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== New Profile Location == | == New Profile Location == | ||
Due to the big change in the back-end code which would also require new profiles to be located in a different place, it was decided that all existing profiles should be explicitly migrated rather than just using what is there already. | Due to the big change in the back-end code which would also require new profiles to be located in a different place, it was decided that all existing profiles should be explicitly migrated rather than just using what is there already. This has several advantages. One, in particular, is to clean up old profiles (some of which will have been around since 4.x,) but also it helps to reduce the possibility of conflicts between old and new profiles that might arise due to planned changes in the back-end. | ||
The new locations are (depending on the resolution of {{bug|393620}}): | |||
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{| | |||
|+ '''New Profile Locations''' | |+ '''New Profile Locations''' | ||
! Operating System !! Folder | !Operating System !! Folder | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Unix || ~/.mozilla | |Unix || ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/<Profile Name> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Windows || %APPDATA%\ | |Windows || %APPDATA%\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\<Profile name>\ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Mac OS X || ~/Library/ | |Mac OS X || ~/Library/Application Support/SeaMonkey/Profiles/<Profile name>/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Profile Migration === | === Profile Migration === | ||
The profile migration dialog will come up on the first start of a SeaMonkey 2.x on your machine. It allow you to migrate your existing settings into a profile called "default". | The profile migration dialog will come up on the first start of a SeaMonkey 2.x on your machine. It will allow you to migrate your existing settings into a profile called "default". | ||
If you wish to migrate | If you wish to migrate more than one profile or set the profile name, run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (it needs to be run twice): | ||
* -createProfile <ProfileName> | * -createProfile <ProfileName> | ||
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|+ '''New for SeaMonkey 2.0''' | |+ '''New for SeaMonkey 2.0''' | ||
! Feature !! Description !! Bug Reference | ! Feature !! Description !! Bug Reference | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Add-on Manager || The add-on manager provides both Theme & Extension options in the same way as Firefox and Thunderbird. This will allow extension and theme developers a much better environment than the previous extension capabilities. || - | |Add-on Manager || The add-on manager provides both Theme & Extension options in the same way as Firefox and Thunderbird. This will allow extension and theme developers a much better environment than the previous extension capabilities. || {{bug|272429}}? | ||
|- | |||
|Add-on update notification || As part of the add-on manager SeaMonkey will now automatically notify you of updates to installed addons. || - | |||
|- | |||
|Thunderbird profile migration || You can now migrate your existing Thunderbird profile into SeaMonkey. || {{bug|329744}} | |||
|- | |||
|Form Manager replaced by Satchel || Instead of the old form manager, when you type in forms now if you've previously entered values in similar fields you'll be presented with a drop-down list of options. || {{bug|304309}} | |||
|- | |||
|Read-only integration with Mac OS X Address Book || The Mac OS X address book can now be accessed (read-only) from within the Address Book of SeaMonkey, so it can be used for auto-complete, address lookups etc. || {{bug|203927}} | |||
|- | |||
|Feed support (viewing and subscribing) || RSS and Atom feeds can now be viewed and subscribed to through either the browser or MailNews component. || {{bug|415372}} {{bug|255834}} | |||
|- | |||
|Customizable Toolbars (browser and MailNews) || You can now customize the toolbars in the browser and MailNews components || {{bug|394288}} {{bug|471372}} {{bug|413385}} | |||
|- | |||
|Places-based history || The new history backend can store more data and is used for the location bar results now. || {{bug|382187}} | |||
|- | |||
|Audio/Video support || SeaMonkey now natively supports playing Ogg and Wave files (directly and with HTML5 audio/video tags). || {{bug|422538}} {{bug|449315}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Crash recovery (session restore) || SeaMonkey can now save open windows and tabs for later restoration in the event of a crash. || {{bug|36810}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |New Download Manager || The new Download Manager features resumable downloads (even across sessions) and many other improvements. || {{bug|472001}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Undo Close Tab/Window || Recently closed tabs and windows can now be reopened (through Ctrl+Shift+T/Y shortcuts or File menu). || {{bug|350416}} {{bug|354953}} {{bug|510890}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Better Faster IMAP || IMAP messages are now downloaded in the background and changes (delete, move, tag) replayed when going online. Additionally, the disk cache is used for messages that were viewed but not downloaded. || {{bug|436615}} {{bug|435153}} {{bug|141606}} {{bug|450456}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Tabmail || Mail and News messages can now be opened in tabs, similar to the web sites in the browser. || {{bug|460960}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
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Now we have the new add-on manager we are able to package some of our optional components as extensions. This is more in keeping with the new style, and enables users better control over what they have included and enabled in SeaMonkey. | Now we have the new add-on manager we are able to package some of our optional components as extensions. This is more in keeping with the new style, and enables users better control over what they have included and enabled in SeaMonkey. | ||
The current list of extensions bundled with SeaMonkey is: | The current list of extensions bundled with SeaMonkey 2 is: | ||
* [http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ ChatZilla] | |||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/ DOM Inspector] | * [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/ DOM Inspector] | ||
* [http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/venkman/ Javascript Debugger] | * [http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/venkman/ Javascript Debugger] | ||
* [[SeaMonkey:Debug And QA UI]] | * [[SeaMonkey:Debug And QA UI]] | ||
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== Note to Extension Authors == | == Note to Extension Authors == | ||
Now that SeaMonkey is a [[XUL]] app, extensions which supply contents.rdf files and chrome.manifest files will be broken if | Now that SeaMonkey is a [[XUL]] app, extensions which supply contents.rdf files and chrome.manifest files will be broken if the chrome.manifest does not explicitly define what is in the contents.rdf file (e.g. overlays, content etc). | ||
The reason is that in the new SeaMonkey builds, contents.rdf files will be ignored if chrome.manifest files exist. If you need to define application specific overlays etc then [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Chrome_Registration#Manifest_Flags Chrome Registration] will tell you how to do it. | The reason is that in the new SeaMonkey builds, contents.rdf files will be ignored if chrome.manifest files exist. If you need to define application specific overlays etc then [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Chrome_Registration#Manifest_Flags Chrome Registration] will tell you how to do it. http://developer.mozilla.org also has details on updating your extension in this article: [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions_support_in_SeaMonkey_2 Extensions support in SeaMonkey 2]. | ||
Please test your revised extension in the latest SeaMonkey (links above) before updating your max version. | Please test your revised extension in the latest SeaMonkey (links above) before updating your max version. | ||