SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1 Introduces New Features

SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1 is available for free download now in 8 languages 
and makes a huge list of new functionality available to a wider testing 
audience for the first time.
Please note that this pre-release version is still intended for testers 
only and might still show some problems in everyday use. As always, we 
appreciate any feedback you may have and encourage users to help us by 
filing bugs.

In addition to the changes in the alpha releases, this version features 
the following new improvements:
  - OpenSearch plugins are now supported and the default for web
    search.
  - Data Manager now unifies cookie, permission, password, and form data
    management.
  - Plugins now run in their own processes and don't take down the
    browser any more if they crash.
  - JavaScript is faster than ever with the new JägerMonkey engine.
  - Direct2D Hardware Acceleration is now on by default for Windows 7
    users, hardware accelerated layers are available on all platforms
    with known-to-work video drivers.
  - The HSTS security protocol and the proposed Audio Data API are
    available.

We welcome any and all discussions on this beta on our newsgroups, or 
you can even file a bug if you find one. Be sure to check our Known 
Issues prior to filing bugs.

SeaMonkey 2.1 Beta 1 is available for free download from 
www.seamonkey-project.org. Once you have downloaded and installed this 
release, we'd like to encourage you to get involved in discussing and 
reporting problems as well as further improving the product.

Thanks for testing and helping us to make SeaMonkey even better!



Full news article:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2010-10-21

Downloads for all available platforms:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.1b1

Release notes, including Known Issues section:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.1b1

System Requirements:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.1/system-requirements

Robert Kaiser
SeaMonkey project coordinator