Mozilla launches SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 internet suite
If the concept of an all-in-one internet app sounds familiar, that's because that's what Mozilla originally did, in the days before there was a Firefox web browser or Thunderbird internet client. While development of that first Mozilla application stopped long ago, SeaMonkey brings the idea back to life.
I first looked at version 2.0 back when it was still in beta this summer. The release candidate build features a number of bug fixes and is generally more stable than the beta. It also feature the ability to reopen closed browser windows, delete/cut bookmarks from the bookmark search view, and it features a Thunderbird-style tabbed mail client.
There's also a long list of new features since SeaMonkey 1, including support for RSS and Atom feeds in the MailNews component, an improved password manager, an updated web page rendering engine, customizable toolbars in MailNews, and a web browser component that behaves more like Firefox.
SeaMonkey is an open source, cross-platform application that's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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Subscribe to commentsmotangOct 12th 2009 3:25PM
Currently using is it and loving it. :D
Yeah I am feeling nostalgic.
mkoOct 12th 2009 4:30PM
I would consider using it if its rendering engine was in sync with Firefox.
motangOct 12th 2009 5:36PM
As far as I know it is.
mkoOct 12th 2009 6:57PM
Firefox seems to make more often releases. That's Why I ask.
turuOct 13th 2009 12:34AM
Don't forget to mention about you can use Lightning (1.0pre) as a calendar app for SM2. Have been using it long time, and just love it :-) It has almost everything but still works solid and fast !
SanderOct 27th 2009 11:52AM
SeaMonkey 2 uses the exact same rendering engine as the upcoming (to be released later today?) Firefox 3.5.4