Результаты работы SeaMonkey хоть и не станут официальным обновлением к Mozilla Suite от Mozilla Foundation, однако организация будет взаимодействовать с группой разработчиков, предоставит им необходимую инфраструктуру. Улучшения, проводимые в SeaMonkey, возвращаются в кодовую базу Mozilla, которая затем активно используется в программах вроде Firefox и Thunderbird.
Выпуск альфа-версии SeaMonkey 1.0 состоится уже через несколько недель. Пользователи Mozilla 1.7.x и Mozilla 1.8 Alpha/Beta смогут найти множество улучшений. Кроме того, продукт должен стать вполне привычным и для пользователей Netscape 7.x.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/...html#2005-07-02
July 2nd, 2005
SeaMonkey Project Continues Internet Suite
Former "Mozilla Application Suite" Code sees new development from independent group
When the Mozilla Foundation announced its "transition plan" for the long-lived Mozilla-branded application suite, this move meant not only a refocus of the Foundation to its new premier products Firefox and Thunderbird, but also a transition of new suite code development to an independent group. This group now is proud to announce its existence and its new project name, "SeaMonkey".
The SeaMonkey name was adopted by the project leading group (dubbed "SeaMonkey Council") after considering a long list of community-proposed names - it was decided that the long-lived internal code name still suited the project best. It was no easy decision, but it has a certain appeal - the suite is already known by SeaMonkey within the developer community. The council is working on having this name trademarked with the help of the Mozilla Foundation.
While the Foundation doesn't consider the new SeaMonkey application to be an officially supported upgrade path for Mozilla suite users, it provides the newly founded project with assistance in the form of much-needed project infrastructure, and cooperates with SeaMonkey developers. Development of SeaMonkey produces many improvements which are contributed back to the Mozilla codebase, much of which is shared with products including Firefox and Thunderbird.
The group is planning to deliver an Alpha version of its first release, SeaMonkey 1.0, within the next few weeks. Users of Mozilla 1.7.x or even the Mozilla 1.8 Alpha and Beta releases will see a new, improved version of the application they are used to. Netscape 7.x users will also feel at home with the new SeaMonkey suite.
SeaMonkey contains a state-of-the-art web browser and a feature-rich mail and newsgroups client, along with a simple yet powerful HTML editor, web development tools and an IRC chat application.
On the web, the SeaMonkey project can currently be found at its mozilla.org address, http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ - the project leading team (SeaMonkey Council) can be contacted via email at seamonkey-council@mozilla.org.
