What's New in SeaMonkey 2.29

This document outlines a few of the new features implemented in SeaMonkey 2.29, important bugfixes and any new problems. Please note that these changes are relative to SeaMonkey 2.26.

New Features and Fixes

Major Changes
  • None.
Fixes in 2.29.1
  • While composing mail, an empty line appeared in the attachment context menu when right clicking the attachment area (bug 1039933).
  • Switching tabs triggered onLocationChange with the LOCATION_CHANGE_SAME_DOCUMENT flag, preventing Adblock Plus from working correctly (bug 1035171).
  • SeaMonkey 2.29 was vulnerable to RSA signature forgery.
  • Computers with multiple graphics cards could run into stability issues.
Fixes in Beta 2 / Final
  • Messages were sent to the wrong address (list) if the searched name was in the address book multiple times and one of them was a list (bug 1008718).
Features in Beta 1
  • URLs that are too long to be shown completely appear in a tooltip now when hovering the location bar (bug 154772).
  • Coloring of the location bar for HTTPS URLs can be disabled through Preferences now (bug 947972).
  • Certain search engines can be discovered automatically now (bug 963132).
  • The status bar padlock icon features a context menu now (bug 938673).
  • You can now insert formulas in Composer using a dialog (LaTeX to MathML) (bug 986839).
  • Feed items can be tagged automatically according to feed category tags now (bug 946279).
  • Searching within a message compose window will now display the find toolbar (bug 530629).
  • The account name is now shown in the status bar when downloading messages from POP servers (bug 86233).
  • Localizability of custom reply headers has been improved (mailnews.reply_header_* preferences) (bug 995797).
  • Contact autocompletion in message composition windows now searches for all terms separately (AND search) (bug 558931).
  • You can now search for contacts containing parentheses (bug 749097).
Fixes in Beta 1
  • Too many to list, sorry.

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