{"id":3829,"date":"2016-09-29T22:22:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2016-09-29T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T18:33:39","slug":"whats-up-with-sumo-29th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2016\/09\/29\/whats-up-with-sumo-29th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Up with SUMO &#8211; 29th September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hello, SUMO Nation!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Change is a constant, and Mozilla is no different. Bigger and smaller changes are coming up across many a project, including SUMO &#8211; and we need your help figuring out what they should be like. Learn more about the ways you can make us be better below!<\/p>\n<h2><strong class=\"username\">Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\" target=\"_blank\">new contributors<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"author\"><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/pranav_karakavalasa\">Pranav Karakavalasa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"author\"><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/rajivjhaimin\">rajivjhaimin<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/heeralsakrani\">heeralsakrani<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you just joined us, don&#8217;t hesitate &#8211; come over and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\" target=\"_blank\">say &#8220;hi&#8221; in the forums!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<h2><strong>Contributors of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid64\" class=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/community\/top-contributors\/questions\/new?startdate=2016-09-22&amp;enddate=2016-09-29\" target=\"_blank\">All the forum supporters who tirelessly helped users out for the last week.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/community\/top-contributors\/l10n\/new?startdate=2016-09-22&amp;enddate=2016-09-29\" target=\"_blank\">All the writers of all languages who worked tirelessly on the KB for the last week.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All the Social Superheroes &#8211; thank you!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/ComputerWhiz\">ComputerWhiz aka Wesley Branton<\/a> &#8211; for his <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/questions\/1139950\">great assistance with a tough user question<\/a>. You rock!<\/li>\n<li>All the Mozilla Brasil community members who organized and took part in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=MozPizzaSumoBR\">#MozPizzaSUMOBR<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; hats off to you all!\n<ul>\n<li>Airton<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"il\">Cynthia<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fabio<\/li>\n<li>Geraldo<\/li>\n<li>Jaime<\/li>\n<li>Jhonatas<\/li>\n<li>Jo\u00e3o Paulo<\/li>\n<li>Luiz<\/li>\n<li>Samuel<\/li>\n<li>Thiago<\/li>\n<li>Zilmar<\/li>\n<li>Wolfgang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We salute you!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">Don&#8217;t forget that if you are new to SUMO and someone helped you get started in a nice way you can <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\/711364?last=65670\" target=\"_blank\">nominate them for the Buddy of the Month!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Support\/Weekly_Meetings\" target=\"_blank\">SUMO Community meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.etherpad-mozilla.org\/p\/sumo-2016-09-28\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LATEST ONE:<\/strong> 28th of September- you can read the notes here<\/a> and see the video <a href=\"https:\/\/air.mozilla.org\/weekly-sumo-community-meeting-sept-28-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">at AirMozilla<\/a>. <del><\/del><del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/public.etherpad-mozilla.org\/p\/sumo-2016-10-05\">NEXT ONE: happening on the 5th of October<\/a>!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you want to add a discussion topic to the upcoming meeting agenda:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Start a thread in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Community Forums<\/a>, so that everyone in the community can see what will be discussed and voice their opinion here before Wednesday (this will make it easier to have an efficient meeting).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Please do so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as soon as you can<\/span> before the meeting, so that people have time to read, think, and reply (and also add it to the agenda).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If you can, please attend the meeting in person (or via IRC), so we can follow up on your discussion topic during the meeting with your feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/3056564\/Mozilla-Brand-Identity-Mozillians\">Help Mozilla choose the new look &#8211; take this survey<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=0000000000000000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvzycsAUi7oaUrvtCmC1_MZop3cw\"><strong>Reminder:<\/strong> MozFest is a bit more than a month away!<\/a> Are you going to attend this year?<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #1: if you think you can benefit from getting <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Community_Hardware\" target=\"_blank\">a second-hand device<\/a> to help you with contributing to SUMO, you know where to find us.<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #2: we are looking for more contributors to our blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/711954?last=68941\" target=\"_blank\">Do you write on the web about open source, communities, SUMO, Mozilla&#8230; and more? Do let us know!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #3: want to know what&#8217;s going on with the Admins? <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/711939?last=68873\" target=\"_blank\">Check this thread in the forum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iz1xp2Iie4dvdy5WKC6aL8Nyx1tbLZE_6WQop4htTw8\/edit#\" target=\"_blank\">Platform<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PLATFORM REMINDER!<\/strong> The Platform Meetings are BACK! If you missed the previous ones, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iz1xp2Iie4dvdy5WKC6aL8Nyx1tbLZE_6WQop4htTw8\/edit#\">you can find the notes in this document<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/air.mozilla.org\/channels\/sumo-meetings-channel\/\">here&#8217;s the channel you can subscribe to<\/a>). We really recommend going for the document and videos if you want to make sure we&#8217;re covering everything as we go.\n<ul>\n<li>Several Admins will be meeting with members of the Lithium team to work closely on the platform migration.<\/li>\n<li>More updates and questions in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iz1xp2Iie4dvdy5WKC6aL8Nyx1tbLZE_6WQop4htTw8\/edit#\">this document<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget about the main <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712103\">migration thread<\/a>, with the list of areas that can benefit from your input:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712184?last=70259\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712183?last=70256\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gamification: ranks &amp; badges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712196?last=70339\" rel=\"nofollow\">Metrics and measurement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712187?last=70340\" rel=\"nofollow\">Design ideas (1st wave)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712195?last=70347\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forum moderation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712208?last=70434\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shutting down Kitsune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you are interested in test-driving the new platform now, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/Madasan\">Madalina.<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IMPORTANT<\/span>: the whole place is a work in progress, and a ton of the final content, assets, and configurations (e.g. layout pieces) are missing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? <\/strong>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712103\">the migration thread to put questions\/comments about it for everyone to share and discuss<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\">Social<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid88\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/e8X70c\">Thank you for the SUMO Day today<\/a>! It was a record day for the number of people logging in &#8211; you rock!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The new training for filtering in widgets is available here:\n<div id=\"magicdomid80\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author-a-jz82zz65zpnz75zwz71zz89zz90z3bz71zz71z6z83z url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/screencast.com\/t\/llm6PF5rI2\">http:\/\/screencast.com\/t\/llm6PF5rI2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-a-jz82zz65zpnz75zwz71zz89zz90z3bz71zz71z6z83z\"> &#8211; it also shows the new support thread-specific inbox for the dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Some issues popping up nowadays are startup crashes &#8211; caused by AVG and WebSense in particular.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Inactive accounts may be removed soon, so if you&#8217;re still active, please log in this week. If you no longer have an account, please get in touch with Rachel!<\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Want to join us? Please email Rachel and\/or Madalina to get started supporting Mozilla&#8217;s product users on Facebook and Twitter. <\/span>We need your help! Use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NB2idYiVFT3t1kOh1yPMtfEGGYJndHrj_G0RU7E__io\/edit?usp=sharing\">the step-by-step guide here<\/a>. Take a look at some useful videos:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B1XMAWgZDm02bTloQ014dVNyV0E\/view?usp=sharing\">Getting started &amp; replying to users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B1XMAWgZDm02MFdsVUF6UVVrbm8\/view?usp=sharing\">Replying to users (continued)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong class=\"user-chip\" title=\"adriel0415\" data-reactid=\".0.2.0.1.$adriel0415.1:$user.0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/support-forum-contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Support Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid66\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li>Thanks to everyone who participated in last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/e8X70c\">SUMO DAY<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/forums\/off-topic\/712141?last=70061\">We&#8217;re still looking for interesting and international examples of &#8230; click here ;-)<\/a><span class=\"author-a-6vpz79z2q77z88zjcz73zrz79z48\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong class=\"author-a-myz75zz80zz74zq3a5z79zz74zz66z0z85zz68zz66z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/knowledge-base-articles\" target=\"_blank\">Knowledge Base<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/l10n-forum\" target=\"_blank\">L10n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li><strong>We are <span class=\"author-a-z82zkz71ztwcz84zwz89zyz69zqz77zz73zz90zc b\"><b>5 weeks before next release \/ 1 week after current release<\/b><\/span> What does that mean? (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/knowledge-base-articles\/712069?last=69586\">Reminder: we are following the process\/schedule outlined here<\/a>).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"author-a-z82zkz71ztwcz84zwz89zyz69zqz77zz73zz90zc\">No work on next release content for KB editors or localizers\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-a-z82zkz71ztwcz84zwz89zyz69zqz77zz73zz90zc\">All existing content is open for editing and localization as usual; please focus on localizing the most recent \/ popular content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Since pizza turned out to be a great success, if you have ideas how to virtually gather your l10n team mates, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/vesper\">contact me about that<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/getfirefox.com\/\">Firefox<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid70\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/android\/\"><strong>for Android<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Version 50 is slated to come out on November 8th. It should bring video viewing and controlling improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>for Desktop<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li>Version 50 (November 8th as well) will bring the following goodies:\n<ul>\n<li>WebRTS &#8211; full duplex audio streams<\/li>\n<li>Tracking Protection supporting Do Not Track<\/li>\n<li>Electrolysis &#8211; e10s RTL for Windows and Mac<\/li>\n<li>First e10s sandbox for Mac OS X and Windows<\/li>\n<li>Find in page with a mode to search for whole words only<\/li>\n<li>New preference for cycling tabs using Ctrl + Tab<\/li>\n<li>Improved printing options via the Reader Mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/firefox-ios-discussions\" target=\"_blank\">for iOS<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"author-a-z79znesyz90ziz73zz88z8xz122zyaz72zz78z\">Still quiet&#8230; Keep using 5.0!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and that&#8217;s it for this week! Remember that we &lt;3 you all for being there for the users when it matters most! Keep rocking the helpful web!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, SUMO Nation! Change is a constant, and Mozilla is no different. 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