Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-29 Thread Robert Kaiser
MCBastos schrieb: Interviewed by CNN on 28/09/2011 20:01, David E. Ross told the world: I just was curious. The installed seamonkey.exe has product version 2.4 but file version 7.0.0.4283. The UA string indicates 2.4. The buildID is 20110923012712, which is obviously the date and time of the

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-29 Thread MCBastos
I have seen the listing of problems (and I'm happy to report that so far I seem to have escaped those unscathed -- perhaps because I don't use the Yahoo toolbar...). But one new feature I really, really, like is that Seamonkey now remembers the correct folder to save files in a per-site basis. Sin

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-29 Thread M van Ketel
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: On 9/28/2011 6:24 AM, M van Ketel wrote: Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Maybe the Seamonkey installer is signed using a certificate originating from Staat der Nederlanden :-) Close. Actually it's not signed at all, which is the issue he

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
On 9/28/2011 1:36 PM, Jim Taylor wrote: Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: When we build the final release build, the update channel is always release, but that doesn't change for anyone who upgrades with a different channel. But is a problem if beta3 is not to be our final beta, and why we treat bet

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 28/09/2011 20:01, David E. Ross told the world: > I just was curious. The installed seamonkey.exe has product version 2.4 > but file version 7.0.0.4283. The UA string indicates 2.4. The buildID > is 20110923012712, which is obviously the date and time of the build. I gues

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread David E. Ross
On 9/28/11 1:59 PM, Robert Kaiser wrote: > Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) schrieb: >> >> >> David E. Ross wrote: >> >> > For my Windows XP system, I downloaded the complete installer file named >> > SeaMonkey Setup 2.4.exe. Despite the name of the installer and this >> > newsgroup thread, the

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Robert Kaiser
Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) schrieb: David E. Ross wrote: > For my Windows XP system, I downloaded the complete installer file named > SeaMonkey Setup 2.4.exe. Despite the name of the installer and this > newsgroup thread, the properties of that file indicate version 4.42. Agreed. Or,

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
David E. Ross wrote: > For my Windows XP system, I downloaded the complete installer file named > SeaMonkey Setup 2.4.exe. Despite the name of the installer and this > newsgroup thread, the properties of that file indicate version 4.42. Agreed. Or, to be more precise, 4.42.0.0 Philip Taylor

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread David E. Ross
On 9/27/11 1:24 PM, Justin Wood (Callek) wrote [in part]: > The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major > release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! > Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it > delivers the la

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jim Taylor
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: When we build the final release build, the update channel is always release, but that doesn't change for anyone who upgrades with a different channel. But is a problem if beta3 is not to be our final beta, and why we treat beta's as rc's. Hope That Helps Thanks f

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Michael Gordon
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments in web technologies s

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
On 9/28/2011 6:24 AM, M van Ketel wrote: Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Maybe the Seamonkey installer is signed using a certificate originating from Staat der Nederlanden :-) Close. Actually it's not signed at all, which is the issue here. HTH Jens Okay, and i

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
On 9/28/2011 7:48 AM, Jim Taylor wrote: Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > It was deemed for Firefox not to upgrade from "last beta" to "release", I decided to follow suit. > I will be building 2.5b1 ASAP, and our b3 will upgrade to that. I

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 28/09/2011 03:45, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) told the world: > > > Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > > > On 9/27/2011 8:35 PM, NoOp wrote: > > >> Why aren't the Windows 2.4b3 versions that are on the beta channel > >> showing an update with Help|Check for update? > >

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Daniel
Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip Chee wrote: I think the logic is that if you are on the beta channel, you stay on the beta channel and aren't moved to the release channel without your permission. Well, you'd stay on the beta channel even if we'd offer a beta -> release update. In the past, upgrading

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jim Dell
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: On 9/27/2011 7:33 PM, Henry wrote: Will all sites now recognize this browser? For example Comcast.net which doesn't list Seamonkey as one it supports. Many should, there could still be the random strangler, I have not tested Comcast. Can I go from Mozilla 1.7 to S

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jim Taylor
Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > It was deemed for Firefox not to upgrade from "last beta" to "release", I decided to follow suit. > I will be building 2.5b1 ASAP, and our b3 will upgrade to that. I am not a beta tester, so blissfully unaf

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jens Hatlak
Philip Chee wrote: I think the logic is that if you are on the beta channel, you stay on the beta channel and aren't moved to the release channel without your permission. Well, you'd stay on the beta channel even if we'd offer a beta -> release update. In the past, upgrading to the final relea

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Philip Chee wrote: > I think the logic is that if you are on the beta channel, you stay on > the beta channel and aren't moved to the release channel without your > permission. This is consistent with the "No surprises" policy. And yet "NoOp", presumably on the beta channel since he reported t

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Philip Chee
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:45:18 +0100, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > > On 9/27/2011 8:35 PM, NoOp wrote: > > >> Why aren't the Windows 2.4b3 versions that are on the beta channel > >> showing an update with Help|Check for update? > >> > >> If the user wa

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread M van Ketel
Jens Hatlak wrote: Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Maybe the Seamonkey installer is signed using a certificate originating from Staat der Nederlanden :-) Close. Actually it's not signed at all, which is the issue here. HTH Jens Okay, and it will not be as well? Mark _

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Jens Hatlak wrote: > Right, and the fact that your are not a beta tester explains that you don't understand the reasoning. > The purpose of the beta channel is to have beta testers. Justin just decided that FF's decision to skip the upgrade to the stable release was worth following, i.e. pe

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jens Hatlak
Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Maybe the Seamonkey installer is signed using a certificate originating from Staat der Nederlanden :-) Close. Actually it's not signed at all, which is the issue here. HTH Jens -- Jens Hatlak SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Jens Hatlak
Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > It was deemed for Firefox not to upgrade from "last beta" to "release", I decided to follow suit. > I will be building 2.5b1 ASAP, and our b3 will upgrade to that. I am not a beta tester, so blissfully unaffected by this.

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
M van Ketel wrote: The popup warning me about the program to be installed states (something like): * Programname: updater.exe * Publisher: Unknown And if my memory doesn't fail me, Firefox states more like: * firefoxupdater * Firefox/Mozilla Not sure about the actual Fx names, but that insta

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread M van Ketel
M van Ketel wrote: Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments i

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-28 Thread M van Ketel
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments in web technologies s

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > On 9/27/2011 8:35 PM, NoOp wrote: >> Why aren't the Windows 2.4b3 versions that are on the beta channel >> showing an update with Help|Check for update? >> >> If the user was testing 2.4b3, and that version is no longer beta, it >> would seem logical to upgrade to

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread JD
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments in web technologies s

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 27/09/2011 20:33, Henry told the world: > Will all sites now recognize this browser? For example Comcast.net which > doesn't list Seamonkey as one it supports. Recent versions of Seamonkey (2.1 and above) "advertise" the fact that they use the same rendering engine as Firef

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
On 9/27/2011 8:35 PM, NoOp wrote: On 09/27/2011 01:24 PM, Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread NoOp
On 09/27/2011 01:24 PM, Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major > release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! > Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it > delivers the latest d

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
On 9/27/2011 7:33 PM, Henry wrote: Will all sites now recognize this browser? For example Comcast.net which doesn't list Seamonkey as one it supports. Many should, there could still be the random strangler, I have not tested Comcast. Can I go from Mozilla 1.7 to Seamonkey 2.4 directly? Th

Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread Henry
Will all sites now recognize this browser? For example Comcast.net which doesn't list Seamonkey as one it supports. Can I go from Mozilla 1.7 to Seamonkey 2.4 directly? Henry Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the

SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

2011-09-27 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.4: The new major release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! Building on the same Mozilla platform as the newest Firefox release, it delivers the latest developments in web technologies such as HTML5, hardware acc