I won't be updating to SeaMonkey 2.4.1. [My OS is MacOS 10.6.8]
Why? When I upaded to SeaMonkey 2.4, before the 2.4.1 release, the
version 2.4 was horrible. Here is what I experienced:
1. Much worse memory usage. Much higher memory usage.
2. SeaMonkey 2.4 was very unstable. I experienced at least one
unexpected quit for SeaMonkey in an hour.
3. SeaMonkey 2.4 appeared to run very sluggishly. Lethargic would be a
good descriptor for SeaMonkey 2.4 on MacOS 10.6.8.
I love SeaMonkey and appreciate all the work the developers do. My
critique is that new releases of SeaMonkey are being too quickly after
the previous version. This quick release schedule does not allow enough
time for "real world" testing. As a result bugs and stability issues are
creeping into new releases of SeaMonkey.
Please consider slowing down the release schedule for SeaMonkey. I hope
the developers would allow more time for testing in the "real world".
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:
SeaMonkey 2.4.1 is now available as free downloads for Windows, Mac, and
Linux from http://www.seamonkey-project.org. As always, we recommend
that users keep up to date with the latest stability and support
versions of SeaMonkey, and encourage all our users to upgrade to the
very latest version.
We strongly recommend that all SeaMonkey users upgrade to this latest
releases. If you already have SeaMonkey, you will receive an automated
update notification within 24 to 48 hours.
SeaMonkey 2.4.1:
Fixed a rare issue where some users could find one or more of their
add-ons hidden after an update (see the blog post[1])
Previous SeaMonkey (2.4) had the following changes:
Drastically improved memory use
Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows
systems
Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Sync
Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
Added support for the Web Timing specification
Fixed several stability issues.
Fixed several security issues.
Fixed several high visibility usability issues from SeaMonkey 2.3.
Note: All SeaMonkey users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the
latest SeaMonkey by downloading it from our website or by selecting
“Check for Updates…” from the Help menu and clicking on “Update SeaMonkey”.
Full news article:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2011-09-29
Release notes:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.4
System Requirements:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/system-requirements
[1]
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/09/28/issue-discovered-with-firefox-add-on-upgrades/
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