Can you imagine your Mozilla Brower in Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Albay Bikol, Pangasinan, Maranao, Maguindanao, Kinaray-a, and Tausug? Do you know that the Firefox browser can be localized, translated and re-tooled, in such a way? Mozilla Philippines has started localization to Tagalog for Mozilla Firefox Aurora. If you want to see the progress of this project; how it is done and how to be part or start your own localization project visit us at Mozilla Philippines (http://l10n.mozillaphilippines.org).
You may also follow us in Twitter via @MozillaPH and @TagalogFirefox
Mozilla Philippines is the officially recognized representatives of Mozilla, a non-stock and non-profit organization dedicate to building a better Internet. One of the things created by Mozilla is the Firefox browser and it is embodies the specific goals and objectives of Mozilla, which is to promote, openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web.
Mozilla is a global community of thousands who sincerely believe in the power of technology to enrich people’s lives.
Mozilla is a public benefit organization dedicated not to making money but to improving the way people everywhere experience the Internet.
And Mozilla is an open source software project whose code has been used as a platform for some of the Internet’s most innovative projects.
We in Mozilla join others who believe that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain open and accessible to all. With this in mind, our efforts are ultimately driven by our mission of encouraging choice, innovation and opportunity online.
To achieve these goals: Mozilla is highly transparent; Mozilla believes in a extremely collaborative process that brings together thousands of dedicated volunteers around the world with our small staff of employees to coordinate the creation of products like the Firefox web browser. This process is supported by the Mozilla Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
In the end, the Mozilla community, organization and technology is all focused on a single goal: making the Internet better for everyone.
As I was recently appointed Localization Lead for the Firefox Aurora Tagalog translation efforts of the Mozilla Philippines Community. Two (02) weeks ago, I called for a MozCoffee event to all interested individuals to participate in the Tagalog Firefox project. The meeting was actually held this afternoon at McCafe Greenbelt 1; iced (or hot) mocha was on us!
Upon registration, each of the attendees received their coffee stub, which entitles them to a free hot or cold McCafe Mocha …
It was a very fruitful initial meeting, seeing old and new faces within the local IT circle. Most of them were not that aware of the localization (translation) efforts being made for Mozilla products, more particular: Firefox.
Thanks to the awesome people of McDonald’s Greenbelt 1! They managed to reserve a corner of their busy branch to accommodate the meeting attendees.
All those present during the meeting went home with some swags sent by Mozilla HQ (you are all awesome!).
We are now in the planning stage for the next meeting sometime middle of February this year. I’m thinking of having a hands-on type of walk-through about the Narro. Please do watch out for this event. Details will be posted in this blog soon.
If you want to be part of the Mozilla Philippines Localization Team, you may join our Facebook Group {[email protected]} and be sure to follow @TagalogFirefox in Twitter. Mabuhay!
Interested to be part of the localization (translation) efforts of the Mozilla Community Philippines? Please join us for an afternoon of coffee while we talk about the following:
Please do not hesitate to contact me via [email protected] or SMS 0939.914.2860 for inquiries. Thanks!
BTW, did I mentioned that Mozilla HQ is sending some swags for the meeting attendees? See you!
Want to help in the localization efforts of Mozilla? Join us via this link:
You can always send me an email should you be requiring assistance or check this article on Localizing with Narro. Thanks!
Let me tell you 10 reasons why you should upgrade to the latest Mozilla Firefox version:
For more details, please read this.
Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux has new JavaScript enhancements that make Web browsing significantly faster. The latest update to Firefox includes Type Inference which boosts JavaScript performance and allow rich websites and Web apps with lots of pictures, videos, games and 3D graphics to load and run much faster. Type Inference is a feature of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine that integrates with the JaegerMonkey JIT compiler to provide analysis and help generate more efficient code. Firefox with Type Inference is up to 30% speedier on JavaScript benchmarks like Kraken and V8.
Firefox for Mac OS X Lion supports two-finger swipe gestures so you can easily navigate between websites. Firefox for Mac has an enhanced look and feel that matches the Mac OS X Lion icon and application toolbar styles and makes it easier to browse the Web using multiple monitors.
Web developers will notice Firefox helps websites load much faster, especially sites that download large sets of data or use AJAX. Firefox supports chunking XHR requests, allowing websites to display content as it’s downloaded instead of waiting for the entire download to complete. For more details about the new developer capabilities in Firefox, check out the Firefox for Web developers page.
For more information:
Download Firefox
Long, technical release notes
Future of Firefox
Firefox for Android
If you think that Mozilla Firefox on your desktop, be it on a Windows PC or a Mac, is awesome, you may now also experience that same awesomeness in your Android-powered tablets:
For me, the most awesome feature of Mozilla Firefox for Android tablets is the ability to sync with the Firefox software installed in my desktop(s).
You may download the Mozilla Firefox for Android tablets directly from the Android Market at this URL: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox or via http://mozilla.org/mobile.
Mozilla is excited to announce their sponsorship of the Mozilla Firefox Challenge on CrowdRise to raise awareness and money for social and humanitarian causes. The event is in parallel to Mozilla’s annual year-end fundraising campaign.
Mozilla will donate $25,000 to the cause that raises the most money between now and Jan 11, 2012. Each celebrity team is giving away great prizes too. You could win a poster from the film Milk, signed by Sean Penn, an iChat with Seth Rogen, a visit to the Arrested Development set with Jason Bateman, an outgoing voicemail greeting recorded by Paul Rudd and more.
Join us and let’s show the world how much good we can do!
Learn more and view the complete terms and conditions at http://crowdrise.com/firefoxchallenge
