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What is the new SeaMonkey official name?
- The new name is SeaMonkey. Please consult the Branding Page for more information on this.
What version numbers will be used for the new releases?
- The first version was 1.0 to distinguish the difference between the officially supported Mozilla Application Suite 1.7.x and the new community-supported SeaMonkey suite. This has been done for the benefit of our business users who will need to make an informed decision about upgrade paths.
- The second version was 1.1 and a feature update to 1.0. The third version was 2.0 and a whole new release based on the Mozilla 1.9.1 platform. The forth version was 2.1, based on Mozilla 4.0.1. Starting with version 2.2, SeaMonkey joined the rapid release train, which means new releases every six weeks and the end of minor updates (emergency security fix releases may still happen, though).
- With the adoption of the rapid release cycle, release candidates (RCs) have been replaced by beta versions. As such, beta versions now identify themselves as release versions, i.e. they cannot be distinguished from release versions and the final beta is equal to the final release. Consequently, users on the beta channel are not upgraded to the final release because they already have it when they upgrade to the final beta. Instead, they are upgraded to the first beta of the next release once released.
Where do I download SeaMonkey?
- As the SeaMonkey Suite is a Mozilla Foundation project, SeaMonkey builds and release notes are available on the SeaMonkey Project page on mozilla.org.
Where can I find more information about SeaMonkey?
- The MozillaZine Knowledge Base has lots of information about SeaMonkey. Most of the information there about the Mozilla Application Suite still applies to SeaMonkey.
How do I get support for SeaMonkey?
- Support is available from the user FAQ, the MozillaZine SeaMonkey Support forum, the mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup, and the #mozillazine IRC Channel.
What are the differences between SeaMonkey 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 2.x?
- SeaMonkey 1.0 was released off the 1.8.0 branch like Firefox 1.5.0.1. SeaMonkey 1.1 was released off the 1.8.1 branch like Firefox 2. SeaMonkey 2.0 was released off the 1.9.1 branch like Firefox 3.5 (see the Global:1.9 Trunk 1.8 Branch Plan for a graphical depiction of the former trunk and branches and a description of what development work would occur on the trunk and branches). SeaMonkey 2.1 was released off the 2.0 branch like Firefox 4. Following versions of SeaMonkey will be released off the same branch as the corresponding Firefox version (e.g. SeaMonkey 2.2 relates to Mozilla/Firefox 5).
Where can I go for news about the SeaMonkey project?
- The SeaMonkey Project News page and the SeaMonkey Blog and SeaMonkey QA Blog are good resources for the latest SeaMonkey news. You can also wade through the SeaMonkey IRC logs for the latest goings-on. For developers, a good news source is the mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey newsgroup.
What can I do to help the project?
- There's plenty of quality assurance work to be done. Grab a nightly build and join in!