SeaMonkey 2.1b3 Changelog (Target Milestone)

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

New Features and Fixes

Browser

Port bug 584261 to SeaMonkey - tabbrowser creates a browser when its tab state is partially initialized (Bug 585348)
Port changes to session store from Bug 586068 and Bug 596806 to SeaMonkey (Bug 597584)
Port |Bug 595652 - fix hit testing for border-radius| to SeaMonkey (Bug 630140)
Port Bug 590268 [Provide access to sessionstore tab data sooner] to SeaMonkey (Bug 633126)
Port relevant parts from bug 614708 [Calling setTabValue too early causes correct values to be ignored when access early] (Bug 633710)
Port Bug 615394 [Session Restore should notify when it is beginning and ending a restore] (Bug 633722)
Port Bug 597634 [Intermittent browser_522545.js | sessionstore got correct userTypedValue - Got undefined, expected example.org] to fix test failure from landing of bug 597584 (Bug 634528)
Update signature of duplicateTabIn() stub to match match Firefox 4.0. (Bug 636110)
"Subscribe to This Page" in Bookmarks button menu always disabled and lacks icon (Bug 637080)
Port |Bug 635844 - Update pushState to latest spec. Again.| to SeaMonkey. (mochitest-browser-chrome: permanent "browser_500328.js | Test timed out") (Bug 640035)
dropdown marker in urlbar is huge on Linux (Bug 640421)
Reorder menus to promote tabs more after landing of bug 505311 (Bug 641312)
[regression] Fix missing paste'n'go from Bug 640427 caused by Bug 640421 (Bug 643404)
Remove obsolete aMask parameter from tabbrowser's addProgressListener method. (Bug 644604)
Port Bug 599909 [to-be-reloaded tabs don't show up in switch-to-tab] (Bug 645503)
Always enable Close Tab in the tab context menu (Bug 646609)

MailNews

Message/Mark All Read doesn't get disabled when there are no (zero) unread messages/all messages are read (Bug 62885)
Prettify MailNews start page (Bug 486965)
On mail deletion error 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIMsgDBView.hdrForFirstSelectedMessage]" (Error: An error occurred updating the button_delete command) (Bug 566704)
Moving Message Filter rule down beyond screen does not scroll / follow said rule (Bug 615430)
Implement onBeforeLinkTraversal in MailNews 3pane window (Bug 631770)
Clean up the global scope a bit [CreateMailWindowGlobals()] (Bug 631773)
Port |Bug 243631 - Availability to show the name out of the addressbook for a display name| 2nd patch to SeaMonkey (Bug 634101)
Remove addressbook throbber broadcaster/observer (Bug 635492)
Port |Bug 195702 - attachment size should be visible in compose window| (and bug 634620) (Bug 636199)
Port |Bug 437657 - increase autocompact threshold "mail.purge_threshhold"| to SeaMonkey (Bug 636370)
"cmd_collapseAllThreads command: TypeError: gDBView is null" opening View menu with account selected (Bug 639995)
Port |Bug 542998 - Need option to disable Archiving completely| (Bug 640147)

Composer

<page>s and <dialog>s don't need dialogOverlay (Bug 175792)
Remove obsolete Editor:Font:Size broadcaster command (Bug 635516)
Fix debugQATextEditorShell so that it works (Bug 635792)
Remove unused AfterHighlightColorChange function from editor.js (Bug 638647)
Move EditModeToolbar from editorOverlay (Bug 639694)
Move structToolbar xul code from editorOverlay (Bug 639716)
Move insertMenuPlainText out of editorOverlay (Bug 641246)
Remove unused interim hacks from composer code (Bug 641981)
Remove editorOverlay.js (Bug 643035)
Move snapToGrid, pageProperties and publishSettings from editorOverlay to editor (Bug 643761)
Cannot open file from debugQATextEditorShell.xul (Bug 643784)
Move cmd_validate command from editorOverlay to editor (Bug 643834)
Dialog prompts to save from Text Editor should not be "Export as Text" (Bug 645581)

General

Language in Image Acceptance Policy Pref Page Should Be Consistent (Bug 133119)
Preview sound should be "listen" or play (Bug 170924)
Add an option for a search box in SeaMonkey toolbar (Bug 401417)
Do Not Allow Home Button To Be Dragged and Dropped Onto Itself (Bug 538500)
Deal with saved POST data in functions loading entries e.g. from places (Bug 553459)
Add checkbox for accessibility.browsewithcaret (F7-by-default mode) (Bug 568283)
Add pref default for automatic vs. ask-me add-on update (Bug 571527)
No options for Safe-Mode (Bug 573538)
Add "Restart in Safe Mode" menuitem to the Help menu. (Bug 574612)
no "plugin crashed" UI (Bug 601493)
_install_-updates preference wrongly labeled with "_check_ for" (Bug 606482)
Change the help to reflect the cache preference changes from bug #594744. (Bug 611249)
Update Modern for Sync UI (Bug 612172)
Document pref UI for accessibility.blockautorefresh and Hardware Acceleration (Bug 614591)
Tab context menu "Bookmark this group of tabs" doesn't work (Error: addGroupmarkAs is not defined) (Bug 622010)
Update Help for |Bug 568283 - Add checkbox for accessibility.browsewithcaret (F7-by-default mode)| (Bug 623903)
Localize Theme Descriptions (was: Upload Finnish descriptions of themes to Mercurial) (Bug 624405)
Port Firefox changes from Jan 20 places merge (Bug 627416)
[SeaMonkey] mochitest-plain-3: 2 permanent "test_bug629172.html | Textarea should appear correctly after switching the direction ..." (Bug 629978)
Port |Bug 627146 - Bookmark panel doesn't open in the correct direction in rtl| to SeaMonkey (Bug 630642)
Sync should synchronize "do not track" pref (Bug 631639)
Port |Bug 602715 - Sync UI: Only mention enabled engines in client wipe confirmation dialog| (Bug 631852)
Port |Bug 555547 - A command of placesContextMenu is carried out for a wrong bookmark item| to SeaMonkey (Bug 631900)
Prevent Sync Now from blocking the menu (port bug 597788 and bug 631918) (Bug 631942)
Port |Bug 508816 - Scrollbox overflows on the wrong side in RTL mode| to SeaMonkey (Bug 631980)
[SeaMonkey] mochitest-browser-chrome: about 170 test failures caused by "incompatible" DOMi (Bug 632396)
Port |Bug 625496 - Clear Adobe Flash Cookies (LSOs) when Cookies is selected in Clear Recent History| to SeaMonkey (Bug 632746)
Port |Bug 588817 - Using "Bookmark all tabs" initially mislabels new folder menuitem in Bookmarks menu| to SeaMonkey (Bug 632804)
Port |Bug 612699 - Sync UI: Update to simplify crypto| (Bug 632952)
Port |Bug 633638 - Need a way to cancel PlacesUtils::asyncGetBookmarkIds request| to SeaMonkey (Bug 634244)
Port |Bug 602682 - Sync UI: Implement easy setup| (Bug 634419)
Port |Bug 623870 - Update the message in the invalid form popup if the error message changes| to SeaMonkey (Bug 634450)
Let a few more attributes inherit to the html input field in xpfe's autocomplete.xml (Bug 635404)
Remove unused broadcaster (Bug 635500)
Port |bug 630120 - Change discoverURL to /%LOCALE%/%APP%/discovery/pane/%VERSION%/%OS%| to SeaMonkey (Bug 635568)
Port |Bug 620789 - Intermittent browser_bug581253.js | Test timed out followed by Found a tab after previous test timed out| to SeaMonkey (Bug 635781)
Adapt Link Behavior pref pane after |Bug 583625 - Consider adding UI for pref browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction| and |Bug 505311 - SeaMonkey should default to tabbed browsing| (Bug 636788)
Port |Bug 526445 - Rearrange Sync prefs panel| (Bug 636839)
Port Livemark fixes from bug 387138 and bug 636828 (Bug 636974)
Port |Bug 636176 - Sync should not sync general.autoScroll| (Bug 636979)
InsertPopup in classic theme is missing icons for menuitems (Bug 637088)
Correct name of Mr. Waara to fix Venkman debugability (Bug 637834)
Fix sidebar so it works with editor/messagecompose [bset is null] (Bug 639212)
Port |Bug 619013 - Wording in Update Sync Key dialog needs to be more clear| (Bug 639339)
Add checkbox to Software Installation preferences to opt out of personalized add-on recommendations (Bug 639968)
Port |Bug 623795 - Sync setup and Add a Device wizard should trigger master password dialog and bail if that's cancelled| (Bug 642521)
Late-coming post-checkin comments from Neil on bookmarks UI (Bug 643271)
bug # 133119 changed pref w/o change the entities (Bug 643676)
bug #133119 changed the Image Acceptance Policy prefs. Help needs updating. (Bug 643677)
Remove unused editor and browser bindings files (Bug 644954)
Remove unused part of platformNavigationBindings.xul (Bug 645019)
Bookmark details pane should always show description for bookmark queries (Bug 646210)
Access key for expander button only works once (Bug 646257)
Access key conflicts in Bookmarks Manager (Bug 646672)
[Restart in Safe Mode] Add a checkbox in the prompt to choose between safe and normal restart. (Bug 646894)
Add Places Bookmarks interfaces to SMILE (Bug 647571)
Perform l10n signoffs for SeaMonkey 2.1b3 (Bug 647637)
Tracking bug for build and release of SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 3 (Bug 647928)
Add SeaMonkey 2.1b3 and 2.1pre to crash-stats.m.c (Bug 647935)
Update SeaMonkey website for 2.1b3 release (Bug 647936)
Send out 2.1b3 announcement (Bug 648474)

Windows

wrong order arrow in message list (Bug 594053)
Port |Bug 569268 - Package correct Visual C++ CRT DLLs based on compiler version (fixes MSVCR100.dll error message on startup)| to SeaMonkey (Bug 595759)
Port |Bug 474060 - Show download progress in app icon in Windows 7 taskbar| and |Bug 524811 - add glowing Firefox icon in the taskbar when downloads are completed| to SeaMonkey (Bug 631796)
Port |Bug 529938 - Install DirectX SDK on buildbots| to SeaMonkey (Bug 632325)
make package: "Warning: package error or possible missing or unnecessary file: bin/components/suitebrowser.xpt (package-manifest, 171)." (Bug 634439)

Linux

Update removed-files for findings from 2.1b2 update checks (Bug 633394)

Special Operating Systems

macOS: Optimize .png files in themes/, branding/ and help/ (Bug 593840)
macOS: [10.6] Mac "installer" window background doesn't fit (Bug 630371)
macOS: [Mac default] editBMPanel css enhancements (Bug 631007)
macOS: missing Firefox version in SeaMonkey's useragent string on OSX (Bug 631493)
macOS: [Mac Default] Missing tab close button in tabbrowser and tabmail (Bug 633778)
macOS: [Mac Default] Wrong reference to toolbar background-image (Bug 634703)
macOS: Mac platformBrowserBindings has incorrect keyset id (Bug 635619)
macOS: [Mac Default] Better bookmark/link toolbar styling (Bug 637176)
macOS: [Mac Default] Style the search bar (Bug 640514)
macOS: Show notification bar offering to restart when content tries to load a 32-bit plugin using carbon-based NPAPI (Bug 643799)

Compiling

Use l10n.mk in SeaMonkey (suite/locales/Makefile.in) (Bug 554993)
Consider shipping built-in extensions as being installed into profiles (Bug 627240)
Port |Bug 607396 - port checksums work to l10n| to SeaMonkey (Bug 634238)
Port a little more of |Bug 461979 - make profile info easier to localize| to SeaMonkey (Bug 636076)

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