3 support across Windows OS versions.
The CSP implementation now supports multiple policies, including the case of both an enforced and Report-Only policy, per the spec.
There is no longer a prompt when websites use appcache.
Support for the CSS image orientation property has been added.
IndexedDB can now be used as an "optimistic" storage area so it does not require any prompts and data is stored in a pool with LRU eviction policy, in short temporary storage.
When displaying a standalone images, the EXIF orientation information contained within the JPEG image is now matched (bug 298619).
Page load times have been improved due to no longer decoding images that are not visible (bug 847223).
Support for the AudioToolbox MP3 backend has been added on Mac OS X (bug 914479).
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.20 -> v2.21
Implemented an option to thread messages received by date.
Allowed deletion of news posts by default.
Implemented optional taskbar preview-per-tab.
Added support (permission prompt) for desktop notifications.
Added Isn't operator for searching by Priority.
See the changes page for a more complete overview.
Mozilla platform changes
Support for new scrollbar style on Mac OS X 10.7 and newer.
Accessibility related improvements on using pinned tabs (bug 577727).
Major SVG rendering improvements around Image tiling and scaling (bug 600207).
Removed support for sherlock files that are loaded from application or profile directory.
Support for W3C touch events disabled (bug 888304).
Förändringar v2.19 -> v2.20
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The Content Security Policy (CSP) 1.0 parser has been enabled.
The Mixed Content Blocker has been enabled, blocking insecure active content loads on HTTPS pages.
New mail alert information can be customized now (Preferences/Mail & Newsgroups/Notifications).
A confirmation prompt has been introduced to protect against accidental permanent data loss when force-deleting messages using Shift+Del.
MailNews Save As Template supports multiple selections now.
The size on disk is now shown for newsgroup folders.
See the changes page for a more complete overview.
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for scrollbar style in Mac OS X 10.7 and newer.
Enabled mixed content blocking to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages (learn more).
Improved about:memory's functional UI.
Enabled DXVA2 on Windows Vista+ to accelerate H.264 video decoding.
Simplified interface for notifications of plugin installation.
Enabled users to switch the search provider across the entire browser.
CSP policies using the standard syntax and semantics will now be enforced.
Implemented the HTML5 form control.
Added unprefixed requestAnimationFrame.
Dropped blink effect from CSS rule text-decoration:blink and completely removed
Förändringar v2.17.1 -> v2.19
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Mark -> As Read now checks the state of all selected messages instead of only the first one's.
Notifications for mixed content blocker have been implemented.
A new 3rd-party cookie restriction to visited websites option has been added to the Cookies pref pane.
The context menu Search option is now available for textareas and input fields.
Website storage mechanisms are now available in the Data Manager (localStorage, indexedDB, etc.).
"Open Containing Folder" is now already available during download.
See the changes page for minor changes.
Mozilla platform changes
asm.js optimizations (OdinMonkey) have been enabled for major performance improvements.
Improved WebGL rendering performance through asynchronous canvas updates.
Plain text files displayed within the browser will now word-wrap.
For user security, the Components object is no longer accessible from web content.
Improved memory usage and display time when rendering images.
The Pointer Lock API can now be used outside of fullscreen.
CSS3 Flexbox has been implemented and enabled by default.
The new Web Notifications API has been implemented.
Added clipboardData API for JavaScript access to a user's clipboard.
Support for new HTML5 and
Förändringar v2.19 Beta 1 -> v2.19 Beta 2
Mitigate clickjacking of about:certerror (bug 871536).
Workaround for unusually large DirectWrite font line heights (bug 868495).
Private downloads should ignore the Download Manager (bug 873355).
Private windows should not opt out of the private browsing session (bug 874042).
Private sidebar searches should not open in a normal window (bug 875889).
Last page visited should not include private browsing windows (bug 883577).
Förändringar v2.18 beta 4 -> v2.19 Beta 1
Major Changes
None.
Features in Beta 1
Mark -> As Read now checks the state of all selected messages instead of only the first one's (Bug 768025).
Notifications for mixed content blocker have been implemented (Bug 842191).
A new 3rd-party cookie restriction to visited websites option has been added to the Cookies pref pane (Bug 845353).
The context menu Search option is now available for textareas and input fields (Bug 807326).
Website storage mechanisms are now available in the Data Manager (localStorage, indexedDB, etc.) (Bug 588415).
"Open Containing Folder" is now already available during download (Bug 497379).
Fixes in Beta 1
The new mail alert has been disabled for now due to issues on Mac (Bug 840474).
The Geolocation prompt does not offer an action in Private Browsing mode anymore if the action remembers permission for more than a session (Bug 870728).
A slightly less useless access key has been chosen for the new Error Console Filter textbox label (Bug 860851).
Mixed content blocker preferences are now handled by Sync (Bug 860970).
LDAP passwords were requested for each lookup even if they were saved (Bug 833971).
Get New Messages for All Accounts has been fixed (Bug 855631).
The "File" button in the "Search messages" window has been renamed to "Move" (Bug 325777).
The entries in the "Trust junk mail headers set by" menu list are now sorted (Bug 847172).
The check for the allowed mail storage directory has been made more universal and accessible to extensions (Bug 848477).
A wrong message and reason was reported with untrusted CA roots when signing email (Bug 465351).
The IMAP-specific "Empty trash" confirmation dialog has been removed and the mailnews.*.dontAskAgain and mail.*.dontAskAgain prefs been merged (Bug 448624).
Help now explains what happens when Safe Browsing blocks a website (Bug 852809).
Email addresses with trailing whitespace could be displayed wrongly when composing and cause lost mails and malformed duplicate address book entries (Bug 286760).
Switching the account during message composing did not apply the signing prefs from the new account (Bug 624432).
The Help Glossary has been extended with new Privacy & Security terms (Bug 847182).
Growl support has been removed again (Bug 852461).
Safe Browsing debug has been turned off and Sync support turned on (Bug 851789).
The Bookmarks Toolbar was not populated with items if the grippy was collapsed when the browser window was opened (Bug 818437).
Special mail folder icons were not shown for IMAP shared folders (bug 840003).
Null bytes are now stripped from document titles when setting the window title in order to prevent Private Browsing spoofing (Bug 851527).
Invalid message ContentType values are handled better now (Bug 459474).
A tutorial section on User Tracking has been added to Help (Bug 844823).
The Customize Headers window prompted twice (Bug 524662).
ReplyTo has been added to the default IMAP headers in order to fix Reply with Template behavior (Bug 655428).
The offline folder flag will no longer be set for SPAM and TRASH folders (Bug 809990).
Help now includes documentation for the Offline Applications pref pane (Bug 771534).
The main Privacy & Security pref pane is now documented and features a Help button (Bug 631566).
The access key for "Perform these actions" now sets/moves focus to first action item in the Filter editor (Bug 825449).
Clear Private Data (preferences and menu) documentation has been added to Help (Bug 416234).
An "Error parsing template: expected to be first" message could appear when opening the virtual folder list dialog (Bug 747325).
The umask for emails saved as a file were not respecting the system umask (Bug 472865).
Förändringar v2.18 beta 1 -> v2.18 Beta 2
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Basic Private Browsing support has been added (experimental for now).
Added support for safe browsing which blocks potentially malicious websites reported as attack sites (malware) or web forgeries (phishing).
Information like preview text, subject and sender can be shown in new mail notifications now.
See the changes page for minor changes.
Mozilla platform changes
CSS -moz-user-select:none selection has been changed to improve compatibility with -webkit-user-select:none (bug 816298).
Fixed some function keys not working when pressed (bug 833719).
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.17 -> v2.17.1
Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.).
Continued implementation of draft ECMAScript 6 (clear() and Math.imul).
Förändringar v2.16.2 -> v2.17
Mozilla platform changes
Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.).
Continued implementation of draft ECMAScript 6 (clear() and Math.imul).
Förändringar v2.16.1 -> v2.16.2
Major Changes
Reply to List is now supported (bug 654009, bug 814948).
SSL-related warning prompts (leaving or entering a secure site, viewing mixed content) have been replaced by less intrusive, non-modal notification bars (bug 810673).
Fixes in 2.16.2
Fixed a regression introduced in 2.16.1 relating to strings. Most prominent in some locales with portions of SeaMonkey unuseable.
Förändringar v2.15.2 -> v2.16.1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Reply to List is now supported.
SSL-related warning prompts (leaving or entering a secure site, viewing mixed content) have been replaced by less intrusive, non-modal notification bars.
See the changes page for minor changes.
Mozilla platform changes
Image quality has been improved through a new HTML scaling algorithm.
Canvas elements can export their content as an image blob using canvas.toBlob() now.
CSS @page is now supported.
CSS viewport-percentage length units have been implemented (vh, vw, vmin and vmax).
CSS text-transform now supports full-width.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.15.2 -> v2.16
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Reply to List is now supported.
SSL-related warning prompts (leaving or entering a secure site, viewing mixed content) have been replaced by less intrusive, non-modal notification bars.
See the changes page for minor changes.
Mozilla platform changes
Image quality has been improved through a new HTML scaling algorithm.
Canvas elements can export their content as an image blob using canvas.toBlob() now.
CSS @page is now supported.
CSS viewport-percentage length units have been implemented (vh, vw, vmin and vmax).
CSS text-transform now supports full-width.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.16 Beta 1 -> v2.16 Beta 2
Major Changes
Reply to List is now supported (bug 654009, bug 814948).
SSL-related warning prompts (leaving or entering a secure site, viewing mixed content) have been replaced by less intrusive, non-modal notification bars (bug 810673).
Fixes in Beta 2
None.
Förändringar v2.14.1 -> v2.15.1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
SeaMonkey can be set as default client/browser on Mac and Linux now.
Mozilla platform changes
The new IonMonkey compiler improves JavaScript performance.
Preliminary support for WebRTC has been added.
Image quality has been improved through a new HTML scaling algorithm.
CSS3 Flexbox has been implemented.
Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio has been added.
Support for @supports has been added (disabled for now).
Startup time has been improved through smart handling of signed extension certificates.
HTML5: Support for W3C touch events has been implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
Insecure content loading has been disabled on HTTPS pages (see bug 62178).
Responsiveness for users on proxies has been improved.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.14.1 -> v2.15
SeaMonkey can be set as default client/browser on Mac and Linux now.
See the changes page for minor changes.
The new IonMonkey compiler improves JavaScript performance.
Preliminary support for WebRTC has been added.
Image quality has been improved through a new HTML scaling algorithm.
CSS3 Flexbox has been implemented.
Support for new DOM property window.devicePixelRatio has been added.
Support for @supports has been added (disabled for now).
Startup time has been improved through smart handling of signed extension certificates.
HTML5: Support for W3C touch events has been implemented, taking the place of MozTouch events
Insecure content loading has been disabled on HTTPS pages (see bug 62178).
Responsiveness for users on proxies has been improved.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.13.2 -> v2.14
Mozilla platform changes
OS X 10.6 is now the minimum supported Mac version.
JavaScript Maps and Sets are now iterable.
SVG FillPaint and StrokePaint have been implemented.
The sandbox attribute has been implemented for iframes, enabling increased security.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.14 Beta 2 -> v2.14 Beta 3
Previewing broken images in Page Info triggered a JavaScript error (bug 806144).
The Preferences UI for HTTP Keep-Alive has been removed (bug 804657).
Feed previews would stop working when JavaScript was disabled (bug 804411).
Missing favicons failed to load (bug 792735).
Local IMAP mail files could grow excessively (bug 803843).
NNTP error messages were no longer shown (bug 797600).
Förändringar v2.13.1 -> v2.13.2
Security fixes.
Edited contacts could not be saved if the address book contained lists (bug 801615).
Local IMAP mail files could grow excessively (bug 803843).
Förändringar v2.13 -> v2.13.1
FIXED: The vulnerability could allow a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited and have access to the URL or URL parameters. At this time we have no indication that this vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
Förändringar v2.12.1 -> v2.13
Added support for SPDY networking protocol v3.
Implemented WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance.
Optimized memory usage for add-ons.
Implemented the CSS word-break property.
Implemented high precision event timer.
HTML5: Added native support for the Opus audio codec.
HTML5: Added support for the source element media attribute.
HTML5: Added support for the audio element and video element played attribute.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.13 Beta 5 -> v2.13 Beta 6
Sniffing for feeds could lead to a crash (bug 794067).
The Bookmarks Manager Tools/Import HTML wizard had stopped working (bug 793425).
Bookmarks could get deleted and reset to default if bookmarks-*.json were deleted (bug 779716).
Selecting multiple PGP/MIME encrypted messages could lead to a crash (bug 795707).
Compacting folders could prevent the MailNews database cache from getting filled (bug 710056).
Förändringar v2.13 Beta 4 -> v2.13 Beta 5
SeaMonkey-specific changes
None.
Mozilla platform changes
JavaScript responsiveness has been improved through incremental garbage collection.
CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms and Gradients have been unprefixed.
MD5 is no longer supported as a hash algorithm in digital signatures.
The Opus codec is now support by default.
The reverse CSS3 animation direction has been implemented.
Per tab reporting is now available in about:memory.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.12 -> v2.12.1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
None.
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for SPDY networking protocol v3.
Implemented WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance.
Optimized memory usage for add-ons.
Implemented the CSS word-break property.
Implemented high precision event timer.
HTML5: Added native support for the Opus audio codec.
HTML5: Added support for the source element media attribute.
HTML5: Added support for the audio element and video element played attribute.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.11 -> v2.12
Added support for SPDY networking protocol v3.
Implemented WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance.
Optimized memory usage for add-ons.
Implemented the CSS word-break property.
Implemented high precision event timer.
HTML5: Added native support for the Opus audio codec.
HTML5: Added support for the source element media attribute.
HTML5: Added support for the audio element and video element played attribute.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.11 -> v2.12 Beta 1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Plugin instances can now be enabled individually in Click-to-Play Plugins mode.
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for SPDY networking protocol v3.
Implemented WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance.
Optimized memory usage for add-ons.
Implemented the CSS word-break property.
Implemented high precision event timer.
HTML5: Added native support for the Opus audio codec.
HTML5: Added support for the source element media attribute.
HTML5: Added support for the audio element and video element played attribute.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.11 Beta 6 -> v2.11
SeaMonkey-specific changes
A click-to-play option (off by default for now) has been implemented for plugins.
Mozilla platform changes
The Pointer Lock API has been implemented.
A new API to prevent your display from sleeping is available.
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements have been made for Turkic languages and Greek.
Fixed several stability issues.
Major Changes
A click-to-play option (pref: plugins.click_to_play, off by default for now) has been implemented for plugins (bug 743312, bug 747519, bug 747186, bug 753050).
Förändringar v2.11 Beta 4 -> v2.11 Beta 5
SeaMonkey-specific changes
A click-to-play option (off by default for now) has been implemented for plugins.
Mozilla platform changes
The Pointer Lock API has been implemented.
A new API to prevent your display from sleeping is available.
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements have been made for Turkic languages and Greek.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.11 Beta 3 -> v2.11 Beta 4
⇓ character entity and similar symbols caused excessive line-spacing under GDI (avoid using Cambria Math for symbol fallback) (bug 739804).
Allow Flash to be be upgraded while SeaMonkey is running, part 2 (allow plugins that we previously considered duplicates to be loaded/registered. Prefer plugins with higher version numbers when picking a handler for content) (bug 686335).
Allow Flash to be be upgraded while SeaMonkey is running, part 1 (implemented NPN_ReloadPlugins for out-of-process plugins) (bug 758363).
Förändringar v2.11 Beta 2 -> v2.11 Beta 3
Major Changes
A click-to-play option (pref: plugins.click_to_play, off by default for now) has been implemented for plugins (bug 743312, bug 747519, bug 747186, bug 753050).
Fixes in Beta 3
Nothing special.
Förändringar v2.10 -> v2.10.1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The domain name is highlighted in the location bar by default now, configurable in Preferences.
The amount of tabs to be restored concurrently can be configured in Preferences now.
News username and password auth dialogs have been combined and show for which server the prompt is now.
Mozilla platform changes
The new minimum supported Windows version is now XP SP2, Windows 2000 support has been dropped.
The SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added.
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to the
Förändringar v2.9.1 -> v2.10
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The domain name is highlighted in the location bar by default now, configurable in Preferences.
The amount of tabs to be restored concurrently can be configured in Preferences now.
News username and password auth dialogs have been combined and show for which server the prompt is now.
Mozilla platform changes
The new minimum supported Windows version is now XP SP2, Windows 2000 support has been dropped.
The SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added.
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to the
Förändringar v2.10 Beta 1 -> v2.10 Beta 2
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The domain name is highlighted in the location bar by default now, configurable in Preferences.
The amount of tabs to be restored concurrently can be configured in Preferences now.
News username and password auth dialogs have been combined and show for which server the prompt is now.
Mozilla platform changes
The new minimum supported Windows version is now XP SP2, Windows 2000 support has been dropped.
The SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added.
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to the
Förändringar v2.9 -> v2.9.1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The File and Move Bookmarks dialogs are resizable now.
HTML5 videos that do not start automatically show a large play button now.
Add-ons Sync can now be configured without the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on.
Pasting a URL from the clipboard into the Download Manager window will download it.
Plugins can be disabled for the whole suite now in addition to Mail & Newsgroups only.
Mozilla platform changes
View Source now has line numbers.
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute.
Find in Page search results are scrolled into view now.
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.9 Beta 2 -> v2.9 Beta 4
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The File and Move Bookmarks dialogs are resizable now.
HTML5 videos that do not start automatically show a large play button now.
Add-ons Sync can now be configured without the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on.
Pasting a URL from the clipboard into the Download Manager window will download it.
Plugins can be disabled for the whole suite now in addition to Mail & Newsgroups only.
Mozilla platform changes
View Source now has line numbers.
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute.
Find in Page search results are scrolled into view now.
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.9 Beta 2 -> v2.9 Beta 3
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The File and Move Bookmarks dialogs are resizable now.
HTML5 videos that do not start automatically show a large play button now.
Add-ons Sync can now be configured without the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on.
Pasting a URL from the clipboard into the Download Manager window will download it.
Plugins can be disabled for the whole suite now in addition to Mail & Newsgroups only.
Mozilla platform changes
View Source now has line numbers.
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute.
Find in Page search results are scrolled into view now.
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.9 Beta 1 -> v2.9 Beta 2
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The File and Move Bookmarks dialogs are resizable now.
HTML5 videos that do not start automatically show a large play button now.
Add-ons Sync can now be configured without the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on.
Pasting a URL from the clipboard into the Download Manager window will download it.
Plugins can be disabled for the whole suite now in addition to Mail & Newsgroups only.
Mozilla platform changes
View Source now has line numbers.
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute.
Find in Page search results are scrolled into view now.
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.8 -> v2.9 Beta 1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
The File and Move Bookmarks dialogs are resizable now.
HTML5 videos that do not start automatically show a large play button now.
Add-ons Sync can now be configured without the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on.
Pasting a URL from the clipboard into the Download Manager window will download it.
Plugins can be disabled for the whole suite now in addition to Mail & Newsgroups only.
Mozilla platform changes
View Source now has line numbers.
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute.
Find in Page search results are scrolled into view now.
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented.
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added.
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.7.2 -> v2.8
New Add-ons Sync engine (see release notes)
The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported
The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements
View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser
SPDY protocol support for faster page loads is now testable
XMLHttpRequest now supports HTML parsing
Files can now be stored in IndexedDB
Websockets has now been unprefixed
Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video
Fixed several stability issues
Förändringar v2.8 Beta 5 -> v2.8 Beta 6
Major Changes
New Add-ons Sync engine (install the Add-ons Sync Prefs add-on to enable it in Preferences)
Support for migrating from old profiles (before SeaMonkey 2.0) has been dropped (bug 689437).
Fixes in Beta 6
A Tabs Toolbar has been added for Thunderbird and Lightning compatibility (bug 721327).
Förändringar v2.7.1 -> v2.7.2
SeaMonkey was vulnerable to attacks using malformed images (Debian Security Advisory DSA-2410-1).
Förändringar v2.6.1 -> v2.7 Beta 1
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Add-ons are compatible by default now, provided they are declared compatible with SeaMonkey version 2.1 or better (bug 702792).
Mozilla platform changes
Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976).
CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115).
New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bug 613149 and bug 662288).
Added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification.
Fixed several stability issues.
Förändringar v2.6 -> v2.6.1
A crash could happen at startup (seen on Mac OS X and Linux)
Förändringar v2.6 Beta 3 -> v2.6 Beta 4
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Added support for the HTML5 "context menu" feature (contextmenu attribute)
Added Print Preview support to Composer
Added update channel indication to About SeaMonkey page (about:)
Mozilla platform changes
Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Förändringar v2.6 Beta 2 -> v2.6 Beta 3
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Added support for the HTML5 "context menu" feature (contextmenu attribute)
Added Print Preview support to Composer
Added update channel indication to About SeaMonkey page (about:)
Mozilla platform changes
Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Förändringar v2.6 Beta 1 -> v2.6 Beta 2
SeaMonkey-specific changes
Added support for the HTML5 "context menu" feature (contextmenu attribute)
Added Print Preview support to Composer
Added update channel indication to About SeaMonkey page (about:)
Mozilla platform changes
Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Förändringar v2.5 Beta 4 -> v2.5
Major Changes
None.
Förändringar v2.4 -> v2.4.1
Major Changes
None.
Fixes in 2.4.1
Upgrading SeaMonkey while an add-on update was waiting to be installed resulted in the add-on getting uninstalled (bug 680802).
Förändringar v2.3.1 -> v2.3.2
SeaMonkey 2.3.2 contains the following major changes relative to SeaMonkey 2.2:
(SeaMonkey 2.3.2) - Revoked the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance (see bug 682927 and the security advisory)
Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
Added support for window.matchMedia
Added a plugins check link to the Plugins pane of the Add-ons Manager
Added support for the
Förändringar v2.3 -> v2.3.1
Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
Added support for window.matchMedia
Added a plugins check link to the Plugins pane of the Add-ons Manager
Added support for the
Förändringar v2.2 -> v2.3
Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook
Mozilla platform changes
Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
Added support for window.matchMedia
Förändringar v2.2 -> v2.3 Beta 3
If a page did not load and the Try Again button appeared, it was disabled after a second page load failure (bug 671466).
After loading an HTML file in Composer, red borders around tables were gone (Bug 664095).
There were issues related to Sync with windows other than the initial one (Bug 639970).
After an update, tabs were restored but not loaded, except for the first one (bug 675162).
The standard context menu was missing on the Link Location input field of the Link Properties window (bug 665538).
The Data Manager has been made compatible with IPv6 and more tolerant against other errors (bug 665826).
Front end changes for plugin problem UI "click here" (bug 667201).
Forwarding an .eml message caused a message compose error (bug 673049).
The context menu was broken in the browser after it was called in MailNews once (bug 674246).
Drag and drop of address book entries was broken (bug 654864).
Opening multiple messages from Advanced Search results was broken. Now the message window is reused when opening different results from Advanced Search. Multiple message windows can still be opened by selecting multiple results and using the Open button (bug 671605).
Accidentally dragging a single tab moved it to the right edge of the tab bar (bug 666246).
The performance of Win7 Jump List favorites queries has been improved (bug 673877).
Live bookmarks were not initialized properly before (bug 673717).
Förändringar v2.1 -> v2.2
Major Changes
Windows: Bundled extensions/add-ons (ChatZilla, DOM Inspector and JavaScript Debugger) are no longer optional in SeaMonkey's installer (but can still be disabled or removed using the Add-ons Manager) (Bug 666518).
Archive options can now be changed from the Copies & Folders Account Settings pane (Bug 607295).
Fixes
Opening message attachments did not work anymore (Bug 665313).
All LSOs (Flash cookies) were cleared when clearing only the cache (Bug 665336).
The Composer status bar displayed an incorrect status (Bug 657214).
Email senders were displayed as quoted when the name in From was quoted (Bug 652318).
Windows 7: Downloads to network shares could be corrupted (bug 545650).
Opening messages from Advanced Search results did not work anymore (bug 660882).
The Archives folder was rendered inaccessible after archiving a news posting (bug 660845).
On the first wizard page for creating a new Sync account, the Next button was disabled until you switched the server type and back (bug 664569).
Förändringar v2.2 Beta 2 -> v2.2 Beta 3
Major Changes
Windows: Bundled extensions/add-ons (ChatZilla, DOM Inspector and JavaScript Debugger) are no longer optional in SeaMonkey's installer (but can still be disabled or removed using the Add-ons Manager) (Bug 666518).
Archive options can now be changed from the Copies & Folders Account Settings pane (Bug 607295).
Fixes
Opening message attachments did not work anymore (Bug 665313).
All LSOs (Flash cookies) were cleared when clearing only the cache (Bug 665336).
The Composer status bar displayed an incorrect status (Bug 657214).
Email senders were displayed as quoted when the name in From was quoted (Bug 652318).
Windows 7: Downloads to network shares could be corrupted (bug 545650).
Opening messages from Advanced Search results did not work anymore (bug 660882).
The Archives folder was rendered inaccessible after archiving a news posting (bug 660845).
On the first wizard page for creating a new Sync account, the Next button was disabled until you switched the server type and back (bug 664569).
Förändringar v2.2 Beta 1 -> v2.2 Beta 2
Major Changes
Windows: Bundled extensions/add-ons (ChatZilla, DOM Inspector and JavaScript Debugger) are no longer optional in SeaMonkey's installer (but can still be disabled or removed using the Add-ons Manager) (Bug 666518).
Archive options can now be changed from the Copies & Folders Account Settings pane (Bug 607295).
Fixes
All LSOs (Flash cookies) were cleared when clearing only the cache (Bug 665336).
The Composer status bar displayed an incorrect status (Bug 657214).
Email senders were displayed as quoted when the name in From was quoted (Bug 652318).
Windows 7: Downloads to network shares could be corrupted (bug 545650).
Opening messages from Advanced Search results did not work anymore (bug 660882).
The Archives folder was rendered inaccessible after archiving a news posting (bug 660845).
On the first wizard page for creating a new Sync account, the Next button was disabled until you switched the server type and back (bug 664569).
Förändringar v2.1 -> v2.2 Beta 1
Major Changes
Windows 7: Downloads to network shares could be corrupted (bug 545650).
Opening messages from Advanced Search results did not work anymore (bug 660882).
The Archives folder was rendered inaccessible after archiving a news posting (bug 660845).
On the first wizard page for creating a new Sync account, the Next button was disabled until you switched the server type and back (bug 664569).
Save multiple messages as individual files in directory. (Bug 555972)
Make Search, Folder Location and Views widgets for MailNews customizable toolbars. (Bug 521927)
WebM video is now supported for HTML5
Förändringar v2.0.14 -> v2.1 RC 1
Sync (f.k.a8. Weave) is now included directly in SeaMonkey. Sync allows you to keep your browsing history, passwords, bookmarks, preferences and tabs in sync across different devices (computers) in a secure way.
SeaMonkey windows can now be themed with Personas (lightweight themes).
The bookmarks system has been reworked to use the Places framework shared with Firefox (already used for history data in SeaMonkey 2.0), including a new Bookmark Manager and fast bookmarking button in the location bar.
Find in Page now works with a toolbar instead of a modal window.
OpenSearch plugins are now supported and the default for web search.
An optional search bar (including suggestions if the search engine supports it) is available in browser toolbar customization, and an engine manager for OpenSearch is available.
More toolbar widgets are now customizable.
The new Add-ons Manager opens directly in the browser now and has received a major facelift.
The new Data Manager now unifies cookie, permission, password, and form data management.
Flash cookies (LSOs) will now be removed when using Clear Private Data / Cookies (requires Flash Player 10.3 or better).
Plugin crashes do not take down the whole application anymore since plugins run in their own processes now.
Plugins now work in feeds shown in MailNews windows.
The feed preview UI and the Helper Applications preferences can now detect the system's default feed reader and use it.
Page zoom is being remembered on a site-specific basis now.
The browser tab bar is now scrollable to cope with tab overflow. This includes an "All Tabs" navigation button to quickly list all open tabs.
You can now drag and drop downloads, e.g. from the Download Manager to the desktop.
SeaMonkey now shows "doorhangers" for notifications like remembering log-in passwords or after installing an extension.
The new DoNotTrack HTTP header is supported (configurable in Preferences).
A page with Troubleshooting Information (about:support) and the option to restart in Safe Mode are now available from the Help menu.
Loading the URL about:memory now shows how much memory is used by different parts of SeaMonkey.
SeaMonkey should now support more websites that previously appeared to only work with Firefox (configurable in Preferences).
Built-in extensions (ChatZilla, JavaScript Debugger and DOM Inspector) are now installed into the profile.
News messages can now be deleted from local storage.
Cascaded Session Restore improves restoring large browsing sessions.
SeaMonkey now uses Omnijar which results in fewer installed files, less fragmentation and better startup time.
Platform-specific changes
Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and PPC support was dropped, 64-bit support for 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was added.
On Linux, desktop notifications (e.g. mail alerts, finished downloads) show up in the native environment.
Windows 7 Jump Lists support was added.
Download progress is now shown in the Windows 7 taskbar.
Mozilla platform changes
Better performance on startup and shutdown, and memory usage improvements.
Protection from out-of-date plugins has been added.
Text areas in web forms are now resizable.
CSS :visited selectors have been changed to block ways that websites can quickly check a user's browsing history.
The WOFF format for downloadable website fonts is now supported.
SMIL animation in SVG is now supported.
New CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events have been implemented.
A new HTML5 parser is used for all HTML documents.
New DOM and HTML5 features including the Drag & Drop API and the File API are now supported.
JS-ctypes support has been improved, allowing in-application JavaScript code to access native system libraries.
HTML5 video can now be viewed full screen and supports both the WebM format and the "buffered" property.
Web developers can animate content using CSS Transitions.
The W3C Indexed Database API is now available to websites.
JavaScript is faster than ever with the new JägerMonkey engine.
Support for WebGL, Direct2D and Direct3D acceleration on Windows has been added (see about:support for support and Preferences for configuration).
The HSTS security protocol and the proposed Audio Data API are available.
OpenType support has been improved.
HTML5 Forms API support has been added.
Förändringar v2.1 Beta 2 -> v2.1 Beta 3
When you start SeaMonkey in Safe Mode, you are now presented with a dialog that allows you to permanently apply some of the Safe Mode changes. Furthermore you can enter Safe Mode directly from the Help menu now.
If a plugins crashes, you are now presented with several options right there (e.g. reloading the page).
Built-in extensions (ChatZilla, JavaScript Debugger, DOM Inspector and DebugQA) are now installed into the profile.
SeaMonkey Sync supports the easy setup process (J-PAKE) now.
Windows 7 Jump Lists support was added.
Outdated plugins are detected now.
Tabs can now be switched using mouse scrolling (in addition to scrolling the tab bar).
WebGL support via ANGLE has been added.
An optional search bar (including suggestions if the search engine supports it) is available in browser toolbar customization, and an engine manager for OpenSearch is available.
The delete action in the MailNews Advanced Search dialog has been fixed.
Plugins now work in feeds shown in MailNews windows.
ChatZilla is working again.
The JavaScript Debugger Venkman is working again.
Download progress is now shown in the Windows 7 taskbar.
Cascaded Session Restore improves restoring large browsing sessions.
