SeaMonkey 1.1 launched

THE OPEN SAUCE internet suite, SeaMonkey has just spawned a new version which promises everything but the kitchen sink.

SeaMonkey 1.1 is a production-quality releases of code derived from the "Mozilla Application Suite".

Basically it is a mating of the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox with its Thunderbird email program, with a few extras thrown in. The Open Sauce project in charge of the beast say they have the product stable enough for corporate use.

Under the bonnet is a Firefox 2 engine and the upcoming Thunderbird 2. It also has better security indicators in the browser and an enhanced phishing detection for e-mail.

SeaMonkey has a new tagging system for e-mail that supersedes labels, support for multi-line tooltips in web pages, and previews images in tab tooltips.

It has Firebadger's inline spell checking and an updated version of ChatZilla.

You can find out more and download it here. µ

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The Seamonkey was a 1970s fad sparked by advertisements in comics which promised buyers instant friends by just adding water. The expensive packets contained the eggs of Brine Shrimps which were normally going to end up as fish food. Given the fact they didn't get particularly big, and were not renowned for their intelligence, the Sea Monkeys proved to be a big disappointment as friends.