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+[%- mypath = "${template.name}"|replace('[^\/]*$','') -%]
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+[%- PROCESS "${mypath}/relnote.var" -%]
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+[%- PROCESS "changes.tmpl" -%]
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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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+<html lang="en">
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+<head>
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+
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
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+
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+<link rel="top" href="../../" title="SeaMonkey Project">
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+<link rel="up" href="../" title="SeaMonkey Releases">
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+
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+<title>[% rnote.basename %] Release Notes</title>
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+</head>
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+<body>
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+<h1>[% rnote.basename %]</h1>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>
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+<font size="+2" color="#ff0000"><b>This version makes changes to your
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+profile that can't be reverted in case you want to go back to a previous
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+version of SeaMonkey. You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile
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+before trying [% rnote.basename %].</b></font>
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+</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+<font size="+1" color="#ff0000"><b>Automatic upgrades from previous versions
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+are disabled for this release. Please download the full installer from the
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+downloads section and install [% rnote.basename %] manually over the
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+previous version. </b></font>
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+</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>The Mozilla backend code SeaMonkey is based on, now usually incorporates
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+breaking changes in every release. This is especially true for the Mozilla Gecko
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+add-ons code and the JavaScript interpreter. Consequently, some older extensions
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+<em>may</em> no longer function properly. If you experience any problems please
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+refer to the troubleshooting section first. Especially try to disable extensions
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+first and check if this makes a difference.
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+<br>
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+<b>Important only if you upgrade from 2.49.5 or an earlier version:</b>
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+Due to changes in the user profile, if you have set a master password, you will
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+have to remove it <b>before</b> upgrading to [% rnote.basename %]. After a
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+successful upgrade, don't forget to manually remove the files key3.db and cert8.db
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+in your profile afterwards, as they include credentials and passwords no longer
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+protected by a master password. You can find the path to your profile folder
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+entering the special <b>about:support</b> URL in a SeaMonkey browser window.
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+<br>You can remove your master password by providing an empty password in the
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+"Change Master Password" dialog. <b>Do not use the "Reset Password" function.
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+You will lose all stored passwords this way.</b>
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+<br>
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+<b>If you have a SeaMonkey 2.53.1 or 2.53.2 language pack installed you need to
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+remove it before upgrading to this version.</b> These language pack versions
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+were marked to be compatible with all Seamonkey 2.53.x releases and cause
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+breakage when used with a different version. You can then install one of the
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+provided [% rnote.baseversion %] language packs from the download section after
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+installation of the base product.
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+</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>
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+For [% rnote.basename %], the following extensions are included.
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+<ul>
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+ <li>ChatZilla</li>
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+ <li>DOM Inspector</li>
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+ <li>Lightning</li>
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+</ul>
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+Beta versions also contain the following extension.
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+<ul>
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+ <li>SeaMonkey Debug and QA UI</li>
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+</ul>
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+</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>
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+These release notes describe system requirements, installation instructions,
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+and known issues for [% rnote.basename %] up to/including [% rnote.name %].
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+These notes are updated when we receive feedback, so please check back
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+for new information.
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+</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="new">What's New in [% rnote.basename %]</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<p>
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+[% rnote.basename %] contains (among other changes) the following major changes relative to
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+<a href="../seamonkey[% rnote.relativeto.version %]/#new">[% rnote.relativeto.name %]</a>:
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+</p>
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+<ul>
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+ <li>Fix advertising of av1 support <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490877">bug 1490877</a>.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Fix some issues found with supporting new macOS.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Various security and general platform fixes.
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+[% rnote.basename %] contains (among other changes) the following major changes relative to
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+<a href="../seamonkey[% rnote.relativeto.stable.version %]/#new">[% rnote.relativeto.stable.name %]</a>:
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+</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+ <li>The Bookmarks Manager has switched its name to Library, and now also
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+ includes the History list. When invoking History, the Library will be shown
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+ with the History list selected. The extensive modifications were needed
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+ because of Mozilla Gecko platform API changes.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Download Manager has been migrated to a new API. Although it looks pretty
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+ much the same as before, the search option is missing and some other minor
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+ details work differently. The previous downloads history is removed during
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+ the upgrade.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The layout panel was added to the CSS Grid tools.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>TLS 1.3 is the default SSL version now.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The only NPAPI plugin which will work with [% rnote.basename %] is Flash.
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+ Support for other NPAPI plugins like Java and Silverlight has been removed.
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+ For displaying pdf files in the browser you can use
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+ <a href="https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/pdf.js-seamonkey/releases/"> pdf.js-seamonkey</a>
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+ from Isaac Schemm.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>SeaMonkey now uses a new api for formatting regional data like time and
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+ date. Default is to use the application locale of the current SeaMonkey
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+ build. If you use a language pack or a different OS formatting this is
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+ usually not desired. You can change the formatting from the application
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+ locale to the regional settings locale (OS) in the preferences dialog under
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+ "Appearance".
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<p>
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+[% rnote.basename %] uses the same backend as Firefox and contains the relevant
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+<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/#firefox[% changes.sec.tm %]">Firefox [% changes.sec.tm %] security fixes</a>.
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+[% rnote.basename %] shares most parts of the mail and news code with Thunderbird.
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+Please read the
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+<a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/[% changes.tb.tm %]/releasenotes/">Thunderbird [% changes.tb.tm %] release notes</a> for
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+specific changes and security fixes in this release.
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+Additional important security fixes up to Current Firefox [% changes.fx.esr %]
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+ESR and a few enhancements have been backported. We will continue to enhance
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+SeaMonkey security in subsequent 2.53.x beta and release versions as fast as we
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+are able to.
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+</p>
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+<h3>SeaMonkey-specific changes</h3>
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+<ul>
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+ <li>SeaMonkey now uses gtk3 on Linux. If you experience a problem because of
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+ this please file a bug and link it to
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367257">bug 1367257</a>.
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+ Please try another OS theme first. Some of them are buggy and cause problems
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+ with SeaMonkey, Thunderbird and Firefox.
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="download">Downloading</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+The SeaMonkey project provides official versions and language packs of
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+[% rnote.name %] for Windows, Linux and macOS in US English and
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+a small variety of other languages. Community volunteers are also contributing
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+builds for other platforms. You can <a href="../[% rnote.version %]">download
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+[% rnote.name %] here</a>.
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="install">System Requirements, Installation and Uninstallation</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+Before installing, make sure your computer meets the
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+<a href="../../doc/system-requirements">system requirements</a>.<br>
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+Please note that the new Windows x64 version will only support Windows 7 x64
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+and up. You need to uninstall a previous Windows x86 version if you want to use
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+it. Installing the x64 over the old x86 is not supported and does not remove
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+the old version which might cause problems later.
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+<br>[% rnote.name %] will no longer offer to migrate your data from SeaMonkey
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+1.x or Mozilla 1.x at the first start after installation (<a
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+href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689437">bug 689437</a>).
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+In order to upgrade from such an old version, install the last SeaMonkey 2.0
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+release first, do the one-time profile upgrade, uninstall SeaMonkey 2.0 and
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+then install your target release (e.g. this one).<br>
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+<b>If you are on an older release we suggest upgrading to SeaMonkey 2.49.5
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+first.</b><br>
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+You can find more details about installation, profile data and uninstallation
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+in our <a href="../../doc/install-and-uninstall">install and uninstall</a>
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+document.
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="addons">Extensions (Add-ons) and Themes</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<p>
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+Extensions and Themes for [% rnote.name %] can be installed from the
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+<a href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/">SeaMonkey Add-Ons</a>
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+website or the "Get Add-Ons" section in the Add-ons Manager.</p>
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+<p>
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+Extensions with binary components such as Enigmail only work for the specific
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+platform they are released (e.g. win extension for Windows, linux64 for Linux
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+64 bits). Besides, matching version of extensions for SeaMonkey may not be the
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+latest available of those versions. Therefore, they need to be adjusted for
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+each new SeaMonkey release, which also means that an old version of such an
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+add-on can break SeaMonkey if you disabled compatibility checking (which e.g.
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+happens when you install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter add-on). Please,
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+note the following warnings and advice regarding extensions:</p>
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+<ul>
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+ <li>For <b>Enigmail</b>, please refer to the
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+ <a href="https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/home">Enigmail</a> page.
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+ <br>The latest supported version is 2.0.9
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+ <a href="https://www.enigmail.net/download/release/2.0/enigmail-2.0.9-sm+tb.xpi">
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+ Enigmail</a> but there have been some problems reported against it.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Adblock Plus 2.9.1 may cause huge memory and CPU consumption and is not
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+ recommended or officially supported in this SeaMonkey version. Consider
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+ switching to uBlock.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Lightbird 0.7.1. is not compatible with this version. The message preview
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+ pane will not update itself correctly.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The latest 1.16.x working version of uBlock can be found
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+ <a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy/releases">here</a>.
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+ Please install the latest legacy version.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The latest working version of NoScript Classic 5.x can be found
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+ <a href="https://noscript.net/getit">here</a>.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Dictionaries in WebExtension formats do <b>not</b> work, even though
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+ they appear to install correctly. Support for them will be added at a
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+ later date. Please install the latest classic version from the dictionary
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+ history.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Lightweight themes are no longer provided on the SeaMonkey Add-ons site.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Full theme add-ons may need changes because of user interface and internal
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+ changes. If you find any problem with themes, contact the theme author.
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+ Before reporting a problem with the user interface please make sure to
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+ recreate it with either the Classic or Modern theme.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Because of security backports which removed obsolete code, Session Manager
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+ add-on version 0.8.1.14 or above is required to be compatible with current
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+ and future 2.53 releases.
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<h2 id="issues">Known Issues</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+This list covers some of the known problems with [% rnote.name %].
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+Please read this before reporting any new bugs.
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+<ul>
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+ <li>Clearing the browser history during shutdown does currently not work.
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+ Please use "Tools->Clear Private Data" as a workaround. The problem is
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+ tracked in <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621445">bug 1621445</a>
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+ </li>
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+
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+ <li>Opening single new tabs from the Library always loads them in the
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+ foreground. The problem is tracked in <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1619108">bug 1619108</a>
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+ </li>
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+
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+ <li>SeaMonkey will not start under Linux if you downloaded the wrong package.
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+ <br>We are providing x86 and x64 versions of SeaMonkey for Linux.
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+ For newer distributions you probably need the Linux x64 version.
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+ </li>
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+
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+ <li>Lightning or one of the distributed extensions is not showing up or is
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+ disabled under Add-ons.
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+ <br> If the extension is disabled and can not be enabled deinstall it. If
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+ it does not show up after restart do the following:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>Enter "about:config" in the location bar.</li>
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+ <li>Enter "extensions.installedDistroAddon" in the search field.</li>
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+ <li>Reset the key of the extension not showing up using the popup menu
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+ with the mouse. If in doubt just reset all keys, but this might bring
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+ back previously uninstalled distributed Add-ons.</li>
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+ <li>Restart SeaMonkey.</li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Unable to connect to secure sites and a certificate error is shown.
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+ <br>In 99% of all cases this issue is caused by the same problem. Your
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+ antivirus software or custom firewall acts as a man in the middle and
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+ intercepts secure https traffic. In order to intercept and scan this
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+ encrypted network traffic, it normally uses a vendor specific certificate
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+ which is not installed by default in SeaMonkey by the third party software
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+ installer. If you want to keep this feature working you need to install one
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+ or more certificate(s) from the antivirus software in SeaMonkey. You need
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+ to ask your antivirus software vendor where they are located. Consult the
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+ SeaMonkey online help to find out how you can import and manage certificates.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>If you experience a hang and/or get a message box warning that a script
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+ is busy when opening the Data Manager try deleting the webappsstore.* files
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+ from your profile folder when SeaMonkey is not running. These files contain
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+ data stored by websites and will be recreated during the next start. If
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+ you are unsure if the information is needed please back up the files before
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+ deleting them. The problem is tracked in
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1305624">bug 1305624</a>
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+ but so far no coding error has been found.
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+ This problem has been reported frequently when trying to manage passwords.
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+ But the problem will generally happen just after you open the Data Manager,
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+ because this component is also used for managing cookies, site preferences
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+ permissions and other settings.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>If you are running Windows 7 "Send to > Mail recipient" might not work.
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+ More information can be found in
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1356902">bug 1356902</a>.
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+ As a workaround install the "Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 to 2019"
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+ redistributable runtime library. For x86 install the
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+ <a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe">VS2019 x86 runtime</a>.
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+ <br>If you are using the x64 build install the
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+ <a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe">VS2019 x64 runtime</a>.
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+ SeaMonkey was built using the latest VS2019 compiler so make sure to
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+ upgrade any older VS2017 runtime.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>If you experience a delay showing the first page after start, please
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+ delete the Safebrowsing folder in your profile. Bad Safebrowsing data may
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+ delay showing the first page for up to 30 seconds. The problem is tracked
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+ in <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432274">bug 1432274</a>.
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+ This can occur even if you are not using Safebrowsing because the lists are
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+ always fetched.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>SeaMonkey does not currently support the WebExtensions add-on api. Some
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+ popular add-ons like NoScript and uBlock Origin are no longer shown because
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+ of this on the SeaMonkey add-ons website. You can usually get them from the
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+ manufacturers site. WebExtensions support is a planned feature for 2.57.
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+ For dictionaries please install the latest non webext version.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The SSL 3.0 encryption protocol is no longer supported due to
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+ security concerns (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106470">bug
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+ 1106470</a>). Legacy websites may still rely on it and will not work
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+ with the newer TLS 1.x protocols. Contact the website administrator
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+ to update their server to resolve the issue at the source.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The Remember Passwords add-on breaks password handling. Please disable
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+ or uninstall this add-on using the Add-ons Manager.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>You cannot set up a new Sync account or pair a device anymore (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998807">bug 998807</a>).
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+ </li>
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+ <li><strong>Data loss warning:</strong> If you use a profile with this or
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+ any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.49.5 or earlier,
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+ SeaMonkey will rename your bookmarks and history file to
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+ places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.sqlite file, effectively
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+ resetting your browsing history. This is because the internal format
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+ changed and the upgrade process only works in one direction.
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+ Additionally, running MailNews with local folders and POP3 mail filters may
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+ produce summary files that are not correctly read by previous versions of
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+ SeaMonkey. If you decide to go back to a previous version of SeaMonkey, you
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+ should do it from a profile backup only.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>After creating a news account through clicking a news URL, the MailNews
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+ account wizard may be broken (the account type will always be News). To
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+ work around the problem, set the mail.server.serverX.valid pref (where
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+ X is the internal number of the corresponding news account) to true in
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+ about:config, or delete the invalid news account (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521861">bug 521861</a>).
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+ </li>
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+ <li>WebRTC has been disabled by default. It needs an add-on to enable it per
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+ site. See the
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+ <a href="https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/webrtc-permissions-ui-toggle">webrtc-permissions-ui-toggle add-on</a>.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Web pages may appear differently in the MailNews feed reader than in the
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+ browser (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662907">bug
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+ 662907</a>). Workaround: Add a "noscript {display:none}" rule to your
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+ <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css">userContent.css</a>
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+ (note that the Stylish add-on cannot be used here since it does not
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+ integrate with the MailNews feed reader).
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Lightning keyboard shortcuts for accessing the calendar tab from within
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+ the MailNews window or from the main menu (Ctrl+Shift+C/D) do not work. (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514512">bug 514512</a>).
|
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+ </li>
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+ <li>If you try to start SeaMonkey using a locked profile, it will crash (see <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573369">bug 573369</a>).
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+ </li>
|
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+ <li>Windows:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>You might not be able to install SeaMonkey in Windows 10 if you have
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+ turned on the Windows Defender Smartscreen feature. Your SeaMonkey
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+ download will be blocked in the case. To overcome this go to
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+ "Windows Security->App & browser control" in the new Windows Settings
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+ and set the "Check apps and files" setting to Warn from Block.
|
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|
+ </li>
|
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+ <li>Antivirus scanners may report that some parts of SeaMonkey (e.g. the
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+ file freebl3.dll) are suspicious. If you downloaded SeaMonkey from one
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+ of the official download sites, this is a false alarm. You might
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+ experience problems with secure websites when this happens. To fix the
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+ issue, instruct your antivirus software to ignore these files (and move
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+ them out of quarantine) and/or switch to another antivirus software and
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+ reinstall SeaMonkey.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
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+ </ul>
|
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+ </li>
|
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+ <li>Mac:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>You might not be able to install SeaMonkey under recent macOS
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+ versions. In this case please read <a
|
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|
+ href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40616/mac">
|
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|
+ Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer</a> for a solution.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ <li>When hardware acceleration is off, background colors in the UI
|
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|
+ (toolbar, status bar etc.) might not update correctly when you switch
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+ focus from/to a window. Users running Macs with certain older hardware
|
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|
+ will experience this even if they haven't turned
|
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|
+ off hardware acceleration in Preferences (Appearance/Content) (<a
|
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626096">bug 626096</a>).
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ </ul>
|
|
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+ </li>
|
|
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+</ul>
|
|
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+</div>
|
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+
|
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+<h2 id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h2>
|
|
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+<div class="section">
|
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|
+<ul>
|
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|
+ <li>
|
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|
+ Some questions are asked more frequently than others. Have a look at the <a
|
|
|
+ href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/FAQ">SeaMonkey FAQ</a>.
|
|
|
+ Maybe your particular problem has already been solved.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
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|
+ <li>
|
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+ Some antivirus software keeps detecting our installers as containing a
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+ "Trojan" or "Downloader". This is a false positive because of some wrong
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|
|
+ detection mechanism in the antivirus software. The code in question is
|
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+ actually from 7-Zip and decompresses the installer so that its contents can
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+ run and install SeaMonkey. That technology is widely used and probably can
|
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+ be used to compress bad as well as good software, but the 7-Zip code itself
|
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|
+ is perfectly safe. Mozilla scans all our files routinely when putting them
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+ on the FTP server and we assure you that our installers are as clean as the
|
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+ official Firefox downloads that are scanned by the same mechanisms.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ <li>
|
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+ For security, parts of
|
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1035091">bug 1035091</a>
|
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|
+ were ported in
|
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|
+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411708">bug 1411708</a>.
|
|
|
+ This might cause problems with add-ons like Stylish which use moz-document.
|
|
|
+ Set the preference "layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled" to
|
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|
+ "true" to overcome this but be aware that this disables the
|
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|
+ added security fix.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ <li>
|
|
|
+ Poorly designed or incompatible extensions can cause problems with
|
|
|
+ SeaMonkey, including make it crash, slow down page display, etc.
|
|
|
+ If you encounter strange problems relating to parts of SeaMonkey no longer
|
|
|
+ working, the browser not starting, windows with strange or distorted
|
|
|
+ appearance, degraded performance, etc, you may be suffering from Extension
|
|
|
+ or Theme trouble.
|
|
|
+ Restart SeaMonkey in Safe Mode. On Windows, start using the "Safe Mode"
|
|
|
+ shortcut created in your Start menu or by running
|
|
|
+ <code>seamonkey.exe -safe-mode</code>.
|
|
|
+ On Linux, start with <code>/path-to-seamonkey/seamonkey -safe-mode</code>
|
|
|
+ or first change to the SeaMonkey installation directory and start with
|
|
|
+ <code>./seamonkey -safe-mode</code>, and on macOS, run:
|
|
|
+ <p><code>
|
|
|
+ cd /Applications/SeaMonkey.app/Contents/MacOS/<br>
|
|
|
+ ./seamonkey-bin -safe-mode
|
|
|
+ </code></p>
|
|
|
+ When started in Safe Mode all extensions are disabled and the Default theme
|
|
|
+ is used. Disable the Extension/Theme that is causing trouble and then start
|
|
|
+ normally.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ <li>
|
|
|
+ If you uninstall an extension that is installed with your user profile
|
|
|
+ (i.e. you installed it from a Web page) and then wish to install it for all
|
|
|
+ user profiles using the -install-global-extension command line flag, you
|
|
|
+ must restart SeaMonkey once to cleanse the profile extensions datasource of
|
|
|
+ traces of that extension before installing with the switch. If you do not do
|
|
|
+ this you may end up with a jammed entry in the Extensions list and will be
|
|
|
+ unable to install the extension globally.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+ <li>
|
|
|
+ If you encounter strange problems relating to bookmarks, downloads, window
|
|
|
+ placement, toolbars, history, or other settings, it is recommended that you
|
|
|
+ try creating a new profile and attempting to reproduce the problem before
|
|
|
+ filing bugs. Create a new profile by running SeaMonkey with the -P command
|
|
|
+ line argument, choose the "Manage Profiles" button and then choose "Create
|
|
|
+ Profile...". Migrate your settings files (Bookmarks, Saved Passwords, etc)
|
|
|
+ over one by one, checking each time to see if the problems resurface. If you
|
|
|
+ do find a particular profile data file is causing a problem, file a bug and
|
|
|
+ attach the file.
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+</ul>
|
|
|
+</div>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+<h2 id="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
|
|
|
+<div class="section">
|
|
|
+<dl>
|
|
|
+ <dt>What can I do to help?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ We need help from developers and the testing community to provide as much
|
|
|
+ feedback as possible to make SeaMonkey even better. Please read these notes
|
|
|
+ and the <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Bug_writing_guidelines">bug
|
|
|
+ filing instructions</a> before reporting any bugs to
|
|
|
+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/">Bugzilla</a>.
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <dt>Why haven't you responded to the mail I sent you?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ Use the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.seamonkey/topics">newsgroup</a>.
|
|
|
+ The SeaMonkey team reads it regularly, and your email may have gotten lost.
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <dt>Where can I get extensions and themes (add-ons)?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ <a href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/extensions/">Extensions</a>
|
|
|
+ and <a href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/themes/">Themes</a> can be
|
|
|
+ downloaded from <a href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/">SeaMonkey
|
|
|
+ Add-ons</a>.
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <dt>Who makes SeaMonkey?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ Lots of people. See Help->About SeaMonkey, contributors for a
|
|
|
+ list of some of the people who have contributed to Mozilla and SeaMonkey.
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <dt>Where's the [% rnote.name %] source code?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ A tarball of the [% rnote.name %] source code is available at the
|
|
|
+ <a href="../[% rnote.version %]#source">download page</a>.
|
|
|
+ The latest development code can be obtained from the
|
|
|
+ <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Comm-central_source_code_(Mercurial)">source
|
|
|
+ repository</a>.
|
|
|
+ SeaMonkey-specific source is in the "suite" directory. Please follow the
|
|
|
+ <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation">build
|
|
|
+ instructions</a>.
|
|
|
+ We will provide source code for 2.53.1 and future releases on
|
|
|
+ <a href="https://gitlab.com/seamonkey-project">gitlab</a>.
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ <dt>Can I remove the tool- and menubar grippies?
|
|
|
+ <dd>
|
|
|
+ You can remove the tool- and menubar grippies by setting the preference
|
|
|
+ "browser.toolbars.grippyhidden" to "true".
|
|
|
+ </dd>
|
|
|
+ </dt>
|
|
|
+</dl>
|
|
|
+</div>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+<h2 id="resources">Other Resources and Links</h2>
|
|
|
+<div class="section">
|
|
|
+The following resources contain useful information about [% rnote.name %]:
|
|
|
+<ul>
|
|
|
+ <li><a href="../../doc/">SeaMonkey Documentation & Help</a></li>
|
|
|
+ <li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/">MozillaZine Knowledge Base</a></li>
|
|
|
+<!-- <li><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/Features/[% rnote.version %]">"SeaMonkey/Features/[% rnote.version %]"
|
|
|
+ wiki page</a>
|
|
|
+ </li> --->
|
|
|
+ <li><a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions_support_in_SeaMonkey_2">For
|
|
|
+ extension developers</a>
|
|
|
+ </li>
|
|
|
+</ul>
|
|
|
+</div>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+</body>
|
|
|
+</html>
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