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Friday, October 23, 2009

SeaMonkey 2.0 Goes Gold

After years of development, the SeaMonkey Project is finally about to release another major stable version, SeaMonkey 2.0, early next week. Great efforts have been made by a team of volunteers to take the successor of the Mozilla Suite to the next level. Since SeaMonkey 2.0 is building upon the same platform as Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3.0, it now shares many back-ends with them, including browsing (Gecko), messaging (MailNews) and other central technologies like XUL, Toolkit, the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine and more. Naturally their developers deserve our great appreciation and respect, too.

This post is not meant to anticipate the official announcement; after all this is not the official SeaMonkey blog. Hence I will just refer you to that. The Release Notes that will undoubtedly be linked from the announcement will also contain a list of major changes since the previous stable version, SeaMonkey 1.1. For further details, have a look at the archives of this blog.

One thing worth noting, though, is the availability of extensions (add-ons). While a few of them are obsoleted by SeaMonkey 2.0 itself (e.g. Undo Close Tab, Crash Recovery and Forumzilla) and some others work if you disable the extension compatibility check, the majority probably needs some adjustments. Extension authors should know that SeaMonkey 2 now supports the same extension installation interface like Firefox and also many of the internal interfaces. For example it was quite easy to make the current version of the Download Statusbar extension fully support SeaMonkey 2.0 now that the suite uses the same download management back-end (but different front-end!) as Firefox—an extension that dropped support for the Mozilla Suite in 2003 due to the lack of support for exactly that new back-end! I think we can expect some updated/modified versions of popular add-ons at AMO and/or the xSidebar hub shortly after the release. Still I would like to encourage all add-on developers, irrespective of whether they created extensions or themes for Firefox, Thunderbird or SeaMonkey, to revisit their products and check if supporting SeaMonkey 2 is feasible.

Meanwhile development goes on. The new stable branch repository, comm-1.9.1, has been set up. This is where minor updates for SeaMonkey 2.0 will be released from. At the same time comm-central has switched back to pulling in the Mozilla trunk (mozilla-central) and has reopened for trunk development. The SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker, as the name suggests, will monitor the trunk from now on but also continue to feature branch updates from time to time.

Finally, here is a list of notable changes between Beta 2 and 2.0 final (including RCs):

MailNews

make sure typing file extension sets correct file output type (Bug 508597)
make suppression of junk whitelisting (of own identities) work for deferred-to servers like POP3 to Local Folders (Bug 512416)
hide tab bar when single tab remains after choosing Close from tab context menu (Bug 514177)
prevent going into infinite UI loop if SSL security certificate expires (Bug 493980)
select first filter in Message Filters window (Bug 511989)
add support for mouse Back and Forward buttons and Reload, Stop, Search, Bookmarks and Home keys on media keyboards (Bug 512169)
implement Body filter for IMAP messages downloaded for offline use (Bug 127250)
enable filter criteria "doesn't contain" and "isn't" for user-defined IMAP header fields (Bug 242550)
remove filter_news_for_junk pref in favor of inherited folder property (Bug 510659)
enable junk UI elements when RSS or news junk is enabled (Bug 496015)
actually search online when unchecking "Search local system" in Advanced Search (Bug 511131)
make sure Identity Settings dialog opens centered with reasonable width (Bug 486955)
modernize askSendFormat (removes the three mail.asksendformat.* prefs) (Bug 507682)
prevent shutdown hangs by trying to clean up connections on quit-application-granted and not running IMAP URLs once shutdown has been requested (Bug 497059), also fixes: do not shut down IMAP connections when closing MailNews window while others still open (Bug 490170)
do not repeatedly send wrong password if login fails (prevent possible server account locking due to multiple failed login attempts) (Bug 508381)
make sure small icons in MailNews toolbar do not become large when customizing (Bug 513446)
improve XLIST/LSUB interaction for servers like GMail IMAP (re-enable unsubscribing) (Bug 493455)
add IMAP autosync date constraints prefs to Account Settings/Synchronization & Storage (Bug 510707)
make sure icons appear on Message Filters dialog menulist (Bug 515256)
make sure File button in MailNews Search Messages window has normal height on Windows with default theme (Bug 512702)
make sure READ and NEW flags are set correctly after filter message move (fixes automatic junk detection/move on messages moved by a filter from IMAP) (Bug 389098)
make sure mail compose window closes itself after Account Wizard Cancel/Exit (Bug 405172)
make sure compose window context menu displays correctly after resizing address toolbar (Bug 514416)
do not hang when interrupting viewing search folder (Bug 516388)
do not override user-selected name when creating new message filter and handle Attachment and Junk Status rules correctly (Bug 510703)
make SMTP server dropdown accept choosing Use Default Server (Bug 373573)
show message determined to be junk as Simple HTML and do not load remote images (adds support for TB's mail.spam.display.sanitize pref); reload mail if junk status changes (Bug 179568)
make sure navigating from standalone message window marks message as read again (fix Tabmail regression) (Bug 514876), also fixes: Reply/Forward/Tag (1-5) operate on initial message in standalone message window (Bug 517663)
make sure to remove folder from view when deleting IMAP subfolder (Bug 513012)
implement minimal APIs needed for Enigmail (Bug 517238)
implement customizable toolbars for message compose window (Bug 509209)
make double click/Enter and Del trigger Edit and Delete in Customize Message Views window (Bug 513456)
make sure message opened from non-all view is shown in new tab (Bug 517554)
make sure newsgroup unread counts reflect filter actions like Delete Message; add newsgroup name to downloading/getting news headers status messages (Bug 311774)
stop re-downloading messages from GMail IMAP (allow 1-byte fuzz per line when validating offline IMAP state) (Bug 517466)
make Mark As Not Junk clear deleted flag from message with IMAP mark as deleted model (Bug 515927)
show scrollbar on header pane for long address lists (or View/Headers/All mode) (Bug 517924)
fix Tools/Delete Mail Marked as Junk in Folder (Bug 517996)
create Junk folder on Local Folders as needed (Bug 505949)
do not crash while playing back offline IMAP operations (Bug 480090)
do not crash while reading msgFilterRules.dat containing BOM (Bug 518565)
add Get Messages for Account to news server context menu (Bug 87107)
do not disable spell checking when indenting text in HTML composition (Bug 492751)
add Help icon to Message Filter dialog Help button (Bug 515227)
make search bar search by Subject and Address (From, To, CC, and BCC, was: From) (Bug 518846)
do not show No Feed Summary warning for RSS entries with no summaries (Bug 506726)
improve presentation of IMAP autosync policies in Account Settings/Synchronization & Storage to avoid mixup with retention settings (Bug 515842)
implement new keyboard shortcut for Paste As Quotation (Ctrl+Shift+O, Ctrl+Shift+V is Paste Without Formatting now) (Bug 461117)
do not crash trying to convert message to Unicode (Bug 518686)
prevent continuous repeated synchronization and indexing of messages from Exchange IMAP server (Bug 518702)
default Age In Days in Advanced Search window to "is less than" (Bug 187741)
add extra line break at top of message if "Include signature for replies" is disabled while signature position is "below my reply" (Bug 518403)
prevent high memory usage and consuming 100% CPU when dealing with high UIDs (Bug 518918)
speed up move/delete of large number of offline IMAP messages (Bug 519979)
fix migration of mail folders (directory-rel prefs issue) (Bug 452465)
determine Forward button drop-down menu default based on preferences (Bug 520108)
disable actions for multi selection of folders in folderpane (note: bug kept open for implementing multi-selection support post-2.0) (Bug 50767)
make sure compacting IMAP offline store does not try to fetch messages (go online) (Bug 519801)
reset Dock icon when getting to zero unread messages (Bug 520977)
prevent shutdown from failing with 100% CPU load when autocomplete over LDAP is used (Bug 420744)
make sure changing "Use my account settings" of one folder does not alter retention policy settings of other folders (Bug 515316)
make sure compacting IMAP offline store takes relaxed IMAP autosync constraints (changed prefs) into account (Bug 521134)
allow to set Movemail account as default (Bug 480942)
do not show Close Tab context menu when right-clicking anywhere beside tabs (Bug 518203)
make sure address list in Select Addresses dialog opened from compose window is filled initially (Bug 460550)
make sure closing tab that has never been viewed does not trigger blank thread pane (Bug 515249)
do not close standalone message window when other message is marked as junk (Bug 519128)
do not hang on shutdown trying to append message to IMAP folder via filter (Bug 497598)
do not crash while using doing quick search multiple times in folder in Grouped By Sort mode (Bug 520006)
fix some causes of shutdown hangs and high CPU load without open IMAP connections (Bug 494014)
make sure IMAP autosync does not stop working (start downloading messages immediately unless folder is excluded) (Bug 517256)
speed up changes to messages in virtual folders by batching notifications (Bug 508978)
do not crash while trying to create offline operations table (Bug 440236)
fix code run on closing compose window (Bug 522365)
also fixes: fix saving draft emails (Bug 521199)

Address Book

fix saving of cards with custom photo (Bug 513471)
remove Photo tab from personal vCard editing (Bug 520432)

Download Manager

mark Open as default double click action in Download Manager context menu (Bug 513490)
play a sound (again) when downloads complete (Bug 490467)
optimize sorting on entry updates in new Download Manager (Bug 474626)

Bookmarks

make sure bookmarking pages using drag&drop works (Bug 514630)
do not hang on restart if bookmark seperator contains double quote characters (Bug 452056)
make sure new bookmark folders show no "(Empty)" items after drag&drop (Bug 513275)
allow to drop on "(Empty)" (Bookmarks menu / Personal Toolbar) (Bug 518060)
fix copying bookmarks (Bug 520987)
make sure Bookmarks Manager toolbar items are not disabled after entering search with active selection (Bug 519049)

Session Restore

show quit dialog when multiple windows are open (Bug 514388)
let Session Restore cope with empty history entries (Bug 509315)
make sessionStorage object conform the WHATWG spec (Bug 511635)
prevent Session Restore from opening multiple about:blank tabs after crash while loading multiple tabs (Bug 517139)
make Session Restore save state when closing last browser window (Bug 515006)
make sure Save Tabs on Quit dialog saves preference (Bug 516330)
do not trigger browser.windows.loadOnNewWindow or browser.startup.page when restoring window (Bug 517998)

Preferences

add new satchel prefs (browser.formfill.*) to Preferences (including Help changes) (Bug 390158)
add option to warn on closing window with multiple tabs (browser.tabs.warnOnClose) to Preferences (including Help changes) (Bug 385141)
drop support for obsolete signon.expireMasterPassword pref (Bug 517478)
add Download retention settings to Preferences (pref: browser.download.manager.retention) (Bug 487675)
remove obsolete javascript.allow.mailnews pref (including UI) (Bug 248280)
add Connection Timeout to MailNews Preferences (includes Help changes; pref: mailnews.tcptimeout) (Bug 287806)
rename Junk Mail Preferences panel to Junk & Suspect Mail and add new anti-virus and scam preferences for MailNews (Bug 463249)

Composer

improve Composer's handling of XHTML documents (Bug 431184)

Help

document new "Get Messages" and "Get All New Messages" shortcuts (Ctrl+[Shift+]D) (Bug 514890)
document Focus Search Field shortcuts (Ctrl+F/Ctrl+K) (Bug 509338)
update Help for Find in This Page (Bug 432700)
define MailNews terms relating to security (Bug 221259)
remove Roaming Profiles from Help (Bug 518294)
document Session Restore (Bug 509404)
remove reference to toggle JavaScript on/off in MailNews (Bug 514969)
document new anti virus and scam preferences in MailNews Preferences (Bug 519228)
update Help for new time-policy IMAP autosync settings (Bug 515523)
update Help for new download manager preferences (Bug 519332)
update Website Certificates documentation for switch from dialogs to error pages (Bug 506724)
document Add-ons Manager (Bug 373457)
remove links to "Netscape My Webpage" from Help (Bug 522175)

Locales

add en-GB (British English) to source locales (Bug 503900)
add it (Italian) to source locales (Bug 520980)
switch from %LOCALE%.add-ons.mozilla.org to %LOCALE%.add-ons.mozilla.com (former has broken certs) (Bug 517596)

Venkman

add shortcut (Ctrl+G) for Find Again (Bug 518580)
initialize Add Watch Expression dialog with current source selection (Bug 519131)

Lightning Integration

set minVersion to 2.0b2 (Bug 516407)
implement minimal APIs needed for Lightning (Bug 516453)
add Lightning preferences integration (Bug 516398)
make sure Lightning does not disable the throbber (Bug 516681)
make sure Lightning Categories preferences pane is showing categories (Bug 517700)
add missing css/icons (folderview-cycler/spin-buttons) for Lightning Tasks and/or Events sidebar (Bug 517683)
make sure Lightning icons (calendar, tasks) show up on MailNews tabs (Bug 521415)
make sure List all tabs dropdown is not empty with Lightning installed (Bug 522125)

Linux/GTK

provide Copy Image Location context menu item until Copy Image copies location again (Bug 469481)
fix height of "Automatic proxy configuration URL" field/button in Preferences (Bug 484622)

Mac

respect system-wide SOCKS proxy settings on Mac OS X (Bug 457377)
use "pressed" look for toolbarbuttons when their menu is open (Bug 512548)
fix loading PKCS#11 module (security device) on Mac (Bug 496013)
show alignment-icon instead of checkmark in Composer image alignment menulist (Bug 384340)
use better progress bar background colors in Download Manager and add padding to progress dialogs on Mac (Bug 517788)

Compiling

allow to build with system Hunspell (Bug 518334)

General

make grippy mouseover effect consistent (Bug 385252)
add styles for horizontal scrollboxes (needed for Tabmail) to Modern theme (Bug 477710)
support biarch system plugin location (/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins) (Bug 496708)
use different accesskeys for Restart and Preferences in Add-on Manager (Bug 507451)
respect browser.chrome.favicons setting when opening Edit/Preferences/Applications (Bug 514671)
fix some issues (missing icons, truncated labels) with Default theme menulists (Bug 514854)
add option to Clear Private Data for Location Bar History (Bug 436942)
delete closed tabs when clearing browser history (Bug 479448)
update Modern theme for notifications (Bug 515622)
do not focus browser when opening tabs in background (e.g. from from middle clicks) (Bug 517307)
make sure link in frame selected with Type Ahead Find is the one followed (Bug 485213)
migrate old wallet.captureForms pref to new browser.formfill.enable pref (Bug 491673)
change font-size:smaller/larger to 83.3333%/120% for Modern theme (Bug 516708)
support South Korean SEED crypto cipher suites (Bug 478839)
display correct (NLS) name of (DBCS) font on OS/2 (Bug 511361)
make Save Page save result of POST action instead of origin form (Bug 188253)
do not use bold font with groupbox custom caption content (example: font preferences) (Bug 514883)
show "installation complete" message in Add-on Manager after add-on install and application restart (Bug 442167)
change Apply Theme dialog from OK to Restart Now/Later (Bug 492263)
use new icon set for SeaMonkey Default Theme (task icons) (Bug 348720)
show placeholder for missing/disabled plugins (Bug 465771)
fix saving in Page Info (media) and View Source (page) (Bug 520447)
make sure SeaMonkey 2.0 is not detected as old stable version by Start page (Bug 521341)
add about:rights and a "Know Your Rights" infobar (Bug 508039)
update Modern theme (global changes) (Bug 465924)
update Modern theme for SeaMonkey 2.0 (Bug 456757)
show Release Notes as first-run page (Bug 521314)
show Larry icon in Modern theme's about:certerror like in Page Info Security tab (Bug 514383)
update video controls for Modern theme (Bug 490277)
use MailNews icon for SeaMonkey Mail start menu icon provided by Windows installer (Bug 521616)
make sure https webpage with data: images does not trigger "Page contains unencrypted information" mixed content warning (Bug 477118)
show single Master Password prompt at startup if Master Password set (prevents multiple Master Password prompts; pref: signon.startup.prompt) (Bug 381269)

Labels: addons, addressbook, bookmarks, compiling, composer, history, ldap, linux, mac, mailnews, venkman

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Beta 2 Roundup

Not too long ago I told you there will be a second Beta. Now, only one and a half months later, SeaMonkey 2 Beta 2 has been tagged. Things are progressing fast, especially compared to the time it took between Alpha 3 and Beta 1. The upcoming Beta release is considered feature complete, i.e. no major changes are expected to land between now and the release of SeaMonkey 2.0. That also means that approval is required from now on for anything that is to be checked in for SeaMonkey.

So, what is new? First and foremost Thunderbird's tabbed interface (Tabmail) was ported to MailNews. Moving that blocker out of the way put Lightning integration within reach. Other notable changes include:

the creation of SMILE, a combination of FUEL and STEEL
the ability to delete/cut bookmarks from the bookmarks search view, where deleted bookmarks no longer appear
the ability to reopen closed browser windows (Undo Close Window)
the ability to apply more actions (e.g. Remove) to multiple selected downloads
the ability to choose whether to retry authentication or enter a new password when login fails in MailNews (instead of just forgetting the old saved password)

The following list should cover all noteworthy changes that were made between since Beta 1 (except Forgotten Fixes of course):

Forgotten Fixes

add hidden pref to turn off virus scanning on downloads (browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone) (Bug 412204)

Progress

support multiple spam corpus files (backend) (Bug 506397)
Modern theme update / changes in global (partly fixed) (Bug 465924)
port jminta's kill-RDF to SeaMonkey where applicable (partly fixed) (Bug 460953)
replace RDF-driven folder pane with a JS-driven/non-RDF treeview (initial changes made) (Bug 507601)

MailNews

Drop the redundant /resources/ in mailnews directories (Bug 490118)
lessen number of cases where restart is required on application update due to MAPI DLLs being in use (Bug 497424)
remove never-used prefs mail.default_cc and news.default_cc (Bug 502041)
add pluggable filter lists (allow extensions to create their own) (Bug 503668)
allow to fetch mail with Movemail account despite having no write privileges in mail spool dir (Bug 384774)
rename Retention Policy option "Use server defaults" to "Use my account settings" (Bug 464355)
make sure message/rfc822 attachments of saved messages do not open blank (read attachment size) (Bug 351064)
check for (and add if needed) mozilla envelope line (From: ) and check file size when copying non-Mozilla eml files (Bug 499304)
make local body search work with Base64-encoded body (Bug 132340)
allow to change "and place my signature" pref irrespective of whether signature is set or not (Bug 277187)
make sure messages display in standalone message window on Mac with Default Theme (Bug 506019)
do not crash when downloading many messages with "copy all" filter enabled (Bug 313026)
fix invalidation of view lines when moving threads on incoming mail (Bug 504297)
make sure new message added to an open threaded cross-folder saved search gets added in the right place (Bug 505321)
make sure Undo Delete Message (Ctrl+Z) does not erase messages from Trash (Bug 323875)
make sure copying messages without trailing CR/LF does not skip last line (Bug 498978)
fix display of header values with unencoded special characters (Bug 468351)
make prefs to mark all RSS or NNTP messages read when exiting the folder work again (Bug 503624)
prevent false positives when searching offline newsgroup (NNTP) and IMAP messages bodies (Bug 249841)
neither guess type nor silently add extension when using Save As dialog (additionally removed All Files filter) (Bug 340168)
make sure POP/IMAP/SMTP server passwords are not inappropriately forgotten (ask whether to retry or enter new password if login failed) (Bug 121647)
do not crash when creating message view (insert message at end of view instead) (Bug 492571)
do not crash while getting message after renaming a virtual folder (Bug 383584)
remove useless @ sign behind email address box on Movemail identity page (Bug 505589)
make renaming mail folder by clicking OK in rename dialog work again (Bug 506004)
auto-assign meaningful name when creating new filter (based on first search term) (Bug 457745)
make sure dock icon shows correct number of unread messages on Mac (counts only inboxes by default, pref: mail.notification.count.inbox_only) (Bug 274688)
do not crash when parsing MIME multipart line (Bug 482879)
implement new choices for matching criteria (doesn't contain, isn't) for custom header MailViews and Search (Bug 238816)
disable Message Filters menu item when no accounts are set up (Bug 506510)
make "Send unsent messages" command work again (Bug 505672)
add submenu to "Create a new message" button allowing to choose whether to compose in HTML or Plain Text (Bug 16908)
highlight default action in submenu of "Create a new message" button (Bug 507871)
do not crash when marking thread read (in virtual folder) (Bug 503811)
make sure Move step of "Copy then Move" action in single filter rule is executed (Bug 448337)
throw an error if mailbox would grow larger than 4GB in size (Bug 387502)
do not require restart to get localized folder names (Drafts/Junk/Sent/Templates/Archives name in folderpane tree) (Bug 467527)
do not require restart to get localized folder names (SeaMonkey Archives part) (Bug 508056)
do not require restart to get localized folder names (IMAP case) (Bug 508026)
make virtual folder watching mails with status NEW display correct counts (Bug 372372)
show full newsgroup name as tooltip on hover of group name (whether that is abbreviated or not) (Bug 174234)
set search scope correctly for custom search terms (Bug 510249)
do not issue EXPUNGE for \Noselect IMAP folders and virtual folders when invoking File/Compact Folders (Bug 510645)
allow to run mail classification (Junk filter) before normal filters (per-filter setting in Filter Rules dialog) (Bug 198100)
make sure text boxes (News Feeds, Folder Properties) containing domains/URLs stay LTR when UI is RTL (Bug 477842)
do not crash when deleting local folder including saved search subfolder (Bug 505974)
fix "Save as text" corruption where non-ASCII mail 3-byte escape sequence split to two buffers (Bug 269812)
do not crash when renaming IMAP folder (Bug 486485)
support both standard and non-standard MIME types application/x-pkcs7-mime and application/x-pkcs7-signature (with and without x- prefix) (Bug 436869)
make per-folder filters on newsgroups editable again (Bug 512110)
improve look of the inline attachment separator (show attachment filename) (Bug 509616)
improve look of the inline attachment separator (SeaMonkey part) (Bug 512454)
make "Check for new mail at startup" work without "Automatically download new messages" again (POP) (Bug 458625)
make subscribing to feed (triggered by external application) work if no RSS account present (Bug 474709)
re-enable IMAP subscription for servers that support XLIST (like GMail) (Bug 493455)
fix various causes of corruption of offline IMAP store (Bug 468595)
make sure check for new mail interval is calculated correctly (Bug 509747)
make sure Filter Rules dialog is not corrupted when there are many rules (Bug 506199)
make sure list content popups do not show up in left up corner of mail windows (Bug 423955)
only disable spell checking for citations, not indented text in HTML composition (Bug 492751)
port Thunderbird's tabbed interface (Tabmail) to MailNews (Bug 460960)
do not crash during address autocomplete (from Outlook address book) (Bug 512678)
enable space/time policy for IMAP autosync (pref: mail.server.default.autosync_max_age_days) (Bug 482476)
fix threading when a view is active (Bug 505967)
allow to drag & drop .eml file into mailbox folder (Bug 499878)

Address Book

show LDAP labeledURI field as Website (and support for it to LDIF import) (Bug 263304)
allow to search for contacts that include apostrophes (Bug 496970)
do not crash when searching Address Book from Sidebar (Bug 280232)
add option to add photo/image/picture to contacts (Bug 119459)

Download Manager

indicate availability of download progress dialog context menus through WAI-ARIA attribute (Bug 504163)
do not treat search terms as regular expressions (Bug 501772)
add Ctrl+J as shortcut to invoke Download Manager (Bug 333855)
fix import of NOT_STARTED entries in downloads.rdf by changing their status to CANCELED (Bug 495680)
reimplement "Properties" (opening Progress Dialog) in new Download Manager (Bug 474620)
add start and end date columns to Download Manager (inactive by default) (Bug 180623)
add multiple selection support to more download actions (play/pause/resume/retry, stop/cancel/remove) (Bug 474619)

Bookmarks

make sure deleted bookmarks do not appear in search results window (Bug 123679)
add ability to delete/cut bookmarks from search results window (Bug 81893)
do not append newline to end of URL when copying single bookmark (Bug 509029)
separate bookmarks by newline when copying to clipboard (HTML format) (Bug 509094)
switch bookmark transaction system from JS to C++ to prevent memory leaks (Bug 342296)

Composer

use new Password Manager backend for Publish dialog (Bug 507884)

History

fix History import from SeaMonkey 1.1.x (Bug 484175)
make "Delete History for (host|domain)" available in History context menus (Bug 512146)

Certificates

support browser.ssl_override_behavior pref for "Add Exception" on SSL error pages (Bug 431940)
do not show "SSL is disabled" error when SSL3 is disabled (but TLS enabled) (Bug 368130)

Audio/Video

make MOZ_MEDIA work on OS/2 (Bug 448918)
make sure "Pause" changes to "Play" in context menu when end of video is reached (Bug 504337)
disable media entries in context menu when media source is invalid (Bug 507002)
add View Video to video context menu (Bug 483727)

Help

update Help for Certificate Manager tabs (Bug 459566)

Mac

make the default theme look better on Mac (Bug 460699)
add Mac Help key [cmd+?] support to Page Info window (Bug 510773)
use correct window titles (without application name) on Mac (Bug 457548)

GTK/Linux

allow to specify path to binary for XSMP session restore (environment variable MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER) (Bug 453689)
support 64-bit local file operations like STAT for e.g. removing large files (Bug 389087)

General

add entry for allow/disable/remember Geolocation to Permissions tab in Page Info (Bug 491835)
make context menus aware of contentEditable (Bug 503478)
update QA "Latest Builds" after removal of nightly/latest-trunk symlink (Bug 504283)
respect locale for file size and image dimensions in MetaData Properties and Page Info windows (Bug 252043)
use SetProcessDEPPolicy to enable NX on Windows XP SP3 (Bug 479667)
add ability to load plugins from "plugins" directory in profile directory (Bug 475383)
change key for "open link in opposite of default" from Shift+Ins to Alt+Ins to resolve conflict with alternate paste key (Bug 505141)
make sure "View MathML source" does not show a blank window (Bug 505212)
make sure collapsed toolbars keep state after returning from full screen mode (Bug 506492)
create SMILE (SeaMonkey Interface Library for Extensions) as combination of FUEL and STEEL (Bug 411536)
make session restore not hang/stop responding with high CPU load on large forms with many checkboxes (Bug 510652)
make sure Location Bar autocomplete does not fill in non-existent URLs (Bug 481836)
add Undo Close Window feature (Bug 510890)
add mozapps/ to Modern theme (including icons used in Add-ons Manager) (Bug 493022)
do not crash with XUL file chooser (Bug 490932)
enable emboldening of (DBCS) fonts without bold counterpart for OS/2 (Bug 509317)
make sure loading CSS and images succeeds when loading secure (SSL, https) page for the first time (or after "Clear Private Data") (Bug 480619)
ship an add-on blocklist by default (Bug 505832)
improve identity display on security tab (Bug 498618)
do not change file type icon for HTML files to mail when upgrading SeaMonkey (Bug 507896)

Labels: addressbook, bookmarks, certificates, composer, history, linux, mac, mailnews, plugins, ssl

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Beta 1 Roundup

Welcome back! Again it has been quiet on this blog for too long. But no longer! Beta 1 has been tagged and is about to be released early next week. Beta 1 you say? Well, the original plan was to have only one Beta but as time went by and certain key features were stuck in the review process, the decision was made to have two Betas.

SeaMonkey 2 Beta 1 will use the same rendering engine as Firefox 3.5.1, Gecko 1.9.1.1, including the recent security fixes and overall improvements, and the same MailNews backend as Thunderbird Beta 3 which will be released in parallel.

This is the first post since the Alpha 3 Roundup so the below changes (except Forgotten Fixes) are all relative to that. I didn't include screenshots this time, but of course only to encourage you to download and try SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1 yourself when it is released! :-)

Noteworthy Changes

new Download Manager (supports cross-session resumable downloads)
fully localizable builds (Beta 1 will be available in 17 languages including US English)
Feed Preview (browser feed integration)
Geolocation UI (no provider yet)
searchable Cookies
FAYT improvements
image zoom (available with full page zoom)
EV certificate UI (status bar, location bar)
support for -new-tab and -new-window command line options
dropped support for Palm Sync Extension
Audio/Video improvements
MailNews:

Archive functionality
customizable toolbars
filter improvements
menu entries for feed summary/web page choices
preferences for signature text, closing standalone message window when using Del and checking for new mail only after opening the MailNews window

Forgotton Fixes

redesign / simplify Filter Rule Dialog (added Forward/Reply filter actions) (Bug 294094)

Progress

MailNews Activities: provide a centralized alert/message service to allow different front-end displays for alerts (Bug 481431)
add filtering for IMAP folders other than the Inbox: backend (Bug 257415)

MailNews

add web search for selected text to mail window context menu (Bug 154658)
disentangle SeaMonkey and Thunderbird UI (Bug 390262)
use Tango style smileys (emoticons) in MailNews (Bug 484484)
put signature editing in UI (as an alternative to selecting a file) (Bug 324495)
place default Archive folder under Local Folders for deferred POP3 accounts (Bug 476218)
make sure to use correct date after undo of move/delete/archive of POP3 message (Bug 479163)
do not corrupt attributes of tags (such as IMG) when re-editing (Edit Draft, Forward Inline, Edit As New) quoted-printable HTML messages [had been backed out] (Bug 307023)
make delay for moving between mails using cursor keys configurable (mailnews.threadpane_select_delay) (Bug 242791)
do not crash when entering an invalid email address (Bug 479206)
split off attaching functionality from AttachFile() to AttachFiles() so that extensions can more easily add attachments (Bug 464651)
maintain offline copy of message when moving it between IMAP folders (Bug 439108)
make mail.spam.markAsNotJunkMarksUnRead only apply when message is in Junk folder (Bug 478840)
assign SpecialFolder attribute Archive to main Archive folders to aid customizability (Bug 480546)
make Forward Inline work when trying to send message without specified charset as UTF-8 (Bug 303540)
do not crash when IMAP folder path ends with hierarchy delimiter (Bug 480870)
make Match All Messages persist for saved searches (Bug 477254)
maintain BCC field for sent email in message summary file (Bug 481667)
add search all fields capability ("From, To or CC") to available Message View criteria (Bug 310359)
add BCC to search all fields capability ("From, To, CC or BCC") of available Message View criteria (Bug 483629)
support BCC headers in normal IMAP header parsing (Bug 501763)
make Tools>Import>Mail>Outlook/Communicator 4.x back button work in case of error (Bug 216155)
support opening .eml files from the command line using relative paths (Bug 376089)
allow to open .eml (message/rfc822) files using file:// URL (Bug 466959)
do not crash when trying to copy/move .eml to folder (Bug 489011)
make replying (HTML reply with auto-detect send format) to plain text quote not trigger conversion warning (Bug 279745)
allow using "Tags isn't empty" search condition (Bug 473091)
make Compact All compact offline storage for news servers (Bug 482039)
escape username for prompting for password so auth does not fail (Bug 485395)
speed up undoing move/delete of large number of local messages (Bug 488606)
do not crash upon accessing IMAP server with duplicate entries in .mailboxlist (Bug 376192)
make IMAP auto sync use IMAP STATUS command to see if folder has changed (Bug 428266)
change "RSS News & Blogs" to "Blogs & News Feeds" (Bug 461711)
make sure tags are not lost when IMAP server does not support custom keywords (Bug 370440)
make pressing OK button in Account Settings save data and close dialog when changing Junk settings (find Junk folder case-insensitively) (Bug 368617)
do not apply retention policy to special folders (Drafts, Templates, Outbox) (Bug 412690)
make Forward/Reply filters update message status for forwarded/replied message (Bug 366968)
make sure to use configured port for NNTP, not default 119 (Bug 470907)
make MIME decoding RFC 2368 conformant (decode all parts of a mailto: URI's query string except body, e.g. Newsgroup or Newshost) (Bug 443851)
add preferences to not add signature to replies and forwards (Bug 167319)
make standalone message view advance to next message when deleting viewed message from outside (respecting mail.delete_matches_sort_order and IMAP mark-as-deleted model) (Bug 486954)
do not ignore IMAP CAPABILITY response (used to determine Quota/Sharing) in greeting after authentication (Bug 470650)
add ability to show message dates in/with senders' time zones in message headers (mailnews.display.date_senders_timezone, replaces mailnews.display.original_date) (Bug 392307)
make sure to use correct date format (short if same day) when displaying messages in/with senders' time zones (Bug 483034)
use disk cache (cross-session availability) for IMAP messages not downloaded for offline use (Bug 450456)
make local moves and copies transfer all database info (including ones added by extensions, e.g. TaQuilla soft tag percent matches) and add prefs for exceptions (mailnews.database.summary.dontPreserveOnCopy|Move) (Bug 459680)
move all database info for IMAP moves and copies (Bug 486007)
close IMAP connections on MailNews shutdown (Bug 485995)
rename "Offline" tab to "Synchronization" in Folder Properties and preference pane label "Syncing & Disk Space" to "Synchronization & Storage" for IMAP and news accounts (Bug 478605)
allow to choose subject prefix for forwarded messages (mail.forward_subject_prefix) and make "Fwd" the default (remove square brackets around subject) (Bug 194788)
make adding in-reply-to= to references= work when parsing mailto: URLs (Bug 443848)
add per-account option to inhibit Junk whitelisting of identities' email addresses/domain (template: mail.server.default.inhibitWhiteListingIdentityUser|Domain) (Bug 452879)
enable preferences to inhibit user whitelisting (Bug 486420)
make sure message pane layout does not break after deleting/moving top message with Sort by Date/Grouped By Sort active (Bug 482195)
do not expunge IMAP messages marked as deleted when auto-expunge is off (Bug 484445)
maintain Junk status in keywords when moving mail to IMAP account (Bug 384853)
make sure biff (new mail notification) is triggered when automatically checking IMAP Inbox for new mail (Bug 459487)
ensure folders do not falsely indicate new messages (unread count = pending unread + unread messages in DB) (Bug 482754)
make moving multiple local folders to IMAP folder work again (Bug 448550)
tidy up Feed Subscription (fix drag & drop and hide virtual folders in Feed Subscriptions dialog, stop updating feeds in Trash, make feeds moved out of Trash work, clean up RDF files after emptying Trash) (Bug 471932)
increase timeout for IMAP copies/moves based on number of messages (assuming 40 messages/sec) (Bug 409259)
implement customizable toolbars in MailNews (Bug 413385)
use correct message count for virtual folders opened in new window (Bug 485494)
increase maximum number of recipients per MAPI call to 2000 (was 100) (Bug 305168)
do not crash while sending mail on shutdown (Bug 489779)
do not hang while doing quicksearch when 'sort by' is threaded and folder is large (Bug 489711)
make Account Manager window size configurable per locale to prevent cropping buttons (Bug 317659)
fix accesskeys in Account Settings (Bug 313245)
fix IMAP download when going offline (Bug 471695)
prevent Invalid MAIL extension (SIZE=0) error while trying to send return receipt (skip file size cache) (Bug 462866)
wait one day before removing RSS messages from cache after disappearing from feed (Bug 451737)
add feed summary/web page choices to menus (View/Feed Message Body As, Message/Open Feed Message) (Bug 438429)
ignore tries to open/drag&drop deleted attachments (stops adding x-moz-deleted to MIME types db which broke ability to send attachments) (Bug 476400)
do not process feeds with non-2xx status (Bug 491720)
do not crash clicking on newsgroup (Bug 460036)
speed up selecting threaded Saved Search (skip saving selection when there is none) (Bug 466048)
do not toggle header area when deleting message from cross-folder saved searches (Bug 492149)
change mail.strictly_mime.parm_folding pref default to 1 (encode Content-Type name param in legacy RFC2047 way but separated into multiple lines) (Bug 486682)
fix MAPI support on Win XP (Bug 482966)
do not hang when clicking virtual folder (Bug 489993)
make pressing Shift while clicking Forward toggle HTML/plain text composition mode (Bug 228562)
make sure to close local IMAP DBs (.msf files) after doing autosync (Bug 470221)
block remote content for messages only (Bug 374578)
add per-account option for flat archiving (mail.server.default.archive_granularity) and change default to per-year archiving (Bug 486827)
implement UI for Archive functionality (menu item, shortcut Shift+A and context menu entry) (Bug 482458)
remember unsolicited MYRIGHTS response (fix getting IMAP folder ACL, allow deleting messages) (Bug 493209)
allow deleting complete collapsed threads (using Shift+Del with prefs mail.warn_on_collapsed_thread_operation and mail.operate_on_msgs_in_collapsed_threads set to true) (Bug 448288)
do not truncate name part with '&' when using drag & drop on attachments (Bug 485514)
add pref to close standalone window when using Del (Bug 80574)
add support for IMAP COMPRESS Extension (RFC 4978, saves bandwidth, pref: mail.server.default.use_compress_deflate) (Bug 401673)
add pref to choose whether to only check for new mail after opening MailNews (default: check upon opening any new window, including browser) (Bug 450263)
change Delete button text to Undelete for message marked as deleted (IMAP mark as deleted model) (Bug 207485)
fix case of duplicate messages appearing in list and some messages not appearing (IMAP) (Bug 414723)
do not interpret IMAP attachment text file (from OEX composed email) as HTML (Bug 493157)
do not create zero-byte file when using drag and drop (to desktop or other folder) with attachment on Vista (Bug 458159)
remove unused pref mail.imap.fetch_by_chunks (Bug 449407)
do LIST to find out whether parent folder supports subfolders when creating Archive subfolder fails with IMAP (Bug 492921)
do not hang on shutdown when appending message to IMAP folder via a filter (Bug 497598)
fix problems with Customizable Toolbar multistate buttons (Junk, Delete) (Bug 491676)
make sure moving more than two folders into another IMAP folder works (Bug 496905)
do not forget (Junk) status when detaching attachment (Bug 340886)
set NEW status of incoming mail before filtering starts (make Status is/isn't New filters work) (Bug 272963)
indicate 'Deleted Attachment' in inline text (add "You deleted an attachment from this message.") (Bug 329915)
do not trigger new mail notification (biff) for Junk and Trash folders (Bug 487418)
clean up Disk Space UI, hide "Always delete read messages" checkbox (unhide: comment 33) (Bug 326584)
do not crash setting charset when composing/sending mail (Bug 301264)
remove IFRAME under feed messages viewed as "summary" (Bug 497895)
enable "File > Offline > Download/Sync Now" independent from whether selected account is enabled for download (Bug 245315)
do not use signature text entered in UI if file checkbox is checked without file specified (Bug 499558)
check file size of temp file created during compact before copying back over original (prevent data loss due to virus scan) (Bug 491303)
prevent IMAP connections from hanging when going offline (Bug 500416)
improve "server has disabled login" error message, use "server doesn't allow plaintext authentication without STARTTLS or SSL/TLS" instead (Bug 491709)
do not crash when switching newsgroup (with invalid thread index) (Bug 493186)
make sure non-ASCII IMAP folder names appear correct after rename (Bug 499278)
do not crash when emptying trash (check if database is available) (Bug 481866)
do not crash when downloading messages for offline use (check if database is available) (Bug 492665)
expand newly created thread if selected message started the thread (Bug 494811)
allow extensions to add custom search terms (Bug 495519)
make sure IMAP cross-server move does not fail after copy to different folder (Bug 497622)
make sure messages deleted while offline are deleted from server when going online (Bug 475570)
include host name in Message Disposition Notification (MDN) Reporting-UA field (required by RFC3798) (Bug 199942)

Address Book

improve autocomplete performance (up to 5 times) by using directory search facilities (Bug 450134)
reset default for collecting addresses to Collected Addresses address book (Bug 330320)
support GSSAPI (Kerberos) authentication for binding to LDAP servers (Bug 308118)
save "Allow remote images in HTML mail" state across Address Book restarts (Bug 461660)
rename Cards to Contacts (Bug 455246)
refer to Remote Content rather than Remote Images in "Allow..." to include audio/video case (Bug 480674)

Composer

do not crash when selecting Select Row, Column, or All-Cells from table context menu (Bug 461866)

DOM Inspector

add Ctrl+Shift+I shortcut (Inspect Page) (Bug 477400)
add Copy URI to stylesheet context menu (Bug 212754)

ChatZilla

add Navigator customizable toolbar button for ChatZilla (Bug 485818)

JavaScript Debugger (Venkman)

make evaluating variables return correct results (Bug 458020)
allow debugging scripts compiled before the debugger got activated (Bug 480765)
allow to disable debugging using a pref (extensions.venkman.jsd.initAtStartup) (Bug 483681)
support language features of JS 1.7 in console (Bug 487780)
do not open browser window when invoking SeaMonkey with just "-venkman" (Bug 493077)

Audio/Video

add throbber to video overlay to indicate buffering (Bug 470983)
always display controls for video element without video track (Bug 462368)
add video tag controls to Modern theme (Bug 458246)
show error icon when error occurs while loading video (Bug 481040)
minimize CPU usage by using display:none for video controls on hidden items (Bug 484935)
make Ogg Theora backend for HTML5 video element compile/work on Solaris (Bug 449754)
initiate media load when appending source child element to video element (Bug 462455)
make video scrubber jump to clicked position instead of taking incremental steps (Bug 475286)
notify media element of error when media data cannot be retrieved or used (Bug 476731)
cache media data after playing it and across seeks (Bug 475441)
add UI for video volume control (Bug 475317)
show numeric position and duration on video controls (Bug 475318)
make sure video scrubber thumb does not overlap play/pause button and duration (Bug 488083)
make sure video volume slider is set according to mute state (Bug 488084)
make HTML5 video/audio elements not inherit document direction (i.e. always LTR) (Bug 489631)
scale video in object/iframe element to full size (Bug 486673)
make sure Video/Audio stays in sync under high CPU load on Windows (Bug 494116)
do not handle Wave files internally (due to lack of support for non-PCM encoded Wave files; audio tag still supported) (Bug 475110)
stop playback while buffering (prevent audio out of sync after video resumes from buffering) (Bug 487552)
use an own thread for decoding (helps playing HD Theora videos play smoothly) (Bug 474540)
fix audio/video out of sync with Ogg Theora + Vorbis (Bug 466699)
respect offset in Theora videos (Bug 493140)
do not buffer video (stop after first frame) unless it has 'autobuffer' attribute set on it (Bug 479863)
provide preferred font name for video controls on Windows (Arial) and Mac (Helvetica) (Bug 489902)
move scrubber to end of buffer bar when playback ends (Bug 481106)
update time shown on scrubber if it changed while hidden (Bug 493523)
make video control playback postion bar keep up with thumb changes while dragging (Bug 493884)
prevent video thumb from jumping around while being dragged (Bug 493508)
start decoding from previous keyframe after seeking video to avoid showing ugly frames (Bug 463358)
update video scrubber icons (Bug 493130)
show correct play button state when restarting video after it has ended (Bug 496231)
scale video in OBJECT or IFRAME element to full element size, preserving aspect ratio (Bug 486673)
make seeking in bufferred ranges fast by trying a 'bounded seek' in each buffered data range before falling back to a seek over the whole resource (Bug 469408)
support creation of Audio JS objects outside of the document (Bug 454971)
make audio/video focusable and keyboard accessible (Space, Left/Right and Up/Down with and without Ctrl, Home/End) (Bug 486899)

Session Restore

make Start New Session follow Browser Startup page settings (Bug 481850)
reduce Session Restore performance hit by not flushing layout on saving scroll position (Bug 484648)
do not show Session Restore screen (about:sessionrestore) when there is nothing to restore (Bug 488669)
handle invalid XPaths better (Bug 487922)
prevent empty prefs.js/sessionstore.js after system crash (Bug 477934)

Download Manager

make SeaMonkey download manager use Toolkit backend (Bug 381157)
implement tree-based UI for Toolkit download manager (Bug 472001)
implement new download progress dialog (Bug 483241)
remove/migrate old download progress dialog prefs (browser.download.progressDnldDialog.*) (Bug 495048)
fork Pause/Resume/Retry etc. icons and add different ones for Classic/Mac (Bug 495711)
use correct filename in "Save Link Target As..." (check Content-Disposition header) (Bug 426742)
update Download pref pane for use with new Download Manager (Bug 490464)
make Space key pause/resume downloads (Bug 487681)
make Del key cancel/delete downloads (Bug 474622)
open downloads using Return/Enter or double click (Bug 495545)

Certificates

allow to mark imported self-signed server certificate trusted (enable edit button) (Bug 453466)
never treat SSL certificates added as exceptions as EV (Bug 445871)
include identity indicator (EV certificate UI) in Status Bar and Location Bar (Bug 465504)
only prompt once per server/session for client certificate (pref: security.remember_cert_checkbox_default_setting) (Bug 431819)

Locales

add Turkish (tr) to sources locales (Bug 503276)

History

do not crash when deleting entries in sidebar showing pages grouped by day and site (Bug 470586)
make location bar autocomplete even faster (Bug 479739)
use indices for sorting in frecency calculation query (up to 7 times faster) (Bug 482276)
make sure clicking URL in history drop-down auto-completes URL (Bug 468363)
allow sorting container view without sorting containers (Bug 473157)

Help

use CSS for smileys in MailNews Help (Bug 285325)
improve styling of Help find bar in Modern (Bug 367272)
reflect removal of Help sidebar tabs in Help contents (Bug 406551)
update Help on signature-related settings in Composition & Addressing (Bug 489169)
update Help on History and Location Bar pref panel with respect to Places prefs (Bug 472840)
add Help for MailNews RSS Accounts (Bug 286975)
update Help on Synchronization & Storage (Disk Space) settings (Bug 474525)

Mac

make Session Restore not special-case closed windows on Mac (assume windows are closed purposely) (Bug 481370)
improve drawing native search fields and dropdown buttons in RTL mode (Bug 477590)
make sure file picker dialog closes when Open/Save/Cancel is clicked (Bug 473467)
select folder with new mail when clicking on Growl alert (Bug 467159)
make font name unique across all documents for @font-face (downloadable fonts) (Bug 480267)
do not beep when closing preferences window using Cmd+W (Bug 476226)
respect keyboard modifiers (e.g. Cmd) when clicking bookmarks in native menu (Bug 490002)
improve parsing proxy bypass hosts/domains on Mac when using system proxy settings (*.something syntax) (Bug 470207)
improve proxy bypass hosts/domains parsing when using system proxy settings (make domain.tld match *.domain.tld) (Bug 470207)

GTK/Linux

use correct icon for Close button in "about {addon}" dialog (Bug 422763)
do not crash on quit (stop trying to unload Xinerama) (Bug 448512)
do not convert font sizes to integer on GTK2 (allow pt fractions) (Bug 190778)

Compiling

pull Venkman (JavaScript Debugger) from Mercurial instead of CVS (Bug 482686)
add --disable-jit option to js configure (Bug 463172)
fix usage of WinCE SDK (adds --disable-windows-mobile-components) (Bug 486684)
make "make install" work for Darwin/X11 (Bug 486036)
require Sun C++ 5.9 (Sun Studio 12) on Sparc Solaris (Bug 476448)
make sure icons (zoom in/out) are included in static build (Bug 389448)
build locales from Mercurial (--enable-ui-locale / source L10n) (Bug 286110)
remove debug UI from final release branches (Bug 202315)

General

add search bar to Cookie Manager and confirm deleting multiple cookies (Bug 476175)
allow the Plugin Finder Service to install plugins using installers (Bug 435788)
speculatively load stylesheets (CSS preloading) (Bug 457810)
do not show mixed content warning if an image fails to load (Bug 455367)
make sure XML preview header is RTL in RTL locales (Bug 350597)
make about:plugins support RTL (Bug 437844)
make style matching with local font always use @font-face rule style (e.g. font-weight: bold) (Bug 465463)
disable synthetic bold/italic for downloadable fonts specified as bold/italic in @font-face rule (Bug 468387)
support specifying direction (RTL/LTR) for :-moz-tree-cell pseudo class through CSS (Bug 478377)
make networking work correctly when offline state changes while going offline (e.g. when waking from sleep) (Bug 470274)
remove "halo" around buttons on Modern theme (Bug 418090, Bug 479992)
correct clipping when -moz-background-clip:padding is in effect and box has round corners (Bug 456219)
increase JPEG writer default quality to 92 (was: 50) and do not subsample (affects images pasted from clipboard on Windows) (Bug 444898)
make sure new FAYT implementation does not prevent entering text in text input boxes while search is active (Bug 466994)
stop FAYT upon loading new webpage (Bug 470175)
support -new-tab and -new-window command line options (Bug 479600)
implement getBrowserAtIndex() and getBrowserIndexForDocument() for better extension compatibility (Bug 482291)
apply system background color to tab preview when new tab is loading (respect browser.display.use_system_colors) (Bug 478575)
expire saved form data after some time (pref: browser.formfill.expire_days if present, else browser.history_expire_days) (Bug 243136)
migrate multiple logins per site from wallet to login manager (Password Manager) (Bug 474846)
encrypt all migrated Base64-encoded passwords/logins once when Master Password is used (Bug 316084)
remember scroll position on pages with cache-control: no-store HTTP header (Bug 215405)
support RTL mode for FTP and Gopher index pages (Bug 348233)
make Page Info find feeds with link rel="feed" (Bug 484371)
do not crash when using Fontconfig on Solaris (Bug 474758)
set LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris if shared library symlink is found (Bug 472269)
add native theming to groupboxes on Windows (Bug 390734)
make sure native theming of groupboxes on Windows introduced no UI regressions (Bug 484567)
use transaction for better performance importing from legacy storage (Bug 483693)
make form history not remember default values of unmodified fields (Bug 463486)
stop setting mouse cursor to progress mode (spinner) while pages are transferring (Bug 481359)
disable undo when text boxes show non-editable descriptive text (emptytext) (Bug 471776)
speed up file uploads (HTTP POST) on Windows by increasing maximum TCP sending window to 128 KB (Bug 454990)
make sure View Page Source shows resulting page after form submit (Bug 469302)
make sure View Page Source uses correct cache entry when issuing GET on POST-ed form (Bug 475542)
make sure ellipsis for narrow tree columns does not leak into wrong column (Bug 249141)
exclude ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) adapters when checking whether to initiate dial-up login (Bug 465158)
make sure keyboard Back/Forward keys do not go back/forward twice (Bug 400568)
make Help key (F1) work again in Page Info (Bug 488972)
remove separators, springs and spacers when using "Restore Default Set" in Customize Toolbar dialog (Bug 475711)
hide undetermined progress bar in update dialog to stop unnecessary CPU usage (Bug 341749)
do not unminimize windows when changing desktop settings (theme, appearance) on Windows (Bug 169582)
use URLs in Add-on Manager that do not trigger SSL certificate warnings (Bug 488856)
make sure registry key SeaMonkeyHTML is created under HKCU rather than HKCR on Windows (Bug 488499)
cancel downloads in progress for previous releases on startup instead of resuming them (Bug 485624)
package new updater icon to prevent License File Not Found error during update (Bug 487012)
allow to zoom images (Bug 163537)
make sure vertical scrollbars stay visible when the window shrinks horizontally (Bug 435652)
do not crash displaying profile selection after invocation via internet shortcut (Bug 476988)
implement Feed Preview (browser feed integration) (Bug 415372)
always show geo.enabled (geolocation pref) in about:config (Bug 491653)
make changes to geo.enabled pref apply without application restart (Bug 491766)
disable DNS prefetching when manual proxy is in use (Bug 488162)
do not fill login forms when username field is blank while leaving login fields (Bug 471906)
restore missing groupmark icon in Bookmark Manager (Bug 494159)
drop support for the Palm Sync Extension (Bug 495232)
do not crash with malformed pluginreg.dat (Bug 493545)
correct Get Add-ons panel search field alignment (Bug 490195)
integrate Network Geolocation Provider (Bug 488472)
fix Location Bar dropdown search row styling/background for the default theme (Bug 494162)
support new FTP listing style in Modern (Bug 398138)
open only one Page Info window per location (Bug 86400)
fix height of list in "Select helper application" dialog for Modern (Bug 498153)
make sure build ID does not disappear from title bar on reload with Nightly Tester Tools installed (Bug 462997)
speed up Random Number Generator (RNG) by not initializing twice (Bug 489811)
speed up startup by not accessing IE Internet Temporary Files and Windows Temp folder for seeding (on platforms that do not need it) (Bug 501605)
port several Page Info improvements from Firefox (Bug 491310)

Edit: replaced erroneously inserted source/video tags, added EV cert UI to Noteworthy list

Labels: addressbook, av, bookmarks, certificates, compiling, composer, cz, domi, gtk, history, l10n, ldap, linux, mac, mailnews, ui, venkman

Friday, February 20, 2009

Alpha 3 Roundup

It's been a while... again. I know this is not exactly Release Early, Release Often but on the other hand it gives me the opportunity to present you the full (as in "in one go", not as in "all-embracing") list of changes between Alpha 2 and Alpha 3.

A lot happened since Alpha 2. First to appear was the new Places-based history (now using SQLite instead of being Mork-based), including the new location bar which now uses the frecency algorithm to determine which addresses to show in the drop down menu depending on what you type (it searches the history of visited pages, URL and title by default).

Next the new Password Manager (and FF3-compatible backend) was implemented including searchability, notification bars replacing modal login dialogs, and always encrypting instead of (by default) merely obscuring passwords. [BTW the Cookie Manager is still lacking searchability but I hope to change that through Bug 476175 real soon now.]

Then finally Navigator toolbars were made customizable like in Firefox, i.e. icons (alternatively text) can now be dragged around, regrouped and added/removed from the Navigator toolbars, including those from third parties (Add-ons). Later support for customizing Navigator menubars was added, too.

Towards the end of the development cycle one of the most anticipated features made it into the application: Session restore (crash recovery). Now, when SeaMonkey crashes all your browser windows and tabs will be restored automatically or on request (including form data!).

You can also tell SeaMonkey to always restore your previous session in addition to crash recovery. Restoring closed tabs is not working yet (probably just a matter of time, Bug 478707 tracks this issue) but on the positive side the author of the Session Manager extension already adapted his dev version to support SeaMonkey 2 Alpha 3 which allows you to handle multiple sessions.

Progress

switch to Toolkit password manager: add SMTP protocol handlers (Bug 469807), do not lose newsgroup username/password information when migrating from signons.txt (Bug 470439), let promptPassword unescape user names before use (Bug 472824), main part (use LoginManager, remove Wallet) (Bug 390025), also fixes: If stored SMTP password is incorrect, no prompt is made for correct one (Bug 155172)
@font-face support: implement downloadable font support on Linux (Mac and Windows have already been addressed in bug 441473) (Bug 458169), implement @font-face { src:local() } on Linux (Bug 468218), enable downloadable .otf fonts on Windows (Bug 458160), improve handling of format hints for downloadable fonts (Bug 465452)
remove old Mork-based form history backend (Bug 466414)
Toolbar customization: Navigator part 2 (real customizability for browser toolbars on Linux+Windows) (Bug 471372), use sheet popup instead of popup window on Mac OS X (Bug 406780), make menubars customizable (without grippied on Mac OS X) (Bug 475920)
enable installer to get directory path for directories immediately under some symlinks: uninstall part pending (Bug 476106)

MailNews

make changing radio button for "Place a copy in" stick (Bug 463470)
show pretty name for non-ASCII or localized IMAP folder names immediately, not only when logged in (Bug 450754)
apply correct RFC 2047 encoding and decoding: treat encoded words as atoms within headers (make parsing sender address containing commas not assume multiple addresses) (Bug 254519)
make Download Now button on IMAP folder Offline properties work again (Bug 468155)
make NNTP use socket type and msgIncomingServer.isSecure readonly (replace "Use secure connection (SSL)" checkbox by "SSL" radio option in news server settings) (Bug 463096)
do not crash in POP code (IncorporateComplete, e.g. when deleting an account) (Bug 313234)
do not crash in POP code (AbortMailDelivery) (Bug 472022)
unfork Account Manager Security Preferences (add Manage Certificates and Security Devices buttons) (Bug 455310)
make definitions for protocols' default ports constants (DEFAULT_(protocol)_PORT) and accessible from script (Bug 468444)
implement Undo Mark All Read (Bug 65775)
improve Return Receipt prompt button labels (Send Receipt/Ignore Request instead of OK/Cancel) (Bug 249684)
make Space key not scroll the page if something other than a link is focused in it (Bug 465721)
implement new notification type (NewMailReceived) for cases where biff hasn't cleared but new mail arrives (Bug 465381)
fix Get All New Messages and make it also check RSS accounts (Bug 259212)
improve IMAP auto sync by downloading new mail for current folder even if other folders of the same account are scheduled for download (but haven't started yet) (Bug 467041)
improve IMAP auto sync by giving higher priority to folders opened by the user (Bug 470447)
don't allow more than N open NNTP connections to a server (Bug 66150)
do not change port if TLS is active and mail.server.serverN.port pref is not set (Bug 470067)
change default for mail search and filters from "any" (OR) to "all" (AND) (Bug 125631)
close .msf files after updating counts for newsgroups (Bug 470219)
remove References from news postings forwarded inline (Bug 464782)
respect personal namespace when trying to creating root IMAP folder (e.g. create under INBOX) (Bug 470269)
make AltGr/Ctrl+Alt/Alt not trigger email address selection from the contacts autocomplete suggestion list (Bug 464914)
check if destination folder exists when playing back offline IMAP operations (Bug 470011)
make setting SeaMonkey as default news application work (Bug 468379)
make sure "Automatically mark message as read After displaying for x seconds" always affects correct message (Bug 313227)
update flags (e.g. Read) for cross folder views when flags are changed outside the view (e.g. Mark Folder Read) (Bug 472137)
do not crash on "Edit Draft" when mail is encrypted (Bug 472028)
fix setting SeaMonkey as default mail/news client in the Windows start menu (Bug 470913)
make sure Local Folders is translated in fresh profiles (Bug 464425)
improve compact all folders popup (allow to disable it permanently, change button texts) (Bug 433619)
add ability to always keep flagged messages to retention policy (Disk Space settings, active by default) (Bug 324147)
add support for IMAP Archives folders (backend and Account Settings configurability) (Bug 451995)
make Archives folder sort towards top of folder pane (Bug 473493)
change Check Spelling shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+P (Ctrl+Shift+K clashes with Discontinue Link) (Bug 461317)
implement backend changes for MailNews transfer from wallet to login manager (Bug 433316)
do not delete text in compose window when opening attachment (Bug 468740)
make importing Outlook Express settings from identity not named 'Main Identity' work (Bug 466753)
improve "Edit Draft..." button (add to stand-alone windows, remove when switching from Drafts folder to saved search folder) (Bug 472386)
always save SMTP passwords (remove option to save temporarily) (Bug 474288)
support localizing Archives folder (Bug 473529)
do not crash if thread index for newly inserted header couldn't be found (e.g. when clicking on newsgroup) (Bug 460036)
do not crash getting Trash folder for account deferred to itself when quitting application (Bug 422907)
fix Archives folder picker identity manager (Bug 474848)
make Junk controls work in standalone message window (Bug 475200)
rename TLS to STARTTLS in user preferences (IMAP/POP3), use a dropdown and hide "if available" option unless it is active (Bug 350314)
explicitly state in Disk Space account settings that messages are also deleted on the server for IMAP and POP accounts (Bug 410597)
bring back missing Outbox icon to folder pane (Bug 466261)
fix local mail summary file (.msf) getting out of date by doing a flush after copying messages (Bug 471682)
fix opening/saving file attachments with a '#' (hash, pound sign) in the name from IMAP folders (Bug 370951)
add keyboard shortcuts to Message Filters dialog (Space: toggle, Delete: delete, Enter: edit) (Bug 392529)
make sure message status Replied is not ORed with other filter terms if the condition is AND (Bug 474315)
do not show account wizard when reopening MailNews after clicking on bad newsgroup link (Bug 476135)
do not show an alert if IMAP server (e.g. Zimbra) answers NO to LIST command (Bug 417285)
do not crash when shutting down (IMAP) (Bug 464419)
fix Outlook Express POP3 import settings; import NNTP settings (Bug 470725)
use strict/correct threading by default (i.e. do not thread by subject) (Bug 449821)
make sure invalid .msf files do not cause slow scrolling in folder pane (Bug 469448)
make sure new message headers arriving in folders are displayed by caching threads they are part of (Bug 469231)
move message to Inbox if user marks a message in Junk folder as Not Junk (adds hidden pref mail.spam.markAsNotJunkMarksUnRead) (Bug 208197)
make sure messages marked as junk and moved to trash folder do not lose junk status if IMAP server does not support user-defined keywords (Bug 359339)
do not lose message flags (read, answered, forwarded etc.) when importing mail from Outlook Express (Bug 160027)
allow to add more recipients after changing account (sender identity with Reply-To set) from drop down menu (Bug 464448)
use receive date when mails imported from Outlook Express have no Date header (previously date was displayed as e.g. year 2101) (Bug 216613)
make File/Compact Folders compact all folders of the selected folder's account (Bug 477394)
make Mark Folder Read clear read state indications on collapsed threads (Bug 465939)
handle IMAP folders containing a # sign in the name (Bug 115091)
allow to re-attempt Send Unsent Messages if the first try fails (Bug 477588)
enable tagging message with digits on shifted top row of (e.g. Belgian) AZERTY keyboard (Bug 448289)
fix broken Help buttons (e.g. in Message Filters dialog) (Bug 478913)
do not let IMAP hang the UI (e.g. when resuming from standby) (Bug 476960)
disable JS for message content (mail and news, making javascript.allow.mailnews pref stop working), enable it for non-message content by default (Bug 374577)
allow localizers to specify default value for mailnews.localizedRe (non-standard reply prefixes) (Bug 319037)

Address Book

use all conditions in Advanced Address Book Search (Bug 467809)
drop "Card for:" on contact preview panes and use company/organization as a fallback if no name exists (Bug 126491)
do not collect outgoing email addresses that are present in OS X address book (Bug 474259)
include Screen Name field in import/export to/from text files (CSV, TAB) (Bug 261882)

Bookmarks

remove ability to hide search bar in Bookmark Manager now that it is a search box (Bug 467570)
make Bookmark Sidebar's Manage button bring existing Bookmark Manager to front if present (Bug 203400)
limit favicons in Bookmarks sidebar and Bookmark Manager to 16x16 pixels (Bug 476740)

History

use Places backend for SeaMonkey history (including location bar) (Bug 382187)
remove old history backend (Bug 448729)
reimplement grouping in the main History window (Bug 468809)
make new Places-based History sorting stick (Bug 470195)
use better Last Visited format in Places-based history (Bug 470543)
add UI prefs for new Places history functionality (Bug 468326)
improve sorting in grouped view for Places-based history (Bug 470544)
reimplement delete history for site or domain (Bug 473007)
improve Places history window context menu (Bug 477150)

Audio/Video

do not allow Wave decoder to seek past the end of the file (don't crash) (Bug 466598)
add prefs to disable audio/video support (media.ogg|wave.enabled) (Bug 448600)
add support for audio tag (Bug 449149)
improve video control fade in/out animation (Bug 461680)
make video tag audio playback not stop after some seconds with ALSA backend playing via PulseAudio (Bug 463627)
do not stop audio when navigating away from a page (Bug 470636)
allow playing a standalone Wave after it plays once through (Bug 468992)
fix length calculation for 8-bit Wave files (Bug 469628)
keep aspect ratio when scaling video to fit inside its box (Bug 449142)
make audio tag src="a.wav" work (implement media type switching) (Bug 464158)
make clickable area of video controls respect borders and padding (Bug 470596)
update video tag control icons (Bug 460155)
display video controls right from the start (do not require initial mouse over) (Bug 469211)
suspend video download when leaving the page (Bug 460738)
update libtheora to 1.0 release version (Bug 462082)
use filename for window title when displaying OGG audio/video files (Bug 463830)
implement progress bar/scrubber for video controls (Bug 462113)
do not crash while shutting down ogg decoder (Bug 464007)
convert little-endian Wave data to native endinaness on big-endian machines (e.g. PPC) (Bug 469698)
ensure that YUV to RGB conversion puts bytes in the right order for big-endian machines (e.g. PPC) (Bug 452698)
make sure clicking video control's scrubber line causes appropriately large position change (Bug 475861)
support X-Content-Duration header (Bug 469923)

Preferences

add preferences options for popup and missing plugin notification bars (Bug 467174)
display notification bar checkbox enabled even if pref is set to not block popups (Bug 469338)
use a separate pref (browser.urlbar.default.behavior) instead of empty restrict/match values to specify location bar matching defaults (Bug 463459)
check pref urlbar.autocomplete.enabled again (Bug 471903)
replace browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped pref by browser.urlbar.restrict.typed "~" and browser.urlbar.default.behavior value 32 (Bug 473734)

Certificates

show expanded technical details on SSL error pages when expert mode is active (Bug 471075)
check all security modules (tokens) for certificate for update site (fixes app/add-on updates when Danish government browser extension is installed) (Bug 401292)

Mac

add roundness to context menus for Mac OS X 10.5 (Bug 391984)
make sure Print/Page Setup Menu items are not grayed out after printing a page using File/Print (Bug 425844)
do not crash if page puts up an alert while trying to save the page (Bug 468393)
do not beep when closing preferences window with Cmd+w (Bug 476226)
make Growl notifications tell number of new messages and their senders (Bug 460287)
allow multiple Growl alerts happening at the same time (Bug 459484)

GTK/Linux

do not crash on quit on Linux (Bug 448512)
disable fast filter for downscaling images to prevent pixelation (Bug 463938)
add support for GNOME's sounds (Bug 419275)

Printing

Make 'width', 'height' and 'aspect-ratio' features use the page size when printing (Bug 466559)
use better kerning in print output if hinting is set to "medium" or "full" (Bug 403513)
do not crash when closing Print Preview (Bug 468645)

Compiling

make SeaMonkey compile on x86-64 static (fix relocation issues) (Bug 469999)
make building in srcdir not fail (Bug 468915)
remove pulling of wallet from client.py (Bug 473827)
remove --enable-system-lcms build option [bug also includes other changes] (Bug 475111)

Locales

add gl (Galician) to source locales (Bug 467977)
add ja/ja-JP-mac (Japanese) to source locales (Bug 467597)
add ro (Romanian) to source locales (Bug 453100)
add es-AR (Argentinian Spanish) to source locales (Bug 475851)

General

turn on SSE2 pixman optimizations (Bug 461202)
fix spell checking in case the document contains only a div (Bug 366682)
only use LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris if the shared libraries are symlinks (Bug 259945)
prefer password-only login (if present) for password-only forms (Bug 444968)
consolidate UNIX start scripts (one central mozilla.in) (Bug 461542)
add support for Windows sounds to menus (Bug 83056)
add support for Windows sounds to opening message boxes (alert/confirm/prompt etc.) (Bug 463209)
prevent tooltips from appearing during a drag (Bug 312852)
remove "What's Related" sidebar/module (Bug 468337)
make run-mozilla.sh md5sum core files (Bug 467638)
make View Source read from the cache again (Bug 472632)
recreate the SeaMonkey throbber as APNG (with real transparency) (Bug 468103)
create separate log file for Windows shortcuts (Bug 470182)
update Windows installer for Unicode support and locale verification (Bug 470452)
disable JIT in Safe Mode (Bug 453642)
linkify only "safe" URLs in View Source (Bug 467852)
display images instead of text/binary for links to images in View Source (Bug 464339)
add keyboard shortcut to open Error Console (Bug 473665)
add various accesskeys to the main interface and prefs (Bug 322247)
improve Help Viewer sidebar (add back grippy, open upon search, stop jumping when resizing) (Bug 406552)
make view-source link-browsing decode entities (Bug 464314)
improve Satchel (form manager) upgrade/downgrade logic (Bug 472064)
use margin and padding CSS rules independent of UI direction (LTR or RTL) (Bug 474807)
improving finding/using some typical OS/2 fonts (Bug 467250)
reverse sort arrow direction in tree header cells on Windows (Classic theme) (Bug 93772)
use brand name instead of hard-coded SeaMonkey in updater (Bug 472796)
make sure dial-up login is initiated when using Internet Connection Sharing (Bug 465158)
do not open two windows when clicking a local html file or internet shortcut on Windows 2000 (Bug 461501)
synchronize history/cache when issuing a GET on an already POST-ed form in View Source window (Bug 477451)
make sure tree lines are rendered correctly in RTL mode (Bug 476346)
make tree cell content honor RTL tree direction (Bug 140759)
bump cookie limit from 1000 to 3000 to reduce occurrence of cookie purges (Bug 444600)
auto-save open windows and tabs for later restoration in event of crash (session restore) (Bug 36810)
use an error page (about:sessionrestore) for session restore prompt (Bug 459550)
accelerate file uploads (HTTP POST) on Windows by increasing TCP send window size from 8KB to 128KB (parity with other browsers and OSs) (Bug 454990)
point Ctrl+Alt+F shortcut to new Fishcam site (Bug 454847)
cleanup SeaMonkey sessionstore code (use native JSON) (Bug 478470)
make use of emptytext attribute in search textboxes (replace label by text inside textbox) (Bug 460694)
decode non-ASCII characters in the urlbar (like in FF3) (Bug 425480)

Labels: addressbook, av, bookmarks, certificates, compiling, gtk, history, l10n, linux, mac, mailnews, printing, ssl

Better Late Than Never

Now that Alpha 3 has been tagged it's time for... something completely different. :-)

Back in 2005 (when I was still at university) I was taking an "Internet lab" course where we implemented a basic HTTP server, a POP3 client with simple MIME support and a stripped-down Chord network, all in Java. The intention was to give an introduction to Internet protocols. Our task was to look at the relevant RFCs and come up with a standards-compliant implementation.

When we arrived at the POP3 client exercise our tutor gave us a Really Simple POP Server (RSPS). We used Mozilla (the suite) to check if it worked. It didn't. Or rather that's how it appeared to us. The truth was that Mozilla was violating the relevant RFC 1939 by requiring the server to support the optional commands TOP and UIDL. Our tutor was kind enough to implement those to let us test with Mozilla but obviously it wasn't RSPS's fault.

It was only recently that I found that the corresponding bug 156998 has been fixed (in June 2007 already, actually) so the good news is that this will be fixed in SeaMonkey 2 (the fix has not been back-ported to the Mozilla1.8 branch SeaMonkey 1.1 updates are released from); verified with the original RSPS (AFAIK it's not publicly available and all I have is the binary JAR so no source, sorry).

Labels: mailnews

Monday, December 08, 2008

Alpha 2 Roundup

A lot has happened since Alpha 1. Tracemonkey, the Just-In-Time (JIT) JavaScript compiler, has been enabled for content (as opposed to chrome) by default. The old Find As You Type backend has been removed and replaced by Toolkit's. Audio/Video support has been enhanced. SeaMonkey has switched to the new mozilla-1.9.1 branch (which will lead to Firefox 3.1) together with the rest of comm-central.

The new Alpha is not only about changes under the hood, though. Most notably Alpha 2 now features the first step towards customizable toolbars: you can now select the icon size and whether to display icons and/or text in both the browser and the MailNews component:

Also new is RSS feed support for MailNews which has been ported from Thunderbird:

Since there is no support for displaying RSS feeds in the browser yet the feed icon at the right end of the URL bar has been modified to allow subscribing to the feed in the MailNews component for the time being.

There are of course things that are not working yet. For one Get All New Messages is not working correctly (fails for POP3 accounts, Bug 259212). This will probably be fixed soon and then maybe even allow to query RSS accounts, too. Also noteworthy is my all-time favorite Bug 338549 which has the effect of presenting multiple password prompts at once when checking multiple MailNews accounts. And when you look at the Bookmarks menu you might find that bookmark groups are not appearing there (Bug 461167).

Trunk development continued after the cut for Alpha 2 had been made. Current nightlies already feature several improvements, particularly the new Places-based history UI (including the frecency-powered URL bar). A follow-up post will cover the details.

Progress

Treelines: now fixed (last checkin: certificate details tree) (Bug 438793)
border-radius support (CSS3): style system changes (Bug 450652)
@font-face support: implement user font set object (Bug 441473)
Places-based history UI: port Firefox utilityOverlay.js API to SeaMonkey (prerequisite) (Bug 370698)
Toolbar customization: spring.png for Modern theme, small icons (Navigator, MailNews) for Classic theme (Bug 428227), use transparent background for small Classic theme messenger icons (Bug 462645), add alpha transparency to small Classic communicator and navigator icons (Bug 464936) and finally: allow to set icon size and whether/where to display text per toolbar (Bug 428216, also fixes Bug 253007: allow to set Modern theme Navigator buttons (Back etc.) to show text and icons)
use Toolkit download manager backend: disable Toolkit's download manager UI for the suite (Bug 381157)
Feed integration: connect feed discovery with MailNews feed subscribe (interim solution until Feed Preview is implemented) (Bug 465258)
make sure Group By Sort in saved search (virtual folder) doesn't crash on expand/collapse group (bug 467840 isl pending) (Bug 465011)
open only one window when opening a local html file (pending: fix internet shortcuts) (Bug 461501)

MailNews

use hourglass with pointer for mouse cursor when loading new newsgroup (Bug 178767)
fix problems filtering POP3 mail when hidden pref to remove dupes is set (Bug 457168)
use application name in the cancel message body for News (Bug 294824)
move keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V from "Paste As Quotation" to "Paste Without Formatting" (Bug 192330)
set default retention policy of "delete all but the last X messages" to 2000 (was: 30) and change field types to "number" (Bug 438918)
correct filtering custom mail headers (Sender/Date/Status) (Bug 404489)
eliminate "[JavaScript Application]" dialog titles (use prompt service instead of window.alert() in chrome code) (Bug 432608)
always convert Content Type to lowercase for matching (Bug 381659)
make sure the number in the "Order Received" column does not become negative when mail's offset in local mail folder file exceeds 2GB (Bug 450991)
rename "Move" on "Message" menu to "Move To" to match context menu (Bug 185940)
do not do a disk sync after each POP3 header in partial header download fetch (Bug 385838)
remove own address from Mail-Followup-To: on reply (Bug 325429)
import Sent/Outbox from Eudora (Bug 452296)
do not insert extra LF characters when saving IMAP messages with CRLF line ending at a multiple of 8192 bytes (Bug 460636)
apply changes to read state of IMAP messages when toggling it in a cross-folder saved search (Bug 461584)
unlock destination file after saving message (.eml) (Bug 461256)
Rebuild Summary File: save message metadata (junk-related, tags, etc.) when reindexing local or IMAP folders (Bug 449768)
enable threaded/grouped-by-sort views for saved searches across multiple folders (Bug 379806)
add a shortcut for Rewrap (Bug 461667)
do not require to send a mail in order to enable MDN (return receipt) subject encoding (Bug 462725)
fix importing Outlook 2007 account settings (check whether Organization is empty) (Bug 450854)
fix importing mail from Outlook 2003/2007 (Bug 408323)
fix setting port when importing account settings from Outlook Express (Bug 262641)
add a bit of jitter to the biff-interval (+/-5%, 1-30 seconds, mail.biff.add_interval_jitter) (Bug 235086)
add support for setting Mail-Followup-To and Mail-Reply-To headers (aids using mailing lists; see comments 0 and 27 for details and prefs) (Bug 204339)
port Thunderbird RSS/Atom reader to SeaMonkey (Bug 255834)
allow extensions to add custom filter actions (Bug 419356)
make filters using Sender as custom mail header work (do not match From instead) (Bug 404489)
use generic "Confirm" instead of the message in "advance to next unread" dialog title (Bug 84828)
make sure to actually import messages when importing from Outlook Express (Bug 455229)
do not corrupt attributes of tags (such as IMG) when re-editing (Edit Draft, Forward Inline, Edit As New) quoted-printable HTML messages (Bug 307023)
do not crash on IMAP folder with sequence Delete, Rebuild Index, Undo (Bug 457751)
do not auto-sync IMAP folders that require a password if the password has not been provided yet (Bug 456291)
mark message as read when deleting it from local folder (or POP/IMAP when offline) (Bug 463849)
do not crash when doing a body search (Bug 465805)
close msf files after compacting folders (do not limit number of folders that can be opened) (Bug 249754)
change IMAP APPEND wait timeout from 100 to 20 sec (improve copying mail to Sent folder) (Bug 396874)
do not request IMAP capability command if server announces it in greetings (Bug 401293)
do not compact the offline store when issuing Compact Folder on IMAP folder (just issue an IMAP EXPUNGE instead) (Bug 420115)
remove accounts without a server or a duplicate server upon loading accounts (Bug 464808)
advance to next message when deleting message while offline and using IMAP mark-as-deleted model (Bug 451877)
generalize Bayes code to support multiple traits (one of which is Junk) (Bug 453885)
integrate generalized Bayes traits into MailNews classifications (enable extensions to define custom traits) (Bug 461479)
update unread count for threaded cross-folder views after reading a matching message (Bug 466241)
clear only a server's own biff state on Windows (fix new mail popup window) (Bug 462762)
improve references parser logic for In-Reply-To/References headers (e.g. with mixed message-id and non-message-id content) (Bug 466796)
fetch IMAP flags only once (Bug 466891)
display website in feed message headers (Bug 463255)
place focus in Subject field instead of body when composing HTML mail with pre-filled recipient (e.g. mailto:) (Bug 467244)
keep showing current message list view after rebuilding another mailbox's index using File/Properties (Bug 467246)
do not crash when parsing IMAP message headers (Bug 467114)

Address Book

change layout of Card dialog to better cope with lower screen resolutions (Bug 63941)
do not collect addresses into Collected Addressed that occur in other ABs (Bug 58769)
actually apply changes to Outlook (Express) cards (Bug 459956)
remove contact from search results display when it has been deleted (Bug 435027)
immediately reflect that a list has been deleted (Bug 462364)
do not crash when selecting recipient from contacts sidebar (Bug 463560)

Audio/Video

stop video download when document has been closed/unloaded (Bug 451457)
support direct loading and displaying of Ogg files (Bug 448603)
download video/audio resources to the cache during playback (Bug 462378)
add context menu for video (Bug 461136)
support WAV format in
support 8-bit WAV samples (Bug 463929)
support duration for video (Bug 449307)
provide audio and video interfaces even when media is diabled, so that content popup menu construction works (Bug 466234)

CSS

remove support for -moz-pre-wrap (Bug 433065)

Locales

add si (Sinhala) to source locales (Bug 458519)
add ka (Georgian) to source locales (Bug 463917)
add pt-PT (European Portuguese) to source locales (Bug 453472)

DNS

implement negative (NXDOMAIN) DNS cache (cache a failed hostlookup for 1 minute) (Bug 208312)
bypass internal DNS cache when doing manual page reload (Bug 459724)
add DNS pre-fetching (see comment 8) (Bug 453403)

Mac

update navigator.onLine when network connectivity changes on Mac (online/offline detection) (Bug 426932)
allow to update / set disabled attribute on native submenus on Mac OS X (Bug 456374)
turn off shadow for autoscroll icon in Modern (on Mac OS X) (Bug 461367)
rewrite Mac OS X default plugin for 64-bit (Bug 428973)
support formatted text (e.g. HTML) from clipboard and drag-and-drop on Mac OS X (Bug 428096)
fix Mac OS 10.4-only top crash (Bug 458961)
make Dock icon show new mail at the same time as the Growl alert (Bug 459482)
add Growl integration for mail alerts on Mac OS X (Bug 308552)
ensure that clicking a Growl alert brings SeaMonkey to the front (Bug 459485)
make Growl alerts of New Mail notify for the account for which new mail has just been received (Bug 459483)

GTK/Linux

do not corrupt XUL FastLoad cache when application is running while upgrading on Linux (Bug 368428)
add a globally shared location for plugins (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins) on Linux/Unix (Bug 440506)
make filepicker filters case insensitive (Bug 136941)

Add-ons & AUS

skip "Continue" (and close dialog after two seconds) if all updates have been successful during add-ons update (Bug 397493)
AUS update dialog rework / do not list extensions with available updates for the next version of the app in app update "extension will be disabled" warning (Bug 324121)
do not install automatic update if installed version is newer (Bug 313057)
display update wizard Back button on Linux only when needed (Bug 464765)
display placeholder for disabled/blocked plugins (Bug 391728)
add new icons for disabled/blocked plugin placeholders (Bug 462965)
enable Install button in Add-on Manager by default (Bug 414014)

Debug & QA

hide bloat items from Debug menu unless they work (i.e. if the application has been built with --enable-logrefcnt) (Bug 93902)
remove obsolete 'Form Manager Samples' item from Debug menu (Bug 462085)
move Debug & QA menus to the left of the Help menu (Bug 418246)

Certificates

store certificates for temporary SSL server exceptions only temporarily (Bug 460829)
implement new security exception handling backend for MailNews (Bug 429843)
use new security exceptions front end (Bug 465978)
introduce new certificate error page which better separates user information from technical details (Bug 463504)

Compiling

remove MOZ_CO_PROJECT (Bug 451825)
remove --enable-glitz (Bug 445321)
allow to pass arbitrary options to hg using client.py (--hg-options) (Bug 458215)
remove support for --enable-extensions=all (Bug 450015)
increase required Pango build-time version to 1.14 (Bug 460717)
create a makefile target (source-package) for packaging a source tarball (Bug 456373)
allow to build SeaMonkey with --enable-static (fixed by removal of Find As You Type) (Bug 397146)
make --disable-wave work (Bug 463537)
make client.py update the default repository from mozilla-central to mozilla-1.9.1 (Bug 465521)

General

enable Set As Wallpaper context menu entry based on presence of shell service (was: Windows only) (Bug 454017)
remove remaining contents.rdf (stop using installed-chrome.txt) (Bug 366673)
limit Gecko date in User Agent string to 8 digits (YYYYMMDD) (Bug 450973)
improve handling of DOS and Unix style FTP listings (whitespace at end of filename, dates and symlinks) (Bug 365133)
speculatively load referenced JavaScript files, blocking "real" parsing on a script src load (Bug 364315)
implement cross-site XMLHttpRequest (Bug 389508)
make multiple text selection (with Ctrl) work with double-click "word-by-word" and triple-click "paragraph" modes (Bug 415707)
add support for retrieving PNG (lossless) images from Windows clipboard (Bug 444800)
correct button states (hover vs. normal) of Classic theme stop button (Bug 431452)
put the search box in the main toolbar of Bookmark Manager (Bug 460756)
implement geolocation prompt (notification bar) (Bug 459413)
make sure Spell Checker always identifies misspelled words (Bug 432225)
correct Sidebar "Tabs" menu placement (Bug 388349)
enable view-source link-browsing (SRC, HREF) (Bug 17612)
optimize PNGs in the Classic theme (Bug 464663)
add CF_HDROP support back into Windows drag and drop data object (re-enable dragging images to applications like Photoshop) (Bug 440911)
remove old Find As You Type (FAYT) (Bug 461938)
use Toolkit Type Ahead Find instead of the old one (Bug 345526)
make clicking on an autocompleted input field not break autocomplete (Bug 460466)
respect Accept-Ranges response header (only accept value "bytes" for resume support) (Bug 462707)
add accesskeys to print dialogs (Bug 277296)
add view-source link-browsing (Bug 464352)
Vista integration: avoid the second UAC prompt for helper.exe on software update by launching it directly from the elevated updater.exe process (Bug 390344), move installer parts requiring elevated rights to new helper.exe (improve installation as a standard user) (Bug 453797)
bind default toolbar appearance to Preferences/Appearance settings (Bug 465089)
support use of access control headers to allow cross-site downloadable fonts (Bug 457825)

Labels: addons, addressbook, aus, av, certificates, compiling, css, dns, l10n, linux, mac, mailnews, plugins

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Lost & Found

I started compiling lists of bugs that were checked into the trunk long before I started this blog. I even kept them around afterwards. Now in the light of the upcoming SeaMonkey 2 Alpha 1 the time has come to do some cleanup. Below are all bugs from my list of the early days of Mozilla 1.9 trunk (SeaMonkey trunk was called 1.5a back then) that have neither been fixed on the 1.8.1 branch (SeaMonkey 1.1.x) nor appeared on this blog until now. As always I tried to focus on visible changes and noticeable enhancements rather than internal code changes.

MailNews

rename TLS and SSL in SMTP preferences to what they really mean (STARTTLS, SMTP-over-SSL) (Bug 185662)
make Reply, Reply All, Forward and Next buttons dual-mode (adding Reply to Sender, Reply to All Recipients, Forward Inline/As Attachment, Next Message/Flagged Message/Unread Thread) (Bug 17796)
do not lose keystrokes while email composer is saving draft (Bug 352310)
speed up deleting attachments containing UNIX line breaks (Bug 365751)
add "Stop Filter Execution" filter action (Bug 358684)
allow to set marking junk as read independently for automatic and manual cases in preferences (Bug 377920)
do not fall back to insecure authentication after SMTP authentication failure (Bug 311657)
support opening a message from the command line (Bug 386919)
remove "Copy Folder Location" context menu entry, moving functionality to Location field in Properties dialog (Bug 369393)
move Location field from IMAP Sharing tab of folder properties dialog to General Information tab (enable it for all account types) (Bug 180546)
add more descriptive error messages for network level errors while sending mail (SMTP) (Bug 361433)
enable extensions to add and handle columns in MailNews (Bug 376717)

ChatZilla

change Switch Text Direction shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+X (was: Ctrl+Shift+E) (Bug 333570)
do not open multiline input when dropping link in single line input (Bug 332588)
add IRC-Hispano to default network list (Bug 227366)
add IRCnet to default network list (Bug 135926)
allow styling all parts of ChatZilla with motifs (Bug 235169)
allow disabling Bugzilla link detection on a per-channel basis (Bug 349137)

DOM Inspector

allow inserting/creating new nodes (Bug 112775)
add File / Save DOM As... (Bug 72494)
allow to hide processing instructions (Bug 360898)
show separate menu entries for Inspect Content/Chrome Document (Bug 337069)

Compiling

make Mozilla compile with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (VC8) (Bug 249782)
remove non-Cairo GTK2 gfx code (GTK 1 support and Xprint) (Bug 383889)

General

add "Ignore Word" to inline spellchecker used for editable elements (Bug 354580)
use bullets instead of asterisks to block out password characters (Bug 97811)
make dictionaries part of the locale pack in the installer (Bug 350688)
add font-family (alias) resolver checking whether specified font-family is installed in the system (Bug 352174)
make a backup copy of prefs.js before overwriting it if there were errors reading it (Bug 361102)
Undo Close Tab enhancements: File / Recently Closed Tabs menu entry, select restored tabs and reuse blank tabs with no history (Bug 354953)
let Mozilla applications manage NSS configuration for PKCS#11 shared libraries (prevent Windows from locking nssckbi.dll) (Bug 176501)
implement font-size-adjust on Linux (Bug 363410)
make Gecko pass the Acid2 test (Bug 289480)
let Backspace default to nothing on Linux instead of going back (in history) (Bug 358764)
support startup notification on Linux/UNIX desktops (Bug 223492)
enable native theme (form control etc.) in HTML content on Linux (Bug 329846)
add support for the X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) (Bug 93789)
make downloading using "Save Link As..." successful on a link to a page/file that uses HTTP/FTP authentication (Bug 315227)
make Debug QA and Palm Sync extensions optional in Windows installer (Bug 385377)
add pref to control minimal font size for high quality text rendering (browser.display.auto_quality_min_font_size) (Bug 387969)
allow multiple selection of text with Ctrl (Bug 73373)

Labels: compiling, cz, domi, linux, mailnews, ssl

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Alpha Particles

Progress

migrate SeaMonkey preferences panes to use (Bug 394522) is now complete including Proxies (Bug 444157), Popups windows (Bug 441403), Cache (Bug 444161), MailNews / Send Format (Bug 445009), Downloads (Bug 444582), HTTP Networking (Bug 444167), SSL (Bug 445013), Certificates (Bug 445014), MailNews / Addressing (Bug 408613), Master Password (Bug 444170), Passwords (Bug 444169), Validation (Bug 445015) and Browser / Languages (Bug 444411)
add ability to show just the name and not the email address in the message pane if an address book entry exists: main part (Bug 309057)
the return of Treelines: Venkman, DOM Inspector, MailNews, Help viewer, Bookmarks, History and XUL directory viewer (Bug 438793)

MailNews

make IMAP folders offline by default if they are newly created and mail.server.default.offline_download pref is true (Bug 452615)
display messages that are not present in the current folder view but found through a search (Bug 377084)
resort when new message arrives and Sort by / Threaded is active (Bug 262319)
do not ask whether to send HTML mail for recipients matching an "additional email" address of a contact that prefers HTML messages (Bug 437750)
disable JavaScript in MailNews for now (Bug 453943)
properly detect application/pkcs7-mime subtypes in libmime (Bug 456250)
do not lose track of messages in a folder when using CONDSTORE (Bug 456601)
add ability to download IMAP messages preemptively/automatically in the background (Bug 436615)

Address Book

apply changes to phone types made in Apple Addressbook (Bug 452143)
add birthday fields to address book (Bug 13595 and Bug 455797)
update address book card preview pane for card changes via external interfaces (where notifications exist, e.g. OS X) (Bug 455240)

CSS

add support for WebKit's CSS3 Transform proposal (Bug 435293)

DOM

implement cloneNode() for HTML document nodes (Bug 42976)
allow creating HTML documents through document.implementation.createDocument() (Bug 450160)

SVG

support SVG mask/clip-path/filter effects in HTML (Bug 450340)

Certificates

show Exception dialog before fetching certificate when prefetching is active (Bug 453855)

Printing

remove useless "print.use_native_print_dialog" preference (Bug 414843)

General

introduce new UI for setting SeaMonkey as default application/handler (Bug 441050)
add trim, trimLeft and trimRight for JavaScript strings (Bug 305064)
add hu (Hungarian) to source locales (Bug 453350)
make FTP uploads of small files using File / Upload File menu report failures (Bug 389394)
make migration of SeaMonkey profile not fail (possibly not migrating bookmarks) when folder in source profile is missing (Bug 423211)
set colors for GTK treelines when no specific rule is given (Bug 434080)
make transfer mode of images influence the lock icon state (mixed content) (Bug 135007)
add bold default options to about:config context menus (Bug 255726)
disable "Add to SeaMonkey" and add "Cancel Install" in right-click menu after installing extension (Bug 438755)
let Software Update show a hint that the system clock may be off if the server certificate appears to be expired (Bug 390746)
use correct order of buttons in Add-on Updates dialog appearing at startup (Bug 424317)
do not delete a file dragged from Windows Explorer / FTP (Bug 296528)
enable color management support for tagged images by default (Bug 418538)
disable NetworkManager querying by default because its network link detection (which triggers Offline mode) cannot be trusted (Bug 424626)

Crashes

do not crash when opening IMAP messages with inline images (Bug 454061)
do not crash shutting down in cookie code (Bug 455035)

Update: added last three MailNews bugs that made the Alpha cut

Labels: addressbook, certificates, css, dom, mailnews, printing, svg

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