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SeaMonkey is a free, open source, and cross-platform Internet suite that is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite. SeaMonkey is community-driven, in contrast to the Mozilla suite, whose stable 1.7 branch remains governed by the Mozilla Foundation. The new project-leading group is the SeaMonkey Council.
History
Release history Parts of this table are based on the release notes of SeaMonkey and the roadmap. Naming To avoid confusing organizations that still want to use the original Mozilla Suite, the new product needed a new name. After initial speculation by members of the community, a July 2, 2005 announcement confirmed that SeaMonkey would officially become the name of the Internet suite superseding the Mozilla Suite. "Seamonkey" was formerly used by the Mozilla Foundation as the code name of the Mozilla Suite itself. The SeaMonkey Council is in the process of trademarking the name, with help from the Mozilla Foundation. It will also use a separate numbering scheme, with the first release being called SeaMonkey 1.0. Despite having a different name and version number, SeaMonkey 1.0 is based on the same code as Mozilla 1.8. The choice of "SeaMonkey" as the official name of the follow-up project has drawn criticism from some long-time users and testers of the Mozilla Suite, as many would have preferred the continued use of the name "Mozilla" or "Mozilla Suite". However, the Mozilla Foundation has stated that the name change was necessary in order to differentiate the new independent project from official projects and products of the foundation. People The SeaMonkey Council, which is the team responsible for project and release management, currently consists of the following people: See also | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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