Category: Mozilla
Mozilla Tries to Increase Firefox Retention Rate with a New Contest
Mozilla team launched a new contest for everyone who is interested in helping increase Firefox retention rate which is 25% so far (number of people who’ve downloaded Firefox and continue using it).
The contest will roll out in two phases. For the first one, due on October 24, participants must provide a 2-page executive summary of their project that should stay within a $10,000 budget. Mozilla will choose which proposals advance to the next phase, and participants will have until December 5 to submit detailed descriptions that will be presented to the community for final voting. Continue Reading
Mozilla’s T-Shirt History (Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird…)
Here’s a list of Mozilla T-Shirts which was posted by John Slater. From very old ones like “Firefox 1.0” to “Mozilla 10 Years” and more.
Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 4
While Firefox 3 is almost finished, Mozilla is already planning Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 4 release dates and revealing some of the upcoming features.
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Mozilla Complains, Then Does the Same?
Some time ago Mozilla CEO complained about evil Apple Software Update, where Safari web browser was selected by default, “forcing” them to install it.
Guess what, now Mozilla does that. Continue Reading
Will Firefox Lose Its Users?
After “Firefox to Track User Data?” post, there were lots of bad comments regarding this new feature. People all over the internet started to express their opinion (from posts like “go to hell” to “Firefox is spyware”, etc). Some of them are already looking for a replacement of their favorite browser. Continue Reading
Firefox to Track User Data?
How does it sound? I’ll start with a quote from John’s Blog which should explain everything:
So we asked ourselves what we can do to help unlock some of this latent potential — and started thinking about whether there’s a project we can do at Mozilla that does a few things:
Collects & shares data in a way that embodies the user control & privacy options which are at Mozilla’s core.
Enables everyone — from individual researchers and entrepreneurs (both the social and capitalist types) to the largest organizations in the world — to take usage data, mix it up, mash it up, derive insight, and hopefully share some of that insight with others.
Helps move the conversation around data collection and web usage forward, to help consumers make more informed decisions.It seems obvious to us that there’s lots to be done here, and lots that we can do, if we can work with our broad community to figure it out.
Mozilla Turns 10 Years Old
Happy Birthday Mozilla! Wish you all the best for your current and upcoming projects.
March 31, 1998 is the date that Mozilla was officially launched.
Prism Update
Some time ago, Mozilla Labs released a new version of Prism. If you haven’t heard about it yet, Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop. New Prism version now has new desktop integration capabilities and simpler installation. All you have to do now is download Prism add-on. Continue Reading
Firefox Add-Ons Page Upcoming Design (Review)
It looks like Mozilla team is making more changes before the upcoming Firefox 3 release. This time they are working on new addons.mozilla.org web page design. While it’s still under development, I’ve found pretty much things which I didn’t like at all. Since I’m designer myself, here are the things which I didn’t like: Continue Reading
Mozilla Store Ads New Items
Some new items were just added.
Coffee House Mug ($8.00)
12 oz mug featuring Mozilla wordmark.
Full color coffeehouse stoneware mug with edge to edge graphics.
Handwashing is recommended.
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