Firefox 4, Firefox parties, Hackasaurus, Join Mozilla and more…
In this issue…
- Say hello to the Firefox 4 release candidate
- Join Mozilla supporter program live in beta
- Enter the Hackasaurus
- Firefox developers talk with reddit community
- Get your Firefox party on!
- Firefox 4 Credits
- Software updates
- Upcoming events
- Community Calendar
- About about:mozilla
Say hello to the Firefox 4 release candidate
Last week we officially closed the beta cycle for Mozilla Firefox 4 for Windows, Mac and Linux and welcomed our release candidate in more than 70 languages. The millions of users testing Firefox 4 will be automatically updated to this version and will join our Mozilla QA team in validating the new features, enhanced performance and stability and HTML5 capabilities in Firefox 4. If you haven’t tried it yet, please do!
Join Mozilla supporter program live in beta
Join Mozilla went live in beta on Friday in English and German. Huge thank you to everyone who helped with ideas, design, code, l10n, QA, legal, and security. The plan is to be in beta for the next 6-8 weeks, followed by rolling campaigns throughout the year. Read more details at the wiki. You can sign up and check out the program at https://www.mozilla.org/join.
Enter the Hackasaurus
Atul Varma gives us an update on his new role at Mozilla focusing on a project called Hackasaurus: “a toolkit and curriculum to help kids and other “non-techies” understand the Web and how to hack it.” He adds: “…as Mitchell likes to say: at Mozilla, we don’t just talk. We make things. And Hackasaurus is a toolkit and curriculum to help ordinary people see through the Matrix and understand, at a visceral level, what makes the Web so awesome.” Find out more here!
Firefox developers talk with reddit community
Last Thursday several people from across the Mozilla project participated in a live discussion on reddit.com to talk about Firefox 4 RC and answer any questions the reddit community had. Over 2,500 redditors participated and there were over 3,000 comments. Read more.
Get your Firefox party on!
We’re getting very close to launch and in line with our longstanding tradition Mozillians will be hosting Firefox launch parties around the world. Celebrate the hard work around the launches of Firefox 4 for desktop and mobile by hosting your own or attending one. Check out our party page.
Firefox 4 Credits
As you may know, Mozilla recognizes those responsible for putting significant time into Mozilla by adding them to the official credits list for Firefox. This page is available as ‘about:credits’ in all the browsers we have shipped since 1998. With the release of Firefox 4 on desktop and mobile coming up, we’d like to make sure the list is as complete as possible. Please check the credits and let us know if your name is not already there. If it’s not and should be, please send a note to credits at mozilla dot org.
Software updates
* Miramar (Thunderbird 3.3) Alpha 3
Upcoming events
* March 17, Paris, France, Girls In Tech Paris & WoMoz Gathering
* March 26 – 27, Taipei, Taiwan, Open Source Developer’s Conference Taiwan 2011
* April 9-10, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, Bulgaria Web Summit 2011
* April 15th and on, the world, Firefox Launch Parties
Community calendar
For an up-to-date list of the coming week’s Mozilla project meetings and events, please see the Mozilla Community Calendar wiki page. Notes from previous meetings are linked to through the Calendar as well.
About about:mozilla
about:mozilla is by, for and about the Mozilla community, focusing on major news items related to all aspects of the Mozilla Project. The newsletter is written by Mozilla’s contributor engagement team and will be published every Tuesday. This week’s issue is a team effort!
If you have any news, announcements, events, or software releases you would like to have included in our next issue, please send them to: about-mozilla[at]mozilla.com.
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15 Mar 2011 Mary Colvig comments off
