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SeaMonkey 1.1.1 released!

mozilla.org — Following the Gecko security update releases a few days ago, the SeaMonkey project has issued new security and stability releases today for its all-in-one internet application suite. SeaMonkey 1.1.1 is now available for download, fixing several security vulnerabilities, along with a few issues reported on SeaMonkey 1.1.

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  • drlha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26Firefox 2 has session recovery built in.
  • crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Stupid question, but why would I use this instead of Firefox and Thunderbird?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Same here. Although I use Firefox (on Linux) most of the time, I find that it is prone to crashing a lot, especially when viewing flash videos. Firefox also seems to be much slower and 'bloated'.
    SeaMonkey does not seem to have these same problems and is much faster. The only problem is that I can't get Firefox extensions to work with it properly (a little hacking is sometimes required).
  • sanguinemoon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Just got it! I lot of times I prefer it over Firefox
  • bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I wonder why...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape#Mozilla-based_releases
  • DarkShroud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I don't use Firefox for a lot of reasons. I do like this browser and used the previous Mozilla suite for years. I'm glad this is alive and kicking.
  • Gogogo111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Works in Windows XP (Gets shot), but it seems much faster then Firefox and less bloated. I think I'm going to stick with SeaMonkey now.
  • spankee666, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6You would use it if you really liked using a "suite" over using multiple apps. In addition, if you have some sort of enterprise application built around the old Netscape/Mozilla suite and not the newer Firefox/Thunderbird option, you may still be using this. I know I used to use SeaMonkey because I had an extension that never got converted to Firefox, so I was using both for a while.
  • Midnightbrewer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Firefox's session management is pretty limited, even if you wanted to offer only basic functionality. Tab Mix Plus's management system is intuitive and very well done.
  • greyspace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Running Firefox and Thunderbird at the same time saddles you with two instances of Gecko (and all the other associated drains on system resources), while SeaMonkey Navigator and Mail both use the same one.

    In my experience (on Linux), Firefox has been a crashhappy resource-hog since version 1.5, and each new release has been less stable than the last. (It can't even crash elegantly, often leaving the process running after the application has vanished from my desktop.) SeaMonkey -- again, in my experience -- crashes far less often and generally feels quicker and more responsive.

    As with all things, Your Mileage My Vary.
  • sanguinemoon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oooops greyspace already said what I meant to say. I never saw the wisdom in running Thunderbird and Firefox at the same time.
  • diggimator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm used to the old keybindings in Mozilla which were later changed in Firefox to accomodate IE users.
  • MnMs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I still use the old Mozilla suite which pretty much all the features this has like the mail client, irc client, "The composer" (~WYSIWYG editor), and the address book. The only thing wrong with it is that they don't update it anymore!
  • Rosco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Seamonkey 1.1.1 is nice, but I'm really waiting for the 1.5 release which is supposed to blend the FF browser and TB email client into the suite. This will help the extension compatibility for the Seamonkey suite.
  • subgeniusd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2SeaMonkey 1.1 in both XP and Linux runs faster and is more stable then FF. In fact it runs nearly as fast as Opera. Until the Opera/Linux Flash 9 issue is fixed I'm all SeaMonkey all the time, And the 4 update fixes in 1.1.1 look irrelevant IMHO. Stick with what rocks.
  • szplug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I use Seamonkey. I prefer the look, the way I can google in the main toolbar (no moving my eyes over to the separate, too-small search bar), and the way in-page search is done.

    Don't forget you can use the nightlies ( http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk).
  • diggimator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why does the digg summary say 1.1.1 was released today when it was released in February? Puzzling.
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/
  • V1ncent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I too prefer Seamonkey to Firefox and have used it since back when it was the Mozilla Suite.
  • antispimmer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'll give it a shot; I think I am going to switch over to this from Firefox/Outlook for a while. Can anyone suggest any good/compatible themes or extensions?
  • baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that is a good idea, a quick way to get thunderbird to launch URLs in firefox is to add the following lines to thunderbird's prefs.js file:

    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/firefox");


    adjust the path accordingly depending where firefox's binary is located:

    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/local/bin/firefox");
    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/local/bin/firefox");


  • ElbridgeGerry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Suites have been left by the wayside, and most use separate programs. Seamonkey, however, is still excellent for mini-Linux distros and old computers.
  • FarcicalFart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I found Firefox in linux to be much more stable and significantly faster by using the Firefox provided on mozilla.com as opposed to binaries provided by the repo.
  • SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's the point: Seamonkey uses as much RAM as Firefox (sometimes less), and it has many useful features. It's much more RAM-effective than Firefox+Thunderbird (or any other email software), and more functional.
  • DeeBlackthorne, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1I heart SeaMonkey. Much more swift than FireFox, and it's a good all-in-one software package. Modern theme does what it needs to do for graphic presentation, and I'm still tinkering with all the plugins to view Flash and such.
  • baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1one more item...

    to get firefox to launch those mailto: links in webpages with thunderbird add the following line to firefox's prefs.js file:

    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/bin/thunderbird");'

    or:

    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", "/usr/local/bin/thunderbird");'
  • RiverBelow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1agreed for the most part
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  • Gzero, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4I prefer my browser to just be a browser. Firefox takes up a lot of memory sometimes (haven't tried seamonkey so I wouldn't know about that), but it still feels "lighter" just because it doesn't have all this other junk attached to it.
  • szplug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone who's enthused to be using the latest (1.5a), here are the nightlies: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk

    They've been pretty stable for me; the occasional bit of rendering difficulty is all I've encountered. On the other hand, it doesn't have anything too exciting over 1.1.
  • baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Monkey see, monkey do, a SeaMonkey just like you, hahaha :)
  • jeevanpingali, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I use Portable Firefox from PortableApps(http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable) in WindowsXP and in Suse with Wine. This version is much liter and faster to the regular Firefox. Takes less memory. After using this, I started using other apps from ProtableApps.
  • snuffulupagus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Sigh, not working in puppeh linux: http://www.puppyos.net/news/comments.php?y=07&m=03&entry=entry070301-191350
  • FluxHarmonic, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Wow does this ever look like Netscape from about 8 years ago...
  • scrag10, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2If your firefox crashes alot I'd suggest getting an addon that does system restore so you can continue browsing at ease. Unless Firefox doesn't need an addon to do that, I have to many addons I have no idea which ones do what anymore.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Yes, I actually use Tab Mix Plus, which has a built in 'session manager' that restores your last session after a crash. Very handy. I use Firefox 1.5 BTW.
  • aplardi, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3The only good reason for installing this application is so you can use AppZapper to uninstall it and enjoy the cool sound effect and screen flash.

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