SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2 Completes New Feature Set
Less than 8 weeks after the first beta, the SeaMonkey team released
SeaMonkey
2.0 Beta 2 today, completing the planned feature set for the next generation
of the successful Internet suite, with a final 2.0 version expected next month.
Building on the great heritage of the Netscape Communicator and Mozilla
Application suites, SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2 combines a state-of-the-art web
browser based on the same core as Firefox 3.5.3 with a solid email and
newsgroups client and a simple HTML editor, rounding the experience with web
development tools and IRC chat.
In addition to the changes in the first beta release, this version
features
- tabbed mail, enabling accounts, folders and even single messages to be
opened in tabs inside the Mail & Newsgroups window, as well as enabling the
Lightning extension to be installed into SeaMonkey for calendering
functionality. - a completely renewed default theme on Mac OS X to better fit with the look
of Leopard and Snow Leopard, - reopening of closed browser windows (Undo Close Window),
- introduction of simpler interfaces for extension developers
(SMILE), - and a large number of other, smaller improvements.
The release notes include a
detailed
list of improvements in comparison to SeaMonkey 1.1.18, our current stable
release.
We welcome any and all discussions on this beta 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 Beta 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!
