Software Update: Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.33

Mozilla has released version 2.33 of SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite and consists of a web browser and programs for e-mailing and reading news. A simple HTML editor is also provided. Unlike the Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey is maintained by the community, while the SeaMonkey Council oversees maintenance. The release notes for this release are as follows:

SeaMonkey-specific changes

• Security notification bars now feature tracking controls.
• The tracking/privacy preferences pane has been updated.

Mozilla platform changes

• the Flash protected-mode sandbox has been disabled on Windows in order to evaluate the stability impact of protected mode.
• Insecure RC4 ciphers are no longer accepted whenever possible.
• Certificates with 1024-bit RSA keys have been phased out†
• Support for the -remote command line option has been removed.
• A subset of the Media Source Extensions (MSE) API has been implemented in order to allow native HTML5 playback on YouTube. Full support is on the way.
• the performance of the new ES6 generator functions has been improved.
• also see Firefox 36 for Developers†
• Fixed several stability issues.

Bugs fixed in this release

• SeaMonkey bugs
• Thunderbird bugs (including both shared MailNews- and Thunderbird-only bugs)

Relevant security fixes are listed on Security Advisories for SeaMonkey†