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This page is for detailing what new features we are incorporating for the 2.0 release. This page is '''not''' for requesting new features for the 2.0 release. | This page is for detailing what new features we are incorporating for the 2.0 release. This page is '''not''' for requesting new features for the 2.0 release. | ||
== 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. | |||
This has several advantages, one especially 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 due to the changes in the back-end. | |||
The new locations are: | |||
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|+ '''New Profile Locations''' | |||
! Operating System !! Folder | |||
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| Unix || ~/.mozilla.org/seamonkey/<Profile Name> | |||
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| Windows || %APPDATA%\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\Profiles\<Profile name>\ | |||
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| Mac OS X || ~/Library/mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/Profiles/<Profile name>/ | |||
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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". | |||
If you wish to migrate for more than one profile, or set the profile name run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (it needs to be run twice): | |||
* -createProfile <Profile Name> | |||
* -P <Profile Name> -migration | |||
== New Features == | |||
This list may change at any time and the final list will be in the release notes once 2.0 is fully released. | This list may change at any time and the final list will be in the release notes once 2.0 is fully released. | ||
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This page is for detailing what new features we are incorporating for the 2.0 release. This page is not for requesting new features for the 2.0 release.
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.
This has several advantages, one especially 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 due to the changes in the back-end.
The new locations are:
| Operating System | Folder |
|---|---|
| Unix | ~/.mozilla.org/seamonkey/<Profile Name> |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\Profiles\<Profile name>\ |
| Mac OS X | ~/Library/mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/Profiles/<Profile name>/ |
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".
If you wish to migrate for more than one profile, or set the profile name run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (it needs to be run twice):
- -createProfile <Profile Name>
- -P <Profile Name> -migration
New Features
This list may change at any time and the final list will be in the release notes once 2.0 is fully released.
There is currently no time schedule for when 2.0 will be released, however as there are likely to be many new features in the release, (mainly due to the toolkit transition), we thought we'd start listing them here.
The ones that are dependent on bug 328887 rely on the toolkit transition being completed.
| Feature | Description | Bug Reference | Bug 328887 dependent? |
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| 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. | - | Yes |
| Add-on update notification | As part of the add-on manager SeaMonkey will now automatically notify you of updates to installed addons. | - | Yes |
| Thunderbird profile migration | You can now migrate your existing Thunderbird profile into SeaMonkey. | - | Yes |