Download Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 1

The Mozilla Foundation has provided SeaMonkey with a first beta of the upcoming 2.6 release. SeaMonkey is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite and consists of a web browser and programs for e-mailing and reading news. There is also a simple HTML editor available. Unlike the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey is community maintained, with the SeaMonkey Council overseeing maintenance. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

What’s New in SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 1

SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 1 contains the following major changes relative to SeaMonkey 2.5:

SeaMonkey specific changes

• Added Print Preview support to Composer
• Added update channel indication to About SeaMonkey page (about:)

Mozilla platform changes

• Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
• Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
• Added support for font-stretch
• Improved support for text overflow
• Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
• Fixed several stability issues

The changes page lists a more detailed overview of new features and fixes relative to our last stable release, SeaMonkey 2.5. Relevant security fixes are listed on Security Advisories for SeaMonkey.