SeaMonkey Project News

June 22, 2009

SeaMonkey 1.1.17 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.17 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes a few smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its siblings Thunderbird 2 and Firefox 3, which are or have been issuing updates for the same problems shortly as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.17 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.17 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.17 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

April 8, 2009

SeaMonkey 1.1.16 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.16 closes a few critical security vulnerabilities found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey offers the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 3, which has issued updates for the same problems recently as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.16 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.16 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.16 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

March 18, 2009

SeaMonkey 1.1.15 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.15 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its siblings Thunderbird 2 and Firefox 3, which are or have been issuing updates for the same problems shortly as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.15 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.15 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.15 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

March 3, 2009

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3

The SeaMonkey project is excited to announce SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3 today, another huge leap towards the next generation of the integrated application suite.

In addition to the changes in previous alpha releases, this version features

The release notes include a detailed list of improvements in comparison to SeaMonkey 1.1.14, our current stable release.

We welcome any and all discussions on this alpha on our newsgroups, or you can even file a bug if you find one. Be sure to check our Known Issues prior to filing bugs.

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3 is available for free download on the SeaMonkey website. Once you have downloaded and installed this release, we'd like to encourage you to get involved in discussing and reporting problems as well as further improving the product.

Thanks for testing and helping us to make SeaMonkey even better!

December 16, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.14 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.14 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 2, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.14 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.14 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.14 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

December 10, 2008

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2

The SeaMonkey project is happy to announce SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2 today, the next step towards the next generation of the integrated application suite.

In addition to the changes in the first alpha release, this version features an integrated RSS/Atom feed reader in the mailnews component, detection of feeds on web pages, finer-grained control over toolbar icon/text modes and icon sizes in browser and mailnews windows, faster JavaScript execution on web pages (through the TraceMonkey JIT engine), and a large number of smaller improvements.
The release notes also feature a detailed list of improvements in comparison to SeaMonkey 1.1.13, our current stable release.

We welcome any and all discussions on this alpha on our newsgroups, or you can even file a bug if you find one. Be sure to check our Known Issues prior to filing bugs.

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2 is available for free download on the SeaMonkey website. Once you have downloaded and installed this release, we'd like to encourage you to get involved in discussing and reporting problems as well as further improving the product.

Thanks for testing and helping us to make SeaMonkey even better!

November 12, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.13 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.13 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 2, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.13 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.13 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.13 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

October 5, 2008

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1

Today the SeaMonkey project is happy to announce SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1, a major step in the path to the next generation of SeaMonkey.

This release features many improvements, including the long-awaited Add-on Manager (like Firefox uses), memory footprint decreases and performance increases, as well as some significant improvements in website rendering and standards support (ACID2 compliance, and most of ACID3).

There have been some changes in supported platforms with this version, including dropping support for Windows 98 and Mac OS X 10.3 [due to changes in the backend]. And due to some of the changes, this release may be more stable on Windows Vista than our current version of SeaMonkey 1.1, even though this is still an Alpha.

We welcome any and all discussions on this alpha on our newsgroups, or you can even file a bug if you find one. Be sure to check our Known Issues prior to filing bugs.

SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1 is available for download on the SeaMonkey website. Once you have downloaded and installed this release, we'd like to encourage you to get involved in discussing and reporting problems as well as further improving the product.

Thanks for testing and helping us to make SeaMonkey even better!

September 23, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.12 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.12 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 2, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.12 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.12 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.12 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

July 15, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.11 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.11 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 2, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.11 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.11 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.11 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

July 2, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.10 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.10 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox 2, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.10 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.10 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.10 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

March 25, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.9 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.9 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.9 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.9 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.9 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

February 7, 2008

SeaMonkey 1.1.8 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.8 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.8 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.8 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.8 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

November 30, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.7 Security Release

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.7 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.7 version. All these older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.7 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security.

SeaMonkey 1.1.7 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

November 23, 2007

Directed Donations for SeaMonkey

The Mozilla Foundation has announced their so-called "Directed Donation Program" this week, which allow anyone to direct their donation to the Foundation to a specific sub-project, such as SeaMonkey.
Starting now, any user can make his donation on the Donate to SeaMonkey page. The Mozilla Foundation as the direct recipient will keep track of the amount designated to SeaMonkey, and will work with the SeaMonkey Council on finding initiatives related to SeaMonkey to fund with this money.
More information is available on the SeaMonkey donation web page and the mozilla.org Donation FAQ.

November 5, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.6 Available

The SeaMonkey project has been made aware of several small problems in displaying certain web pages in the last release and therefore released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.6 fixes only those smaller problems, in addition to security problems that were fixed in previous versions.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which no longer receives security updates, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or even Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.6 version. All those older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.6 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security fixes.

SeaMonkey 1.1.6 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

October 19, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.5 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.5 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its sibling Firefox, which is issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which is not updated for those known security issues any more, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or even Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.5 version. All those older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.5 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security fixes.

SeaMonkey 1.1.5 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

August 3, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.4 Security Release

The SeaMonkey team has been made aware of some security problems found in its all-in-one internet suite software. As a result, SeaMonkey 1.1.4 is being released today, fixing those security vulnerabilities. With this release, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its siblings Firefox and Thunderbird, which were issuing updates for the same problems recently as well.

The SeaMonkey team urges users of older SeaMonkey versions, including the SeaMonkey 1.0.x series, which is not updated for those known security issues any more, to upgrade. Additionally, the team continues to strongly urge people still using the old Mozilla Suite or even Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to the new SeaMonkey 1.1.4 version. All those older software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.4 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security fixes.

SeaMonkey 1.1.4 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

July 19, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.3 Released

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.3 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its siblings Firefox and Thunderbird, which are issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

The SeaMonkey team continues to strongly urge users of the old Mozilla Suite and Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to SeaMonkey 1.1.3. Those software packages suffer from a large and steadily increasing number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.3 is a modern, drop-in replacement, providing the same familiar suite functionality with additional features and fully up to date security fixes.

SeaMonkey 1.1.3 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

May 30, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.2 Released - Team Urges Users to Upgrade

Today, the SeaMonkey project released a new version of its all-in-one internet suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.2 closes several security vulnerabilities and fixes several smaller problems found in previous versions. With that, SeaMonkey stays at the same level of security as its siblings Firefox and Thunderbird, which are issuing updates for the same problems this week as well.

Despite a simultaneous release of a last update to the SeaMonkey 1.0 series, SeaMonkey 1.0.9, the project team strongly urges users to upgrade to SeaMonkey 1.1.2, as the old 1.0 series will not be maintained further. The 1.1 series, on the other hand, is being actively maintained and also features some new functionality such as spell checking in web forms and mail tags.

In addition to users of older SeaMonkey versions, the SeaMonkey team strongly urges users of the old Mozilla Suite and Netscape 4, 6 or 7 to upgrade to SeaMonkey 1.1.2. Those software packages suffer from a large and rising number of security vulnerabilities because they are no longer being maintained. SeaMonkey 1.1.2 is a drop-in replacement, providing the same basic suite functionality plus additional features, without known security problems but with current updates.
The SeaMonkey project team took over development of the all-in-one internet application suite after Netscape and later the Mozilla Foundation ceased to work on it. Under the new name, users are provided with current versions of the established software package.

SeaMonkey 1.1.2 is available for free download from the open source project's website at www.seamonkey-project.org.

February 28, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1.1 and 1.0.8 Security Releases

Following the Gecko security update releases a few days ago, the SeaMonkey project issued new security and stability releases today for its all-in-one internet application suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.1 is now available for download, fixing several security vulnerabilities as well as a list of problems users of SeaMonkey 1.1 reported to developers. See the release notes for a complete list of changes.
Additionally, the project also released SeaMonkey 1.0.8, which fixes the security vulnerabilities listed above also for the SeaMonkey 1.0 series, without adding the new features available in 1.1 and later versions.

January 18, 2007

SeaMonkey 1.1 is here!

SeaMonkey 1.1 is now available. Powered by the same engine as Firefox 2 and the upcoming Thunderbird 2, SeaMonkey 1.1 includes numerous enhancements including more visible security indicators in the browser and enhanced phishing detection for e-mail, a new tagging system for e-mail that supersedes labels, support for multi-line tooltips in web pages, and previews images in tab tooltips. Other changes include inline spell checking in the browser, an updated version of ChatZilla, and a significantly improved startup script on Linux. See the release notes for a more complete list of changes.

December 20, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.7 Security Release

SeaMonkey 1.0.7 is now available. This release contains important fixes for several security vulnerabilities and various stability improvements. The SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade. More information can be found in the release notes.
As a sidenote, the SeaMonkey team is still working on stabilizing code for the upcoming SeaMonkey 1.1, which is expected to be released in the next few weeks.

November 8, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.6 and 1.1 Beta

Keeping the net secure and previewing new features

The SeaMonkey Council is pleased to announce two new releases simultaneously:
First, SeaMonkey 1.0.6 continues the successful 1.0 series of the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet suite, fixing several security vulnerabilities and various stability issues (see the release notes for more information). The SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade to this stable, well-tested version.
Second, the SeaMonkey project has been working hard on improving its software even further, adding new features such as tab previews, spell checking in the browser, an e-mail tagging system, an improved Linux startup script, better new mail notifications, an updated Chatzilla IRC client, and more. A new preview showing off those improvements, SeaMonkey 1.1 Beta, was also released today. This version is intended for developers and testers (but not yet for end users). The SeaMonkey Council encourages interested people to test the Beta and help identify the remaining bugs. Be sure to read the release notes before testing though, as they list not only the new features but also a number of known issues. Any problems that are not already known should be reported to the developers via Bugzilla so that the final SeaMonkey 1.1 release can continue the traditional high quality expected from the Mozilla suite and the SeaMonkey 1.0 series.

September 14, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.5 Security Release

SeaMonkey 1.0.5 is now available. This release contains important fixes for several security vulnerabilities and various stability improvements. The SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade. More information can be found in the release notes.

August 30, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.1 Alpha

First preview showing off new features

SeaMonkey 1.1 Alpha is now available. Our first release on the path to SeaMonkey 1.1, it is intended only for developers and testers — not end users. Some of the most exciting new features include: page previews in tab tooltips, spell checking in text boxes, a new e-mail tagging system, a better startup script for Linux users, the ability to use drag and drop to open URLs in new tabs in between existing tabs and an updated version of Chatzilla. For developers, the "Storage" component is also included.

August 2, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.4 Released

Due to a bug involving playing of media in the browser that slipped into SeaMonkey 1.0.3, it was necessary to release an updated SeaMonkey version. All users should upgrade to SeaMonkey 1.0.4. More information can, as always, be found in the release notes.

July 27, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.3 Security Release

SeaMonkey 1.0.3 is now available. This release contains important fixes for several security vulnerabilities and various stability improvements. Also, a bug introduced in SeaMonkey 1.0.2 that sometimes caused the URL Bar to stop working properly when switching tabs has been fixed. The SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade. More information can be found in the release notes.

June 1, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.2 Security Release

SeaMonkey 1.0.2 is now available. This release contains important security and stability improvements, and the SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade. More information is available in the release notes.

April 13, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0.1 is here!

SeaMonkey 1.0.1 is now available. All users of previous SeaMonkey versions are encouraged to update, as SeaMonkey 1.0.1 includes multiple security fixes along with other critical bug fixes. Please see the release notes for more information.

January 30, 2006

SeaMonkey 1.0 Released

The SeaMonkey Council is proud to announce SeaMonkey 1.0, the first end-user release of their internet suite. This open source application, available as a free download from its mozilla.org-hosted website, features a state-of-the-art web browser and powerful email client, as well as a WYSIWYG web page composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client. For web developers, mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are included as well. SeaMonkey 1.0 is one of the most complete, powerful, and secure internet software packages available today.

SeaMonkey comes with the the look and feel familiar to users of its predecessors, the Mozilla Application Suite and Netscape Communicator packages, but adds many new features as well as back-end changes that improve security, stability and performance. Some highlights are: drag&drop reordering of tabs, phishing e-mail detection, support for a single shared inbox when using multiple accounts, and support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

The SeaMonkey project is a community-based project hosted at mozilla.org that emerged around Mozilla's suite codebase when the Mozilla Foundation announced it would discontinue further development of its suite product. The new project is dedicated to keeping this suite alive and developing it into an even more modern and complete internet software package.

December 19, 2005

SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta

Today, the SeaMonkey Council announces a new developer release, SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta. Compared to the Alpha version released in September, SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta enhances the product with new features like tab drag and drop, but also is the first release branded with the new SeaMonkey logo, which was unveiled earlier this month. While much of the core code is shared with the popular Firefox 1.5 browser, SeaMonkey comes with the look and feel familiar to users of its ancestors, the Mozilla Application Suite and Netscape Communicator packages.

SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta features more than just a state-of-the-art web browser, though: the application comes with a powerful email client as well as a WYSIWYG web page composer and a feature-rich IRC chat application. For web developers, mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are included as well. SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta is one of the most powerful and secure internet software packages currently available, even though this release is only for testing.

This public Beta release includes all features planned for the SeaMonkey 1.0 final release, which is expected for January 2006. Due to a large number of bug fixes, it should also be even more stable and convenient to use than the previous Alpha release, and the SeaMonkey Council calls for testers to use the product and report any further glitches they might find, so that the 1.0 release can be not only the best available internet suite in terms of features, but also in quality, security and stability.

The SeaMonkey project is a community-based project hosted at mozilla.org that emerged around Mozilla's suite codebase when the Mozilla Foundation announced it would discontinue further development of its suite product. The new project is dedicated to keeping this suite alive under the name "SeaMonkey" and developing it into an even more modern and complete internet software package.

December 2, 2005

New Logo For SeaMonkey

After months of submissions and selection processes, the SeaMonkey Council is announcing a new logo for its project and application. The project's initial call for logo submissions was answered with no fewer than 197 different proposals submitted by Mozilla and SeaMonkey community members. From those 197 logos, amongst which were many good options, the Council selected the new logo after many discussions and a long decision process.

The new artwork centers around an abstract figure resembling a "Sea Monkey", colored in a light, cyan/blue color, standing out from a dark blue circle with a wave pattern in the middle. This design, created by Alex Butin, not only looks professional and polished, but also fits perfectly as an icon on a modern computer desktop and is easily recognizable even in small sizes. Additionally, the look matches the rest of the mozilla.org family (Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino, Sunbird) quite well. And while the soft shapes and color shades create a very polished impression, the waves and the figure make people feel the new dynamic the internet suite application has gained through the new project.

SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta, the first testing release including that artwork, is planned for release within the next few weeks, with a final SeaMonkey 1.0 release soon after that. Development versions, so-called "nightly builds", should have the new logo and artwork available within the next few days.

September 15, 2005

SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha

The SeaMonkey Council is pleased to announce its first release, SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha. Developed from the codebase of the previously successful Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha contains lots of new features, and numerous enhancements and bugfixes compared to the last Mozilla suite versions. Internally, much of the core code is shared with the current Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 browser, but from the outside, it represents the look and feel that long-time Mozilla and Netscape users have learned to love.

SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha features more than just a state-of-the-art web browser, though: the application comes with a powerful email client as well as a WYSIWYG web page composer and a feature-rich IRC chat application. For web developers, mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are included as well. SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha is one of the most powerful and secure internet software packages currently available, even though this release is only for testing.

Note that SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha does not presently include official SeaMonkey artwork, as the SeaMonkey project is still open to logo submissions from its community. The new logo will be selected from these submissions and integrated into the upcoming SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta, which will be the last version before SeaMonkey 1.0 ships later this year.

The SeaMonkey project is a community-based project at mozilla.org that emerged around Mozilla's suite codebase when the Mozilla Foundation announced it would discontinue further development of its suite product. The new project is dedicated to keeping this suite alive under the name "SeaMonkey" and developing it into an even more modern and complete internet software package.

July 28, 2005

Submit Your SeaMonkey Logo!

Project seeking for new community-created artwork

While current experimental "nightly" builds of the SeaMonkey application as well as the upcoming SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha testing release feature a rather primitive logo, the project seeks more professional artwork for the future. Everyone with sufficient graphical skills is invited to help, as the new logo will be selected from community submissions. For more about criteria, and information on how to submit your proposal, please see the SeaMonkey artwork page.

July 2, 2005

SeaMonkey Project Continues Internet Suite

Former "Mozilla Application Suite" Code sees new development from independent group

When the Mozilla Foundation announced its "transition plan" for the long-lived Mozilla-branded application suite, this move meant not only a refocus of the Foundation to its new premier products Firefox and Thunderbird, but also a transition of new suite code development to an independent group. This group now is proud to announce its existence and its new project name, "SeaMonkey".

The SeaMonkey name was adopted by the project leading group (dubbed "SeaMonkey Council") after considering a long list of community-proposed names - it was decided that the long-lived internal code name still suited the project best. It was no easy decision, but it has a certain appeal - the suite is already known by SeaMonkey within the developer community. The council is working on having this name trademarked with the help of the Mozilla Foundation.

While the Foundation doesn't consider the new SeaMonkey application to be an officially supported upgrade path for Mozilla suite users, it provides the newly founded project with assistance in the form of much-needed project infrastructure, and cooperates with SeaMonkey developers. Development of SeaMonkey produces many improvements which are contributed back to the Mozilla codebase, much of which is shared with products including Firefox and Thunderbird.

The group is planning to deliver an Alpha version of its first release, SeaMonkey 1.0, within the next few weeks. Users of Mozilla 1.7.x or even the Mozilla 1.8 Alpha and Beta releases will see a new, improved version of the application they are used to. Netscape 7.x users will also feel at home with the new SeaMonkey suite.

SeaMonkey contains a state-of-the-art web browser and a feature-rich mail and newsgroups client, along with a simple yet powerful HTML editor, web development tools and an IRC chat application.

On the web, the SeaMonkey project can currently be found at its mozilla.org address, http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ - the project leading team (SeaMonkey Council) can be contacted via email at seamonkey-council@mozilla.org.


Maintained by Robert Kaiser