Mozilla . Mozilla Primarily a web browser Set up in 1998 Gets its resources from volunteers Based in America Easy to take part.

Mozillahttp://www.mozilla.org

Mozilla

• Primarily a web browser• Set up in 1998• Gets its resources from volunteers• Based in America• Easy to take part in

Different faces of Mozilla

Firefox – the web browser Thunderbird – fast, safe easy emails Bugzilla – Bug tracking

Sea Monkey – 4 in one package; browse, email, chat and edit

Camino – Web browsing for MacsLightning and Sunbird – calendar and applications

Get Involved

User support – help others get the best out of Mozilla

Localization – help translate Mozilla for other languages

QA – Hunt down bugs or test Mozilla website

Marketing and Evangelism – promote Mozilla

Add-ons – make small tweaks to improve Mozilla for everyone

Coding – get the code into your hand and improve Mozilla

Drumbeat– Help develop new ideas

Design – Help add new designs to Mozilla

Producers – Brendan Eich

• The chief technical officer of Mozilla• creator of the JavaScript programming

language.• Degree in math and computer

science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Co-founder of Mozilla

• Chairperson and former CEO of Mozilla

• Co-produced Mozilla• BA in Asian Studies from

California University

Producers – Mitchell Baker

Firefox Awards

PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award - June 2009

CNET Webware 100 - winner May 2009

2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Browser of the Year - February 2009

InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Awards - August 2008

PC Magazine Editors’ Choice - June 2008 CNET Editors’

Choice - June 2008

American Business Awards Most Innovative Company - June 2008

Linux Journal Readers' Choice 2008, Favourite Web Browser - May 2008

Thunderbird Awards

PC World Best 100 Products of 2008 - May 2008

Linux Journal Readers' Choice 2008 - Favourite E-mail Client - May 2008

2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Mail Client of the Year - February 2009

TUX 2005 Readers’ Choice Award - September 2005

PC World, Top 100 Best Product - June 2005

Technology & Business magazine Editors’ Choice

Softpedia Pick: 5/5

Advantages

• spell checker• live bookmarking• incremental find (you don’t have to type the

whole word in)• a search system including Google• More secure• It is quick, easy and free to use anywhere

Firefox 3.6 beta• includes a component directory lockdown – to make it hard to

meddle with the browser’s state. This will result in fewer crashes• improved security• "Creating binary components to interface with the operating system

or with other applications is fairly straightforward, though ultimately dangerous. Binary components have full access to the application and OS, and so can impact stability, security, and performance," Vladimir Vukecevic, Mozilla programmer said.

• Improved speed at loading pages• Includes Personas, the rescanning

add-on that's now being built in.

How do I install a newer version of Mozilla?

First, uninstall Mozilla, as detailed for your operating system in the Mozilla 1.5 Release Notes, then install the new version. You should never install a new version of Mozilla over a previous one.If your plug-ins folder is inside the Mozilla application folder, you may wish to save it elsewhere beforehand so as to restore it after reinstalling. You can also keep your plug-ins folder in your profile. Go to Help | About Plug-ins to see the locations of the plug-ins Mozilla is currently using.Uninstalling Mozilla this way will leave your profile and your user preferences intact. You may lose access to some add-ins and have to reinstall them.If you have problems with a new installation of Mozilla, see the Troubleshooting Guide and the Getting Started Guide.

Office work

Mozilla would be a very useful application to have in a office because:

• It is free• It offers good security• It is fast• It checks your spelling

Appendix• Personas are ‘lightweight, easy-to-install and

easy-to-change "skins" for your Firefox web browser.’

• Usenet – a way to discus worldwide• My ingots account number is 4808• Coloured dots represent which groups are carried• Arrows between servers represent servers that share articles•Arrows between computers and servers indicate that the user is subscribed to a group

Information on Mozilla from ‘Will’ on the Ingots site

Corrections

• The information on the previous slide has one mistake in it:

• Mozilla Firefox was officially released on the 9th November 2004, before which it was known as Phoenix.

• See History of Mozilla Firefox for more details

Bibliography

• http://www.mozilla.org/• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-

10400636-83.html• http://www.picsearch.com/• http://www.google.com• http://wikipedia.org• https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/

index.php/2009/10/30/firefox-3-6-beta-1-is-now-available-for-download/

All the information within this is my own apart from where otherwise stated.