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Mozilla launches SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 internet suite

SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1
Mozilla's SeaMonkey is a utility that bundles a whole slew of internet activities into one application. It's a web browser, email application, IRC client, and an HTML editor. And it's inching toward version 2.0. Mozilla pushed out SeaMonkey 2.0 Release Candidate 1 this weekend.

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.

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, E-mail, Mozilla, Open Source, Browsers

SeaMonkey 2 Beta 1 combines web browser, email, IRC, more

SeaMonkey 2.0 beta 1
Once upon a time, before there was a Firefox web browser or Thunderbird email client, there was the Mozilla Suite which packed a browser, email app, and other internet utilities into one tidy package. While the primary development at Mozilla is now focused on Firefox and Thunderbird, there is still an all-in-one internet application from Mozilla, and it's called SeaMonkey. And yesterday, the SeaMonkey team released the first beta version of SeaMonkey 2.0.

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
This probably goes without saying, but like Firefox, SeaMonkey can be a bit of a resource hog, especially if you have several browser tabs open while you're checking your email and performing other tasks. But if you're looking for a single application that can meet many of your internet needs, SeaMonkey might be worth checking out.

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Mozilla, Freeware

Backup your Firefox, Flock, or Thunderbird profiles with MozBackup 1.4.8

MozBackup 1.4.8

Last time we checked in on Firefox backup utility MozBackup, the developer had just added support for Firefox 3 beta. Apparently it's been a busy half year over at MozBackup HQ, because this week MozBackup 1.4.8 was released, with the following new features:

  • Create automatic backups via command line
  • New Installer
  • Supports backup of unknown files from user profiles
  • Backup profiles and settings for: Firefox 2/3, Flock, SeaMonkey, Netscape Navigator 9.0, Netscape Messenger 9.0, Thunderbird, Spicebird, Firefox Portable, and Thunderbird Portable

If you're just looking or a quick way to backup your Firefox extensions, bookmarks, and other settings, you can always check out the FEBE and CLEO Firefox add-ons. But MozBackup looks like a nice all-in-on tool if you have several Mozilla-based programs that you want to backup.

MozBackup is available for Windows 98 through Vista.

[via CyberNet]

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux

Puppy Linux 3.0: tiny Linux distribution you can run from a thumb drive

Puppy Linux 3.0
Puppy Linux 3.0 was released this week, and like earlier versions of Puppy Linux, it's a tiny distro, weighing in at under 100MB. But it's packed with features, making it an excellent distribution for older computers with small hard drives and slow processors. You can also run Puppy Linux from a LiveCD or throw it on a flash drive and run it from any computer that will boot from a USB drive.

Eagle-eyed readers will note that OpenOffice alone is larger than 100MB, so what kind of applications does Puppy Linux 3.0 include?
  • AbiWord for word processing
  • Gnumeric for spreadsheets
  • SeaMonkey for web browsing
  • Pidgin for instant messaging
  • XFinans financial management
Of course, if you want to install OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, or other programs on top of Puppy Linux you're free to do so. But you might want to take it easy, seeing as the more apps you add the more memory you'll use, which kind of defeats the purpose of having such a lightweight operating system.

It looks like some Puppy websites aren't responding at the moment, so here are a few alternate download links.

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla, Open Source

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 is now available!

SeaMonkey 1.1It's a big day for one of Mozilla's greatest projects. "Firefox?" you ask? No, the other one. "Thunderbird?" No, no, the other one. That's right, a new version of Mozilla's internet suite SeaMonkey is available today. In case you're not familiar with it, SeaMonkey is the open source spiritual successor to Netscape Communicator. If that doesn't mean anything to you, I suddenly feel very old, but what it is is a unified collection of internet tools: web browser (based on Firefox), email, newsgroups, IRC chat, and HTML editor, all in one. So now that you're up to speed, what's new in the latest release? Well, it's not a huge update, but it's got spell check for web forms, secure site indication, tab thumbnails, drag-and-drop for URLs, tagging for email, junk mail filtering improvements and better phishing detection, and more. You can see a complete list of new features here, and the rest of the release notes over here. You can download it for Windows, OS X, or Linux on the releases page.

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, E-mail, Mozilla, Open Source

SeaMonkey 1.0 Internet suite released

SeaMonkeyOne of the Mozilla foundation's lower-profile projects is SeaMonkey, the modern incarnation of the old Mozilla Suite. SeaMonkey is an all-in-one bundle consisting of a modern web browser, e-mail and newsgroup client, an IRC client, and an HTML editor. Today its first major release--1.0--hit the streets. You can download it for all major platforms from the SeaMonkey web site or check out the release notes to see what's new.

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