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Bug 1638767 - Update release notes for 2.53.3 Beta release. r=IanN

Frank-Rainer Grahl 4 years ago
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      src/releases/seamonkey2.53.3/index.en.html

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@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ entering the special <b>about:support</b> URL in a SeaMonkey browser window.
 <br>You can remove you master password by providing an empty password in the
 "Change Master Password" dialog. <b>Do not use the "Reset Password" function.
 You will lose all stored passwords this way.</b>
+<br>
+<b>If you have a SeaMonkey 2.53.1 or 2.53.2 language pack installed you need to
+disable it before upgrading to this version.</b> These language pack versions
+were marked to be compatible with all Seamonkey 2.53.x releases and cause
+breakage when used with a different version. You can then install one of the
+provided 2.53.3 language packs from the download section after installation of
+the base product.
 </p>
 </div>
 
@@ -97,15 +104,17 @@ for new information.
   <li>There is now an option for not advertizing SeaMonkey at all in the user
     agent.
   </li>
-  <li>Expose preference for hiding grippies.
+  <li>The preference for hiding the toolbar and menubar grippies can now be
+    changed from "Preferences->Appearance".
   </li>
   <li>Change default to not autohide tab bar when there is only one tab in a
     window.
   </li>
   <li>Update of help page content and links.
   </li>
-  <li>Old langpacks are now disabled as part of the profile upgrade following
-   the installation of a new version.
+  <li>SeaMonkey language packs are now version specific and will be disabled
+    as part of the profile upgrade following the installation of a later
+    version.
   </li>
   <li>Search Engines have been centralized and updated in
     <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300198">bug 1300198</a>.
@@ -115,6 +124,11 @@ for new information.
     address books, more granular prompts when deleting items, print on the
     context menus and print button on the toolbar.
   </li>
+  <li>Multimedia support has been updated in preparation of supporting more
+    audio video formats in the next releases. For enhanced security the Rust
+    multimedia parser is now used for this and the libstagefright package has
+    been removed.
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>
@@ -139,6 +153,9 @@ for new information.
   </li>
   <li>The only NPAPI plugin which will work with [% rnote.basename %] is Flash.
     Support for other NPAPI plugins like Java and Silverlight has been removed.
+    For displaying pdf files in the browser you can use
+    <a href="https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/pdf.js-seamonkey/releases/"> pdf.js-seamonkey</a>
+    from Isaac Schemm.
   </li>
   <li>SeaMonkey now uses a new api for formatting regional data like time and
     date. Default is to use the application locale of the current SeaMonkey
@@ -160,7 +177,7 @@ Please read the
 specific changes and security fixes in this release.
 </p>
 <p>
-Additional important security fixes up to Current Firefox 74 and a few
+Additional important security fixes up to Current Firefox 77 and a few
 enhancements have been backported. We will continue to enhance SeaMonkey
 security in subsequent 2.53.x beta and release versions as fast as we are
 able to.
@@ -282,10 +299,6 @@ Please read this before reporting any new bugs.
     For newer distributions you probably need the Linux x64 version.
   </li>
 
-  <li>Previous versions of Language Packs should be removed or disabled
-    otherwise XML errors will be shown instead of parts of the application.
-  </li>
-
   <li>Lightning or one of the distributed extensions is not showing up or is
     disabled under Add-ons.
     <br> If the extension is disabled and can not be enabled deinstall it. If
@@ -361,7 +374,7 @@ Please read this before reporting any new bugs.
     href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998807">bug 998807</a>).
   </li>
   <li><strong>Data loss warning:</strong> If you use a profile with this or
-    any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.49 or earlier,
+    any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.49.5 or earlier,
     SeaMonkey will rename your bookmarks and history file to
     places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.sqlite file, effectively
     resetting your browsing history. This is because the internal format