Download Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 2

The Mozilla Foundation has released the second beta release of version 2.1 of SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite and consists of a web browser and programs for e-mailing and reading news. In addition, there is a simple HTML editor. Unlike the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey is maintained by the community, while the SeaMonkey Council oversees maintenance. The main changes made since alpha 3 can be found below.

Major changes relative to SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha 3:

• OpenSearch plugins are now supported and the default for web search.
• Data Manager now unifies cookie, permission, password, and form data management.
• Plugins now run in their own processes and don’t take down the browser any more if they crash.
• The context menu of the location bar now has a “Paste and Go” option.
• The location bar now features a fast bookmarking button.
• JavaScript is faster than ever with the new JägerMonkey engine.
• 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.
• The HSTS security protocol and the proposed Audio Data API are available.

Major changes relative to SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1:

• The new Data Manager is opened instead of the previous separate management windows.
• Page zoom is being remembered on a site-specific basis now.
• WebSockets have been disabled for security reasons.
• Lightweight themes (Personas) support for the Address Book, Composer, and MailNews windows.
• Deferred Session Restore.
• 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.
• News messages can now be deleted from local storage.
• Website search fields now feature a “Add a Keyword for this Search” context menu entry.
• 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.
• SeaMonkey now uses Omnijar which results in fewer installed files, less fragmentation and better startup time.
• Sync (fka Weave) is now included directly in SeaMonkey. Sync allows you to keep your browsing history, passwords, bookmarks, preferences and tabs in sync across different devices (computers) in a secure way.
• Mac changes: PPC support was dropped, 64-bit support for 10.6 “Snow Leopard” was added.
• The new DoNotTrack HTTP header can be configured in Preferences, Privacy & Security