SeaMonkey 1.0 Released

johkir writes "SeaMonkey has been released. Mozilla.org's open source internet suite features a state-of-the-art web browser and powerful email client, as well as a WYSIWYG web page composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client. For web developers, mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are included as well. It also has a few nifty features, of particular interest: drag&drop reordering of tabs, support for a common inbox for multiple email accounts, SVG, , and phishing detection."

Re:For those of us who don't follow mozilla.org...

[mo^]

Sorry to troll, but shit, someone had to....

If you don't already know what SeaMonkey is then it's probably of little interest to you

Dang, that sounds elitist. Where is the fun in only learning what we already know and using what we already use???

READ PREVIOUS POSTS PLEASE

[wolff000]

How many times are people going ask what is SeaMonkey or is it the same as FireFox? If you don't know then go google it for god's sake! The other half of this question is why do people keep answering? If someone is not intelligent enough to read the previous 50 posts that answer this question they shouldn't be on /. Now back to the topic, please excuse my rant. I love that this going to continue being worked on. I like it more than firefox especially the debugging tools. If you are a developr this is a great suite and worth the time checking out!

Re:For those of us who don't follow mozilla.org...

[jesser]

What missing features or options were you disappointed by?

The flexibility of OSS

[danielk1982]

I think its awesome.

A browser that was dumped in favour of something newer and shiner was picked up by a community willing to put work into it. This is a perfect example of what Open Source is all about. Compare that to software like OS/2 or BeOS, both of which have a following and a community which is willing to back them. Instead they are gathering dust in some proprietary repository.

Re:For those of us who don't follow mozilla.org...

[oojah]

> Its user interface design is largely based off of Netscape Communicator 4 and is only meant
> for those who are nostalgic for the days of yore.

Or else for those who think that Firefox is just a dumbed down version.

imho.

Roger

too many name changes

[lamp540]

first they called it netscape(which was mosaic), then they change it's name to mozilla, then firefox, and now it's called sea monkey? and it's always the same, just a web browser...nothing amazing.

Re:For those of us who don't follow mozilla.org...

[Bing Tsher E]

You may recall that the fruits of Mozilla.org's efforts did not gain any traction with the general browsing public until the Firefox interface came along,..

What I 'recall' is that I used the Mozilla suite for a long, long time and was quite happy with it. Then a bunch of people started hollering about 'Firefox' so I thought I would give it a try. I installed it, and found it missing all kinds of features and menu items I made use of with the suite. It basically gave me the impression of being the 'Windows XP' version of Mozilla.

I ditched it. I am using plain Mozilla (1.7.12) these days, built from pkgsrc on NetBSD. I don't know that I'll ever use 'Firefox' although I suppose eventually it will be installed by default on Windows XP machines, or their descendents. . .

I'm sorry, Firefox just looks all candied out and simplified. Like something that people who finally started using 'Linux' in 2002 or so would like.