SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1 Previews the Next Generation

[Robert Kaiser]

It took a bit longer than previously expected, but that fact makes the
SeaMonkey team even more thrilled to announce SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1,
previewing the next generation of the successful Internet suite.

Building on the great heritage of the Netscape Communicator and Mozilla
Application suites, SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1 combines a state-of-the-art web
browser based on the same core as Firefox 3.5.1 with a solid email and
newsgroups client and a simple HTML editor, rounding the experience with
web development tools and IRC chat.

In addition to the changes in the alpha releases, this version features:
- the same browser core and web feature support as Firefox 3.5.1,
- a reworked download manager, including support for cross-session
resumable downloads,
- localized builds - Windows/Linux/Mac packages are available in 15
languages officially (2 additional are experimental) from day 1,
- feed preview and improved feed subscription from the browser,
- fully customizable mail/news toolbars,
- mail archiving support,
- and a lot of other, smaller improvements.

The release notes include a detailed list of improvements in comparison
to SeaMonkey 1.1.17, our current stable release.

We welcome any and all discussions on this beta on our newsgroups, or
you can even file a bug if you find one. Be sure to check our known
issues prior to filing bugs.

SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1 is available for free download on the SeaMonkey
website. Once you have downloaded and installed this release, we'd like
to encourage you to get involved in discussing and reporting problems as
well as further improving the product.

Thanks for testing and helping us to make SeaMonkey even better!

Full news article:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2009-07-21

Release notes:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.0b1

Downloads for all available platforms and languages:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.0b1

System Requirements:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/system-requirements

Newsgroups: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/community#groups
File a bug: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided
Get Involved: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/dev/get-involved

Robert Kaiser
SeaMonkey project coordinator