SeaMonkey
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- For the kind of brine shrimp, see Sea-Monkey.
History
On March 10, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced that they would not release any further official versions of the 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.Release history
Parts of this table are based on the [release notes of SeaMonkey] and the [roadmap].
| Old Version | Current Version | Future Version |
| Branch | Version | Release date | Significant changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 1.0 Alpha | September 15 2005 | |
| 1.0 Beta | December 19 2005 | ||
| 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. | |
| 1.8.1 | 1.1 Alpha | 2006 | [Major feature work] |
| 1.9/Trunk | 1.5 Alpha | 2007 | Major backend changes (using XULRunner) |
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 became the name of the Internet suite superseding the Mozilla Suite."Seamonkey" was formerly used by the Mozilla Foundation as the code name of the Mozilla Suite itself. The SeaMonkey Council is in the process of trademarking the name, with help from the Mozilla Foundation. It will also use 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 project from official projects and products of the foundation.
People
The SeaMonkey Council, which is the team responsible for project and release management, currently consists of the following people:
- Christian Biesinger
- Robert Kaiser
- Ian Neal
- Neil Rashbrook
- Christopher Thomas
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.
See also
- Mozilla Application Suite
- List of web browsers
- List of e-mail clients
- 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 - most of these extensions work in SeaMonkey as well.
External links
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