SeaMonkey 2.30 Changelog (Target Milestone)


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  <li><a href="#new">New Features and Fixes</a>
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      <li><a href="#browser">Browser</a></li>
      <li><a href="#mail">MailNews</a></li>
      <li><a href="#composer">Composer</a></li>
      <li><a href="#general">General</a></li>
      <li><a href="#windows">Windows</a></li>
      <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
      <li><a href="#spc_os">Special Operating Systems</a></li>
      <li><a href="#build">Compiling</a></li>
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<h2 id="new">New Features and Fixes</h2>

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<span class="legend" id="browser">Browser</span>

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  <li>Add option to disable Location bar history (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=863747">Bug 863747</a>)</li>
  <li>Add speculativeConnect() method to search engines, SeaMonkey part. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037372">Bug 1037372</a>)</li>
  <li>Update the favicon when the href attribute of link rel=&quot;icon&quot; is changed (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038290">Bug 1038290</a>)</li>
  <li>Port |Bug 633773 - Use Google's HTTPS search by default|, |Bug 958883 - Use HTTPS for Yahoo searches| and search plugin parts of |Bug 959576 - Create a component to get the list of priority domains| to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039004">Bug 1039004</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="mail">MailNews</span>

<ul>
  <li>When the birth year is empty, SeaMonkey puts 1900 and in English language (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928632">Bug 928632</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="composer">Composer</span>

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  <li>Save and Change Character Encoding dialog has no encodings (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018256">Bug 1018256</a>)</li>
  <li>Selected column in selection list properties does not work (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018263">Bug 1018263</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="general">General</span>

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  <li>&quot;Load this bookmark in the sidebar&quot; checkbox for bookmarks is not available/working in SeaMonkey [browserWin.openWebPanel is not a function] (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613974">Bug 613974</a>)</li>
  <li>chrome directory missing in fresh profiles (again) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=817295">Bug 817295</a>)</li>
  <li>about:memory in modern includes old CSS version (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825127">Bug 825127</a>)</li>
  <li>Default Search dropdown doesn't get refreshed after adding new search engine (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918474">Bug 918474</a>)</li>
  <li>Adjust the languages preference pane to take into account Bug 910192 which removes intl.charset.default and deduces the fallback from the locale (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=934492">Bug 934492</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove front end for removed x-user-def font preferences (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956007">Bug 956007</a>)</li>
  <li>Add UI to access the remote debugger preferences (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973530">Bug 973530</a>)</li>
  <li>Provide toggle for Geolocation service (geo.enabled) in Privacy & Security preference pane (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=994093">Bug 994093</a>)</li>
  <li>Rename options in Geolocation doorhanger notification to disambiguate &quot;Don't Share&quot; vs. &quot;Not Now&quot; (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998787">Bug 998787</a>)</li>
  <li>Help on mail account settings for authentication method needs updating (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009233">Bug 1009233</a>)</li>
  <li>Port |Bug 985742 - fuelApplication.js:1512 - mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create| to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1016132">Bug 1016132</a>)</li>
  <li>Use a JSON storage back-end in the Login Manager - SeaMonkey part (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017696">Bug 1017696</a>)</li>
  <li>Enable notifications by default again for using offline storage and update Offline Web Applications preference pane (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1019583">Bug 1019583</a>)</li>
  <li>Clarify &quot;Don't Show&quot; label in Desktop Notification bar and doorhanger (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1019986">Bug 1019986</a>)</li>
  <li>After changing the toolbar style preference back to pictures and text, customise dialog doesn't display the setting. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021615">Bug 1021615</a>)</li>
  <li>Notifications for requests from Offline Web Applications offer beyond-session options in Private Browsing mode (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025569">Bug 1025569</a>)</li>
  <li>Port Bug 1021969 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1026014">Bug 1026014</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove public destructors of NS_*_INLINE_* refcounted classes, Remove NS_HIDDEN, Fix dangerous public destructors. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1032800">Bug 1032800</a>)</li>
  <li>Classic Theme is missing dummy chome.manifest file (and icon.png, and preview.png) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1032804">Bug 1032804</a>)</li>
  <li>In about:certerror send the failed channel from the docshell to the Security Exceptions Dialog. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034203">Bug 1034203</a>)</li>
  <li>Error: mismatched tag. Expected: &lt;/rdf:Seq&gt; (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1040225">Bug 1040225</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="windows">Windows</span>

<ul>
  <li>TypeError: tabs[i]._preview is undefined (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009451">Bug 1009451</a>)</li>
  <li>Implement search-engine discovery notification. Part 1: add API (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1019383">Bug 1019383</a>)</li>
  <li>The labels in the menulist items for the mail view selector don't line up vertically (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1035237">Bug 1035237</a>)</li>
  <li>TypeError: DebuggerServer.closeListener is not a function  when remote debugger is set to true. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038577">Bug 1038577</a>)</li>
  <li>Fix startup error &quot;Couldn't load XPCOM&quot; Package sandboxbroker.dll (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1040939">Bug 1040939</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="linux">Linux</span>

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  <li>SeaMonkey make package doesn't package things needed to run for .. in .. loops that iterate over the content window object (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1019021">Bug 1019021</a>)</li>
  <li>message pane: Monospace font setting is ignored instead the setting for proportional font is used if browser.display.use_document_fonts is set to 0 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022481">Bug 1022481</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="spc_os">Special Operating Systems</span>

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  <li>macOS: installer/package-manifest:139: Missing file(s): /SeaMonkey.app/Contents/MacOS/components/jsdservice.xpt (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1031960">Bug 1031960</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="build">Compiling</span>

<ul>
  <li>Stop building Venkman because Bug 800200 removes JSD1 which Venkman depends on. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029513">Bug 1029513</a>)</li>
  <li>Port |Bug 598615 - HAVE_64BIT_OS changed to HAVE_64BIT_BUILD| to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1030016">Bug 1030016</a>)</li>
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