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

professional

http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/

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

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