Welcome to the third edition of Multilingual Gecko Status Update! In the previous update we covered the work which landed in Firefox 59 and Firefox 60. At the time, we’ve been finalizing the platform work to support Fluent localization system, … Continue reading
In case you’re not familiar with the acronym, CLDR stands for Common Locale Data Repository: it’s a repository of locale data maintained by the Unicode Consortium, and used in several libraries that power internationalization (i18n) features in products developed by … Continue reading
We’ve run into a problem with localized Firefox Nightlies in some languages today. We’d like to apologize for that, and also help you getting unstuck. The Nightly builds of Firefox from February 28 in some localizations listed below start with … Continue reading
Firefox 56 for desktop ships in 96 languages, with 5 more only available in the Nightly channel. To give you an idea of what this number represents, while getting the exact list of languages shipping in competitors is really hard, … Continue reading
Yesterday we changed the way that you create localized builds on mozilla-central. This works for developers doing regular builds, as well as developers or localizers without a compile environment. Sadly, users of artifact builds are not supported. For language packs, … Continue reading
One of our goals for 2017 is to implement a continuous localization system at Mozilla for Firefox and other projects. The idea is to expose new strings to localizers earlier and more frequently, and to ship updates to users as … Continue reading
Mozilla has been kindly invited to participate in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017. For the first time, Pontoon will be part of this great program, which introduces students to open source software development. Read on if you’re interested … Continue reading
A lot of improvements to Mozilla l10n tools and process have come throughout 2016. We’ve deeply enjoyed connecting with members of the community to learn what other improvements you would like to see in l10n. For the rest of the … Continue reading
L20n is a new localization framework for Firefox and Gecko. Here’s what you need to know if you’re a Firefox front-end developer. Gecko’s current localization framework hasn’t changed in the last two decades. It is based on file formats which … Continue reading
Twice per year, Mozillians from around the world are invited to attend the All Hands work week. All Hands is an opportunity for both paid and volunteer staff from all functional areas to meet together to solve problems, brainstorm new … Continue reading