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Mozilla in MalaysiaDo we need a Bahasa Malaysia Firefox?
BarCamp KL, April 2009
Introduction
金井
玄
Gen Kanai
then: New York City
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniele_sartori/2372035516/
now: Tokyo
10 years blogging
main organizer(2007)
participant
Mozilla
Mozilla’s mission is to promote choice, innovation
and participation on the Internet.
Mozilla is...
a global open-source project of thousands
over 250 million users worldwide
the non-profit organization behind Firefox
Mozilla is...
~40% of code contributed by community
more than 8000 add-ons
...including Malaysian developers Philip Chee and Chee Aun Lim at BarCamp KL
Firefox in over 60 languages (but not Malay yet)
Mozillians in Malaysia
flashblock.mozdev.org
phoenity.com
...plus all Firefox users :)
Mozilla is architecture
NSPRNetscape Portable Runtime: Cross Platform API
CairoGraphics
WidgetEvent Handling and
Windowing
SQLiteStorage
ThebesGraphics
NeckoNetwork
JavaScript
XPConnectBridge JavaScript and XPCOM
XPCOMCross Platform Component Object Model
NSS/PSMNetwork Security Services/Personal Security Manager
Content
Layout XULXML User Interface Language
XBLXML Binding Language
SVGScalable Vector Graphics
DOMDocument Object Model
CSSCascading Style Sheets
ParserHTML and XML
Toolkit
Extension Manager, Update, Moz Storage, Spell Checking, Brakepad, ...
PlatformsWindows, Mac, Linux
Firefox Thunderbird XULRunner Prism ...
Images
What do these have in common?
Boxee
Eudora
Facebook Open Platform
Flickr Uploadr
Miro
Google AdWords Editor
One Laptop Per Child
Open Komodo
Pidgin
Second Life
Songbird
Zimbra Desktop
Mozilla-based applications
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/List_of_Mozilla-Based_Applications
also powered by Mozilla
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobihaya/1386721368/
知床
3.1
3.1
3.5
Firefox 3.5 “Shiretoko”
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Thanks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/134830071/
What’s new in 3.5?
Faster JavaScript (new TraceMonkey JIT)
Private browsing
Native JSON parsing support
Much, much more (3.1 > 3.5)
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3.5_for_developers
For web developers
HTML 5 support
HTML 5 <audio> and <video> (Vorbis/Theora)
HTML 5 offline resource specification
W3C Geolocation API support
JavaScript query selectors
CSS 2.1 and 3 properties
SVG transforms
Demos
2003 browser share
95%
2009 browser share
68%
8% 1%
22%
Firefox leads in...
NetApplications and StatCounter report Firefox market share between 35-40% (2009)
Does that sound accurate? Why? Why not?
Firefox usage in Malaysia has grown 34% in the past 6 months.
Why do you think that is?
Firefox in Malaysia?
Firefox use in Malaysia
by region
Kuala Lumpur SelangorPulau Pinang (Penang) JohorPerak Other
Firefox Bahasa Malaysia?
I have been told...
“I’ve never seen a Malay OS or browser”
“I only use English-language software”
“software in Malay sounds awkward”
“Everyone uses English for computers”
But we believe there is a need for localized software
Facebook localizationDo Malaysian FB users even want this?
Lessons from Friendster’s localization
Firefox Bahasa Malaysia?
Do we need a Malay Firefox? Let’s discuss.
If we do, please help us get the news out.
Your chance to join a large OSS project.
For more informationweb tech https://developer.mozilla.org/web-tech/
newsletter https://wiki.mozilla.org/About:mozilla
mail https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/evangelism
docs https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Firefox_3.5_for_developers
or irc://irc.mozilla.org #devrel
Thank you
Questions? gen at mozilla dot com
Thanks: John Lilly, Mike Beltzner, Ken Kovash, Chris Blizzard, Mozilla community
Flickr CC photographers
Licensed CC-Attribution-ShareAlike-3.0
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