SeaMonkey 2.5 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="#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>

<ul>
  <li>Search machine icon missing in address field (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663919">Bug 663919</a>)</li>
  <li>Port Bug 668646 [Invalid cookie hosts causes sessionstore to stop updating] (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671520">Bug 671520</a>)</li>
  <li>Port Bug 670040 [Make nsISessionStartup.state a jsval to save repeatedly stringifying/parsing the initial state] (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672178">Bug 672178</a>)</li>
  <li>Port [Bug 669196 - Session Restore losing nearly all tabs] to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673902">Bug 673902</a>)</li>
  <li>Automatic Find as you type broken (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674310">Bug 674310</a>)</li>
  <li>After update, tabs are restored, but not loaded, except the first one Error: uncaught exception: nsISHEntry.stateData in nsSessionStore.js :: sss_deserializeHistoryEntry :: line 2827 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675162">Bug 675162</a>)</li>
  <li>Port relevant parts of [Bug 646641 - If a document has multiple history entries (either by pushstate or anchor navs) only the last one is hooked into bfcache] (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677873">Bug 677873</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="mail">MailNews</span>

<ul>
  <li>Thread pane icons should show state of mail (replied, forwarded) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22112">Bug 22112</a>)</li>
  <li>message-id context  lacks accesskeys (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537153">Bug 537153</a>)</li>
  <li>Port |Bug 237376 - Put 'reply to newsgroup' on top| to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633935">Bug 633935</a>)</li>
  <li>Suite changes from |Bug 652855 - De-RDF the address book| and |Bug 422845 - Replace rdf-driven addressbook directory tree with js one| (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654864">Bug 654864</a>)</li>
  <li>ERROR TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL test_idcheck.xul | check id: messengercompose.xul#contentAreaContextSet (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660739">Bug 660739</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch suite/mailnews to use Services.prompt (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671554">Bug 671554</a>)</li>
  <li>Search window does not allow to open second message from result list (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671605">Bug 671605</a>)</li>
  <li>&quot;awDocumentKeyPress is not defined&quot; when opening Mailing List dialog [New List] (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672561">Bug 672561</a>)</li>
  <li>Error: GetLocalizedStringPref is not defined chrome://messenger/content/addressbook/abSelectAddressesDialog.js Line: 403 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677457">Bug 677457</a>)</li>
  <li>Add menuitem to &quot;show all body parts&quot; (followup to bug 564423, port bug 602718) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677905">Bug 677905</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove duplicate InitPrompts function and only load mail-offline.js once (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678945">Bug 678945</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="composer">Composer</span>

<ul>
  <li>Advanced Property Editor should &quot;propose&quot; values (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361495">Bug 361495</a>)</li>
  <li>Changing image size using Custom Size changes the image but does not display the new height and width correctly -- H and W always equal the Actual Size (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541313">Bug 541313</a>)</li>
  <li>Make use of contentAreaContext in Composer (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657161">Bug 657161</a>)</li>
  <li>IMAGE EDITOR DOES NOT WORK WITH RIGHT CLICK SINCE S.M. 2.0 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675307">Bug 675307</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove nsIDOMWindowInternal from editor/ui/composer code (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675739">Bug 675739</a>)</li>
  <li>Print and page setup do not work from QaPlain Text Editor (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676985">Bug 676985</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="general">General</span>

<ul>
  <li>Port |Bug 506985 - remove java-specific preferences from Firefox UI, hidden prefs| to SeaMonkey 2.1 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512378">Bug 512378</a>)</li>
  <li>Audit preference panes for duplicate stylesheets (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513895">Bug 513895</a>)</li>
  <li>Hardcoded widths for pref-proxies-advanced and pref-languages.add dialogs (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550484">Bug 550484</a>)</li>
  <li>Make Personas feature more discoverable (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=584849">Bug 584849</a>)</li>
  <li>Move &quot;Recently Closed&quot; menus to Go menu (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599731">Bug 599731</a>)</li>
  <li>Zoom levels in toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues are always reset to 0.5,0.75,0.9,1,1.2,1.5,2 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621823">Bug 621823</a>)</li>
  <li>Expose browser.zoom.siteSpecific to preferences GUI (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635179">Bug 635179</a>)</li>
  <li>Error: &quot;document is null&quot; / &quot;Weave is not defined&quot; in syncUI.js (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639970">Bug 639970</a>)</li>
  <li>Front end changes for Bug 545070: plugin-problem UI shouldn't say &quot;click here&quot;. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667201">Bug 667201</a>)</li>
  <li>Base the initial &quot;Other&quot; zoom level on a pref rather than a property (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667525">Bug 667525</a>)</li>
  <li>Don't use the &quot;Other&quot; entry in View &gt; Zoom if a matching menu item is available (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667529">Bug 667529</a>)</li>
  <li>Fold permissionsNavigatorOverlay.xul into navigator code (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669291">Bug 669291</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove unused overrideHandler.js file (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670010">Bug 670010</a>)</li>
  <li>Recently Closed Windows/tabs have been moved to the Go menu.  Document this. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670513">Bug 670513</a>)</li>
  <li>Audit preference stylesheets for duplicate stylesheets (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670652">Bug 670652</a>)</li>
  <li>Have individual methods for cookie/image/popup menus in navigatorOverlay (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670749">Bug 670749</a>)</li>
  <li>Move appropriate entites from navigator.dtd to navigatorOverlay.dtd which are only used in navigatorOverlay.xul (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670750">Bug 670750</a>)</li>
  <li>Missed gLocSvc.pwd in dataman.xml (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670948">Bug 670948</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch suite to use Services.prompt (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671572">Bug 671572</a>)</li>
  <li>Add browser.zoom.siteSpecific pref to help. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672101">Bug 672101</a>)</li>
  <li>Ensure that valid arguments are passed to Zoom Manager when 100% is not within the allowed min-max range (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672146">Bug 672146</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch suite to use Services.strings (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672528">Bug 672528</a>)</li>
  <li>Live bookmarks don't update automatically (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673717">Bug 673717</a>)</li>
  <li>Port part 2 of |Bug 669913 - Viewing Sync quota blocks the entire Options window| (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675255">Bug 675255</a>)</li>
  <li>Port |Bug 668622 - Move sync at startup logic (autoConnect, etc.) to SyncScheduler| (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675263">Bug 675263</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove code duplication for find keys and menu items by moving to utilityOverlay (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675392">Bug 675392</a>)</li>
  <li>Make Composer use utilityOverlay's key_close and menu_close (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675607">Bug 675607</a>)</li>
  <li>Improve string for 32-bit plugin restart. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676792">Bug 676792</a>)</li>
  <li>Remove code duplication for print menus by moving them to utilityOverlay (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676836">Bug 676836</a>)</li>
  <li>Bookmarking group of tabs greyed out after restart with session restore (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677539">Bug 677539</a>)</li>
  <li>Add more app.update.certs.* possibilities to SeaMonkey (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679677">Bug 679677</a>)</li>
  <li>Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 1 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688952">Bug 688952</a>)</li>
  <li>Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 3 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694150">Bug 694150</a>)</li>
  <li>Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.5 Beta 4 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699961">Bug 699961</a>)</li>
  <li>Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.5 Final Release (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=703904">Bug 703904</a>)</li>
  <li>Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.6 Beta 2 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704814">Bug 704814</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="windows">Windows</span>

<ul>
  <li>Provide More Entries in the Win7 Jumplist Tasks list. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515734">Bug 515734</a>)</li>
  <li>[SeaMonkey] Install &quot;June 2010 or newer&quot; DirectX SDK (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660745">Bug 660745</a>)</li>
  <li>Display flickers when loading/scrolling/mousing the page until focus is changed. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664088">Bug 664088</a>)</li>
  <li>Make Data Manager safe for IPv6 (and more tolerant against other errors) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=665826">Bug 665826</a>)</li>
  <li>Accidentally dragging a single tab moves it to the right edge of the tab bar. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666246">Bug 666246</a>)</li>
  <li>Update from 2.0 leaves behind some files in some locales (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668744">Bug 668744</a>)</li>
  <li>Increase performance of Win7 JumpList favorites queries. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673877">Bug 673877</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="spc_os">Special Operating Systems</span>

<ul>
  <li>macOS: Turn off 'ui.click_hold_context_menus' on Mac (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667299">Bug 667299</a>)</li>
  <li>Other: No accesskey (keyboard shortcut) for Folder in Add Bookmark dialog (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667829">Bug 667829</a>)</li>
  <li>macOS: [Mac] When a download starts, default to open download manager (like other OS) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670532">Bug 670532</a>)</li>
  <li>macOS: [Mac default] Download manager 'Clear List' button needs a focus ring (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674368">Bug 674368</a>)</li>
  <li>macOS: [Mac default] No identity icon in pageInfo window's security tab (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675462">Bug 675462</a>)</li>
  <li>macOS: Full Screen menuitem should be disabled when no windows are open (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675690">Bug 675690</a>)</li>
  <li>macOS: Enable Mac Async plugin by default (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676781">Bug 676781</a>)</li>
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<span class="legend" id="build">Compiling</span>

<ul>
  <li>update removed-files.in for bug 643816 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668723">Bug 668723</a>)</li>
  <li>Build support to install hyphenation patterns in SeaMonkey. (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677254">Bug 677254</a>)</li>
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