SeaMonkey 2.1b1 Changelog (Target Milestone)

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New Features and Fixes
- Browser
- MailNews
- General
- Windows
- Linux
- Special Operating Systems
- Compiling

New Features and Fixes

Browser

SeaMonkey should support "OpenSearch" (Bug 410613)
keyword.URL should be synced with selected search engine (Bug 441882)
[SeaMonkey 2.1] mochitest-plain-1: it seems test_bug457672.html "leaks the world" (Bug 557120)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-browser-chrome] browser_522545.js | sessionstore got correct userTypedValue - Got example.org, expected mozilla.org (Bug 589618)
Convert suite/ files for content XUL being killed (Bug 590725)
test_docload.xul reports "JavaScript error: chrome://navigator/content/tabbrowser.xml, line 919: nsIInterfaceRequestor is not defined" (Bug 591550)
Port duplicateTabIn introduced in bug 448546 (Bug 595483)
navigatorOverlay.xul still has a reference to BrowserSearchInternet (Tools > Search the Web doesn't work) (Bug 601466)

MailNews

"Move to Trash" now marks as read (Bug 465116)
Implement getBrowser() in MailNews windows (Bug 588895)
"Check online presence (AOL)" should be removed from address book tools menu (Bug 594081)
Warning: assignment to undeclared variable index (in msgHdrViewOverlay.js) (Bug 595738)
Move abCardViewOverlay.xul from mailnews/ to suite/ (Bug 599726)

General

Make drop down menus for back and forward buttons middle/Ctrl-clickable (Bug 529240)
Placeholder (emptytext) styling on Modern broken by bug 547224 (Bug 551545)
Update SeaMonkey to newer AUS URL scheme (Bug 557583)
Implement a Data Manager unifying cookie, permission, password, and form data management (Bug 569341)
Persona doesn't apply to sidebar (Bug 581382)
Address Neil's post-landing comments on places bookmarks (Bug 585601)
Unsorted Bookmarks entry in menu of Bookmarks button in Personal Toolbar has no special icon (Bug 586056)
Port Bug 562649 set and correctly handle userTypedValue when loading external URIs. (Bug 586340)
Some css rules in existing css files doesn't apply anymore (bookmarks-ptf gone, structure have changed) (Bug 586415)
Alt+Home Keyboard Shortcut Broken; Key Event Modifier navigator.xul (Bug 587398)
GUI needed to toggle browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent (Bug 588122)
Privacy options are not cleared on closing SeaMonkey and instead cleared when SeaMonkey is reopened (Bug 588651)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-browser-chrome] Double id='addBookmarkKb' detected in navigator.xul (Bug 589592)
Provide a fast bookmarking button in the urlbar (Bug 589601)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-chrome] Exception in test_pm.xul (Bug 589627)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-browser-chrome] Lots of mozapps/extensions/test/ failures (Bug 589659)
SeaMonkey 2.1b1pre French and Russian builds are missing (Bug 590635)
Move Bookmarks dialog broken (Bug 590714)
[SeaMonkey] Replace "emptytext" in abCardOverlay with "placeholder" (Bug 590932)
Remove .extra UA pref, possibly add UI for .compatMode.firefox (Bug 591327)
Support signed updates in SeaMonkey (Bug 593135)
Port bug 433860 and bug 570321 spell check context menu tests and bug 585841 - Right click, 'copy link location' no longer works to SM (Bug 593575)
[SeaMonkey] mochitest-5: numerous failures in test_contextmenu.html media related. (Bug 593655)
Port to SeaMonkey changes to test_contextmenu.html from bug 558072 Allow getting of popup position and size from popupshowing event (Bug 593884)
No icons in alltabs menuitems (Bug 593944)
port bug 581076 | add missing pref to browser-prefs.js (Bug 594425)
Add YASM to Windows slaves, upgrade Linux/Mac slaves to YASM 1.1 (Bug 594468)
Change -moz-border-radius* properties to css3-background names in suite/ (Bug 594988)
Package dom_notification.xpt (Bug 595273)
Package nsInputListAutoComplete.js (Bug 595381)
Error: formatURL: Couldn't find value for key: SIDEBAR_VERSION (Bug 595394)
Port front end of Bug 594261 |Factor out geolocation prompt into something that can be reused|. (Bug 595442)
Change "-moz-box-shadow" to "box-shadow" in suite/ (Bug 595630)
xpcshell: test_clearHistory_shutdown.js fails due to "ReferenceError: TOPIC_GLOBAL_SHUTDOWN is not defined", after bug 580892 (Bug 595633)
Correct typo and adjust spacing for new Firefox compatibility UI in the HTTP preference pane (Bug 597051)
nsILeakDetector leftovers in the c-c tree (Bug 597403)
Remove nsILeakDetector leftovers in SeaMonkey (Bug 597694)
Add alive ping counter to the blocklist url (Bug 598977)
port ui parts of bug 561636 to support invalidformsubmit (Bug 599745)
[seamonkey] mochi-browser failures due to indexedDB issues: browser_permissionsPromptAllow.js and others (Bug 600364)
After doorhangers land cant type in textbox (Bug 602150)
Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1 (Bug 602592)
Add SeaMonkey 2.1b1 and 2.1b2pre to crash-stats.m.c (Bug 602628)
Add SeaMonkey 2.1b2pre and 2.1b2 to AMO (Bug 602630)

Windows

SeaMonkey part of |Bug 495115 - Implement Strict-Transport-Security| to prevent overrides on certError.xhtml (Bug 590825)
Windows nightly L10n repacks failing for SeaMonkey in creating installer (Bug 591091)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-browser-chrome] TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | chrome://mochikit/content/browser/suite/common/tests/browser/browser_346337.js and browser_466937.js (Bug 594687)

Linux

[SeaMonkey, Linux] mochitest-browser-chrome: intermittent ".../suite/browser/test/browser_bug462289.js | tab key to tab activeElement - Got [object HTMLInputElement], expected [object XULElement]" (Bug 491624)
Middle-clicking to stop autoscroll may activate contentLoadURL (deactivate,clipboard,paste) (Bug 534248)
[SeaMonkey 2.1, mochitest-plain-4, Linux] test_invalidate_during_plugin_paint.html crashing (Bug 585438)
[Non-static SeaMonkey] "Warning: package error or possible missing or unnecessary file: bin/libgfxpsshar.so (package-manifest, 54)." (Bug 586822)
Port bug 506175 to SM and fix an intermittent orange on linux for download manager tests (Bug 592438)
Port changes from toolkit's browser_354894.js to SeaMonkey's browser_bug515006.js (Bug 592560)
browser_pluginnotification.js time out (Bug 592846)
[SeaMonkey 2.1] TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | chrome://mochikit/content/browser/content/html/document/test/browser_bug592641.js (Bug 596237)
Install patched gcc 4.5.1 on Linux slaves and enable it for trunk builds (Bug 599530)

Special Operating Systems

macOS: [Mac default] hover:active style rules applies on disabled linkToolbar items (Bug 582372)
macOS: New places ui lacks mac css and certain icons doesn't blend in with existing (Bug 586026)
macOS: Add-ons manager doesn't open if all windows are closed (Bug 586360)
macOS: Bookmark Manager doesn't open if all windows are closed (Bug 586363)
macOS: [Non-static SeaMonkey] "Warning: package error or possible missing or unnecessary file: SeaMonkeyDebug.app/Contents/MacOS/components/libaccessibility.dylib (package-manifest, 63)." (Bug 586854)
macOS: unsortedBookmarks.png ought to have equal amount of transparency at top/bottom (Bug 593838)
macOS: bookmarks-chevron doesn't display in mac classic (Bug 594127)
macOS: Need to switch border-radius: 100% to 10000px (Bug 595378)
macOS: [Mac default] move some style rules in mailWindow1.css (Bug 595724)
macOS: Need to rename 'menu_HelpUpdatesSeparator' to 'updateSeparator' (Bug 596758)
macOS: Update Help for the new location of the 'Check for Updates' menuitem (Bug 597172)
macOS: Mac universal build fails unifying architectures after IPC/OOPP landing (Bug 598916)
macOS: Fix some reminding/missed issues regarding personas and sidebar (Bug 599621)
macOS: Mac builds broken by default architecture switch in gecko (Bug 599796)
macOS: Mac universal builds now marked as "mac64" when they are PPC/i386 actually (Bug 600223)
macOS: TEST-UNEXPECTED-FAIL | chrome://mochikit/content/browser/suite/common/dataman/tests/browser_dataman_basics.js | Test timed out (Bug 600229)
macOS: [SeaMonkey] OSX, Perma-Orange in test_GCrace.html (Bug 600378)
macOS: Remove all updates on SeaMonkey 2.1* for PPC (Bug 601919)
macOS: Mac release repackaging breaks with release file names (Bug 602907)

Compiling

Port |Bug 384179 - crash on startup| to SeaMonkey (Bug 534689)
remove nsAboutAbout.js (Bug 538419)
--enable-tests on all our Builders by default (Bug 545172)
Use out-of-process-plugins (OOPP) framework in SeaMonkey (Bug 545716)
Fix issues brought up by package-compare (Bug 589637)
Remove reporter from SeaMonkey (Bug 590102)
Add new Addon Repository prefs (Bug 591037)
Package message wakeup service (Bug 594430)
xpcshell: new test_componentsRegistered.js fails (Bug 595620)
Clean up SeaMonkey packaging files post libxul switch (Bug 598644)
Full update for nightly builds doesn't work, removes xul.dll (Bug 599605)

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