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SeaMonkey 2 Beta 1 combines web browser, email, IRC, more
by Brad Linder Jul 22nd 2009 at 11:00AM
SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1 features the same browser core as Firefox 3.5.1, which means that it can render pretty much any web page that Firefox can. It has the same rendering engine, Javascript engine, and add-on capabilities. But it does have more of an old fashioned looking default theme.
In addition to the web browser, SeaMonkey has an integrated email application, Usenet newsgroup reader, IRC client, and HTML editor.
The application also features a number of updates since SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3, including:
- A new download managr with resumable downloads
- Localized packages in 15 languages
- Feed previews in the browser
- Mail archiving support
- New preference options
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motang said 11:23AM on 7-22-2009
Finally, I have been using the Alpha for many months now. Glad to know that it's moving forward as I find Seamonkey 2 faster and more responsive than Firefox 3.x
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turu said 11:59AM on 7-22-2009
Unlike its successor, Seamonkey doesn't be a resource hog even w opening multiple tabs in the same time. this is one of the reason constantly this browser has gained new users from Firefox.
And default theme has changed from classic mozilla style to more Tango based like one ( not fully Tango, like something between both of themes).
Major change in this beta 1 from alpha 3 is huge improvements on Mail/rss reader by implementation of functions from TBbeta3.
Lightning will work fully w Seamonkey in next beta 2, btw.
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eh said 3:14PM on 7-22-2009
I think Opera did that like 10 years ago! Lol
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ReinnieR said 7:55PM on 7-28-2009
SeaMonkey is a descendant of Netscape and Netscape did it first.
techpops said 4:41PM on 7-22-2009
I don't want to knock this but it does seem a little pointless and a bit of a waste of time for Mozilla when the people working on this could be working on Firefox/Thunderbird.
Great name though, SeaMonkey.
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ReinnieR said 7:55PM on 7-28-2009
The AOL Suite should be based on this. I actually preffered Netscape 7.x over the AOL suite.
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