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 What big things do SeaMonkey 2.1 builds offer (over SeaMonkey 2.0)?
-== Nightly ==
+== Final ==
+* News filters can now be applied after the fact ({{Bug|178870}}).
+* Support for the -search command line option ({{Bug|648781}}).
+== Beta 3 ==
+* Safe Mode dialog ({{bug|573538}}).
+* New Help menu entry to restart the application, optionally with add-ons disabled ({{Bug|574612}}).
+* Crashed plugins UI ({{Bug|601493}}).
+* Built-in extensions (ChatZilla, JavaScript Debugger, DOM Inspector and DebugQA) are now installed into the profile ({{Bug|627240}}).
+* Easy Setup for Sync (using [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/SyncKey/J-PAKE J-PAKE]) ({{Bug|634419}}).
+* Windows 7 Jump Lists support ({{Bug|581526}}).
+* Outdated plugins detection ({{Bug|521159}}).
+* Tabs can be switched using mouse scrolling (again, in addition to scrolling the tab bar) ({{Bug|643294}}).
+* WebGL support via ANGLE ({{Bug|632148}}).
+* An optional search bar (including suggestions if the search engine supports it) is available in browser toolbar customization, and an engine manager for OpenSearch is available ({{Bug|401417}}).
+* The delete action in the MailNews Advanced Search dialog has been fixed ({{bug|594090}}).
+* Plugins now work in feeds shown in MailNews windows ({{bug|615675}}).
+* ChatZilla is working again ({{Bug|605001}}).
+* The JavaScript Debugger Venkman is working again ({{Bug|614557}}).
+* Download progress is now shown in the Windows 7 taskbar ({{Bug|631796}}).
+* Cascaded Session Restore ({{Bug|597584}}).
+* Remove Flash cookies (LSOs) when Cookies is selected in Clear Private Data (requires Flash Player 10.3) ({{Bug|632746}}).
+== Beta 2 ==
+* Data Manager is opened instead of the previous separate management windows ({{bug|588419}}).
+* Page zoom is being remembered on a site-specific basis now ({{bug|386363}}).
+* WebSockets have been disabled for security reasons ({{bug|616733}}).
+* Lightweight themes (Personas) support for the Address Book ({{bug|608966}}), Composer ({{bug|579739}}), and MailNews ({{bug|579738}}) windows.
+* Deferred Session Restore ({{bug|614220}}).
+* The browser tab bar is now scrollable (also using the mouse wheel) to cope with tab overflow. Includes an "All Tabs" navigation button to quickly list all open tabs ({{Bug|484968}}).
+* News messages can now be deleted from local storage ({{Bug|250141}}).
+* Website search fields now feature a "Add a Keyword for this Search" context menu entry ({{Bug|332538}}).
+* In some places where previously a notification bar appeared (like remembering log-in passwords or after installing an extension), SeaMonkey now shows a "doorhanger" below the location bar ({{Bug|570004}}).
+* SeaMonkey now uses Omnijar which results in fewer installed files, less fragmentation and better startup time ({{Bug|588067}}).
+* Sync (f.k.a. Weave) is now included directly in SeaMonkey ({{Bug|576970}}).
+* Mac changes: PPC support was dropped, 64-bit support for 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was added ({{Bug|599862}}).
+* The new DoNotTrack HTTP header can be configured in Preferences, Privacy & Security ({{Bug|630270}}).
+* WebGL and D3D are now enabled where supported ([http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/ hardware acceleration], see about:support)
+* Improved [http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/11/firefox-4-font-feature-support/ OpenType] support
+* [http://blog.oldworld.fr/index.php?post/2010/11/17/HTML5-Forms-Validation-in-Firefox-4 HTML5 Forms API] support
+* Various Add-on Manager improvements
+* Faster bookmarking and startup performance (due to [http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/473 Places changes])
+* Flash on Mac OS X improvements
+* Memory usage improvements
+== Beta 1 ==
+* OpenSearch plugins are now supported and the default for web search. ({{Bug|410613}})
 * Data Manager now unifies cookie, permission, password, and form data management. ({{Bug|569341}})
 * Plugins now run in their own processes and don't take down the browser any more if they crash. ({{Bug|545716}})
+* The context menu of the location bar now has a "Paste and Go" option. ({{Bug|599833}})
+* The location bar now features a fast bookmarking button. ({{Bug|589601}})
 * SeaMonkey now builds most of the application into a single library ("libxul"). ({{Bug|394502}})
-* JavaScript is faster than ever with the new JaegerMonkey engine.
+* JavaScript is faster than ever with the new [https://wiki.mozilla.org/JaegerMonkey JägerMonkey] engine.
-* Direct2D Hardware Acceleration is now on by default for Windows 7 users, hardware accelerated layers are available on all platforms with know-to-work video drivers.
+* Direct2D Hardware Acceleration is now on by default for Windows 7 users, hardware accelerated layers are available on all platforms with known-to-work video drivers.
 * XUL in web pages is not allowed any more. ({{Bug|546857}})
+* Reporter (Report a Broken Website) has been removed. ({{Bug|590102}})
 * The proposed [[Audio Data API]] is available.
 * The [http://blog.sidstamm.com/2010/08/http-strict-transport-security-has.html HSTS security protocol] is available
 * Absolute length units in CSS are [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2010/08/css_units_chang.html not physical, but relative to CSS pixels] now (on the basis of 96dpi). ({{Bug|537890}}).
-=== (Almost) Ready, but not in yet ===
-Please provide explanations for all items here.
-* {{Bug|576970}} Include Sync in SeaMonkey: Waiting for reviews
 == Alpha 3 ==