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  18 <h1>SeaMonkey: Current Problems</h1>
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  21 <p class="sampledesc">Problems with SeaMonkey 1.0.x/1.1.x</p>
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  24   <li>"Old XPFE" code is unmaintained in many areas</li>
  25   <li>Bad <span class="hilite">extension management</span>,
  26     almost no UI for that</li>
  27   <li>Incompatibilities with "new toolkit" interfaces</li>
  28   <li>Some <span class="hilite">old, ugly code</span> that doesn't work well
  29     (e.g. wallet)</li>
  30   <li>In some cases, fixes need to be ported to code we don't know and
  31     don't want to maintain</li>
  32   <li>"New toolkit" applications <span class="hilite">"look better"</span>
  33     than SeaMonkey (themes looking more native, more modern icons)</li>
  34   <li>No good <span class="hilite">update mechanism</span></li>
  35   <li>Lacking some interesting features compared to others (toolbar
  36     customization, feed support, etc.)</li>
  37   <li><span class="hilite">Need coders, need reviewers</span></li>
  38   <li>No <span class="hilite">calendaring support</span></li>
  39   <li>No profile migration functionality</li>
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  45 <p class="sampledesc">Solution</p>
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  47 <p>Not for everything, but for a lot of those concerns, we have
  48  (or are working on) a solution!</p>
  49 <p>This wonder of the future is internally nicknamed
  50   <span class="hilite">"suiterunner"</span>.</p>
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