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News

Current Versions of Mozilla.org software:

Mozilla Firefox: 2.0
Mozilla Thunderbird: 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Suite - Stable: 1.7.13

Other closely related projects:

SeaMonkey - 1.0.5
Nightly builds are available, also.
Camino: 1.0.3
Camino - Development: nightly builds
Chatzilla: 0.9.75 - Available from the site, or in nightly builds (of SeaMonkey).
Nvu: 1.0
Sunbird: 0.3
Lightning: 0.1

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History (Archive):

October 26, 2006
Yikes, I've been severely slacking. Firefox 2.0 is out, and almost every piece of software on the list has been updated.

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History and General Information

For those new to the alternative world that is Mozilla, here is a short description of each of the apps that are linked here:

Mozilla is the open-source "child" of Netscape. Netscape released the source code to the public, called it Mozilla, and work began. It is a suite of applications: A web browser (Navigator), Mail & News reader (Mail/News), HTML Editor (Composer), IRC chat client (Chatzilla), Address Book and more. If you used Netscape, but dropped it after the 4.x series, then look again. A lot has changed since then. (Netscape 7.2 is simply Mozilla 1.7(.3, I think) that was taken, had a few things added to it (such as AIM and the Netscape artwork) and called Netscape.).
Update - July 24, 2005: Mozilla, the Suite, is dead. Officially renamed to "SeaMonkey", formerly the codename, the Mozilla Suite now lives on only through official updates to the 1.7.x product--only security and stability ones, at that. More info on SeaMonkey is available here.

Mozilla Firefox is the "child" of Mozilla (or the "grandchild" of Netscape ). It is the redesigned and revitalized offspring of Mozilla (Navigator). Although it is based off of Navigator from Mozilla, they are not the same. Many changes have been made to the user interface, and a ton of new features have also been added. Small, light, and fast, it is the future of the Mozilla Foundation. Most of the work nowadays goes toward Firefox (formerly Firebird, and before that Phoenix), although work still does go into the Mozilla suite. On November 9, 2004, the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0, the culmination (though certainly not the end!) of over two years development.

Mozilla Thunderbird is the brother of Firefox, in that it is Mozilla's Mail & News Editor stripped out of the suite and released by itself. Like Firefox, a lot of work has gone into improving the User Interface, and new features are being implemented and polished. Maturing very quickly, Thunderbird is nearing a 1.0 release of its own and gets better all the time. Like Firefox, Thunderbird is the future of Mozilla (making a switch from one giant app to a bunch of smaller ones working together)

(Other projects have been split off and are now being developed separately also; Mozilla Calendar is being developed as Sunbird; Mozilla Composer is being developed for Linspire (although available for everyone) as Nvu (pronounced "N View"); and the IRC client is developed as ChatZilla.

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SeaMonkey (Mozilla Suite)

Current Release(s):
Stable: 1.0.5
Development: nightly builds

The SeaMonkey Wiki Page - on wiki.mozilla.org. You can find information about SeaMonkey here.

The Official Homepage of SeaMonkey

MozillaZine - News about Mozilla, with some good information

MozillaNews - Another Mozilla News site (who would have figured from the name? )

SeaMonkey forums @ MozillaZine -- good for questions you can't answer

Mozilla's Roadmap - Where Mozilla is headed. This document now focuses more on the "overall" picture more than SeaMonkey itself.

Brendan Eich's Roadmap blog - Mozilla.org's Staff list says: "Brendan is responsible for architecture and the technical direction of Mozilla." -- So his blog is a good place to go for technical information about the direction of Mozilla.

Mozilla Suite Home Page -- This is the homepage for the Mozilla Suite.

Mozilla 1.7.13 - Former Stable release

Note: The mozilla foundation/corporation have stopped supporting the Mozilla Suite. 1.7.x releases are security updates published until the official support ceases completely. The community has begun maintaining the code and releasing new versions under the name "SeaMonkey". They have released version 1.0, and from now on those releases are the ones I will be tracking here.

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Mozilla Firefox (Browser)

Current Release
Firefox 2.0:
Get the right version for you from the Firefox Home Page

SpreadFirefox - The largest grassroots campaign in Open Source history! Tell all your friends, your family, everyone! Share ideas, talk to other users, get banners for your website, spread firefox! This mozillaZine article tells more about the campaign

Firefox's project page - lists more information for developers, but has some good info nonetheless.

Firefox Nightly Snapshots - May be unstable!. Firefox2 will come from the same branch as Firefox 1.5, meaning there won't be any new "major" changes, though many changes will be made.

Mozilla Firefox Forums @ MozillaZine

Mozilla Firefox Support Forums @ MozillaZine

The Burning Edge - Very Useful Site!!! - Use to see what bugs are in nightly snapshot versions of Firefox, and what bugs have been recently fixed

Firefox Help - Formerly the Home Page of Firefox, this part of mozilla.org is a great resource for tips and tricks

MozillaZine Knowledge Base - Maintained by the community, this is a good place to look for frequently asked questions

Be sure to check the Tips & Tricks
Extensions can be found on Mozilla Update

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Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail/News)

Current Release:
Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
All builds available from the Thunderbird Home Page

Thunderbird project page like the Firefox project page, lists more developer-oriented info, but still worth a look!

Thunderbird nightly snapshot builds - These are put up daily, and they represent the code that is closest to a final release.

Thunderbird help - Tips, Tricks, and general Thunderbird information

Thunderbird Extensions

Thunderbird Themes

Mozilla Thunderbird forums @ MozillaZine

Thunderbird Support forums @ MozillaZine

MozillaZine Knowledge Base - Community driven, check for Frequently Asked Questions

The Recent Changes link updated again!

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News Archive:

November 9, 2004 - Firefox 1.0 Released!!!

January 31, 2005 - Bits and bytes
- The Firefox 2.0 Roadmap was updated recently by Ben Goodger, Project Lead. It turns out March was too optimistic for a 1.1 release. A "Developer Preview" (formerly known as "alpha") will come in March, followed by a "Preview Release" ("beta") in April, with 1.1 coming sometime in June. Remember, these dates are rough estimates.
- Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher, both important Mozilla hackers, have been hired by the Google, Inc. They will continue to work on Firefox/Mozilla.
- It's possible we will see a Firefox 1.0.1 and/or a Thunderbird 1.0.1 before respective 1.1 releases--if a security/stability issue comes up; such a release would be built off of the 1.0 release tag--no changes would break gecko compatibility
- A note on the gecko compatibility remark: Firefox 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7.5 are considered equivalent in terms of Gecko version. This means that if you test a webpage in Firefox 1.0, you can be certain it will work exactly the same in Mozilla 1.7.5; a 1.0.1 release wouldn't change that certainty

March 8, 2005 - Update
- The Sunbird team has released 0.2
- Firefox 1.0.1 has been released, fixing about 17 security issues A corresponding Thunderbird 1.0.1 is expected (as is Mozilla 1.7.6) soon
- N|Vu is approaching 1.0 pretty quickly
- We might not see a Mozilla 1.8 or any further "official" Suite releases. Stay tuned.

March 26, 2005 - News!
- Releases all over the place! Firefox, Thunderbird and Mozilla all released security updates, and all users are encouraged to update.
- Nvu, from Daniel Glazman, is VERY quickly reaching 1.0, and it looks fabulous. I expect him to also begin giving his changes back to mozilla.org CVS after his 1.0 release.
- Mozilla.org Drivers announced that mozilla.org will no longer release Mozilla Suite updates. They have promised to maintain the 1.7.x branch for security updates, but there will be no releases of Mozilla 1.8 or onward.

April 16, 2005 - Update
- First off, security releases. Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7 are now out. The Known Vulnerabilities page has been updated, with the 9 security fixes.
- Nvu has reached 1.0 Preview Release status. Chatzilla is up to 0.9.68a. Camino is at 0.8.3.
- I've rearranged some of the ordering of the items, to reflect what is "official" and what isn't.

May 12, 2005
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 has been released, a security update.
- Mozilla 1.7.8 has also been released (to coincide with Fx 1.0.4)

June 30, 2005
- Nvu 1.0 released

July 24, 2005
Several updates I had lagged behind on:
- Updated Firefox and Thunderbird to 1.0.6, Mozilla Suite to 1.7.10, Camino-dev to 0.9a2
- Changed URL for Seamonkey to a more "official" one

September 19, 2005
Minor updates again, including fixing the SeaMonkey url, and updating the Camino version (the 0.9 release has been skipped, and it's gone straight to the 1.0 series)

January 4, 2006
Updates in all areas, as releases have happened (including Firefox 1.5!) for all products that I did not report

January 17, 2006
Thunderbird 1.5

February 14, 2006
Firefox 1.5.0.1, Camino and SeaMonkey 1.0 releases, point update for Chatzilla.