SeaMonkey facts for kids
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SeaMonkey Navigator 2.53.17.1 on Windows 10
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| Developer(s) | SeaMonkey Council |
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| Initial release | January 30, 2006 |
| Stable release |
2.53.19
 / 4 September 2024 |
| Preview release | 2.53.18 Beta 1 (November 25, 2023 ) |
| Written in | C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Available in | 26 languages |
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List of languages
Belarusian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English (US), English (British), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
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| Type | Internet suite |
| License | MPL-2.0 |
SeaMonkey is a free computer program that combines many internet tools into one package. It's like having a web browser, email program, and other useful tools all in one place. It was created from an older program called the Mozilla Application Suite. This suite itself came from Netscape Communicator, which was a very popular internet program a long time ago.
SeaMonkey was started in 2005. This happened after the Mozilla Foundation decided to focus on making separate programs like Firefox (a web browser) and Thunderbird (an email program). Unlike the older Mozilla suite, SeaMonkey is developed by a group of volunteers called the SeaMonkey Council. This means the community helps build and improve it.
SeaMonkey's web browser looks more traditional than Firefox. It keeps the classic design of Netscape and the Mozilla Application Suite. This design allows users to add special features, similar to how you might add extensions to other browsers.
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What SeaMonkey Includes
SeaMonkey is a full package of internet tools. It has a web browser for surfing the internet. It also includes an e-mail and news client called SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups. This part shares code with Mozilla Thunderbird. You'll also find an HTML editor called SeaMonkey Composer for making web pages. Plus, it has an IRC client called ChatZilla for online chat. You can even change how SeaMonkey looks with different skins, like "Modern" or "Classic."
SeaMonkey Mail
SeaMonkey Mail is a regular email program. It lets you manage many email accounts. It can also help you find unwanted junk mail. You can set up filters for your messages. It supports emails with pictures and special formatting. It also has an address book and even a calendar.
SeaMonkey Composer
SeaMonkey Composer is a tool for creating web pages. It's a WYSIWYG editor, which means "What You See Is What You Get." You can design a web page and see how it will look right away. It has four different views: Normal (WYSIWYG), HTML tags, HTML code, and a browser preview. This helps you create web pages easily.
Why the Name SeaMonkey?
When the new project started, it needed a new name. This was important so people wouldn't confuse it with the original Mozilla Application Suite. On July 2, 2005, it was officially announced that the new internet suite would be called SeaMonkey.
The name "Seamonkey" (with a small "m") actually refers to brine shrimp. This name was used by Netscape and the Mozilla Foundation as a secret "code name" for their projects. It was first chosen by Netscape after a fun internal contest.
The SeaMonkey Council has now made the name "SeaMonkey" official. The project uses its own numbering system. For example, the first version was called SeaMonkey 1.0. Even though it has a different name and version number, SeaMonkey 1.0 was built using the same code as Mozilla Application Suite 1.7.
For legal reasons, another group called Debian used to call SeaMonkey by a different name, Iceape, until 2013.
How SeaMonkey Started
On March 10, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced a big change. They said they would no longer release new official versions of the Mozilla Application Suite. Instead, they wanted to focus on their separate programs, Firefox and Thunderbird.
However, the Mozilla Foundation also said they would still help community members who wanted to continue developing the suite. This meant that the internet suite would keep going. But now, it would be developed by the SeaMonkey Council, not the Mozilla Foundation.
SeaMonkey was first released on September 15, 2005. The first official version, SeaMonkey 1.0, came out on January 30, 2006. The main code for Mozilla projects used to have a special license. This license allowed people to choose how they wanted to use the software. Later, it changed to a simpler license called MPL 2.0.
Images for kids
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SeaMonkey Suite Logo
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SeaMonkey Navigator 2.53.17.1 on Windows 10
See also
In Spanish: SeaMonkey para niños
