In this issue…
- Firefox 3 Beta 4 ships
- Firefox 3 Beta 5 schedule
- Update your add-on for Firefox 3 and get a free t-shirt!
- Mozilla Foundation grant for Seneca College
- Dehydra: a new static checking tool for Mozilla code
- Major update to Prism, first prototype of browser integration
- Mozilla helps fund GNOME Accessibility outreach program
- A trio of Mozillians interviewed
- Latest additions to Planet Mozilla
- Developer calendar
- Subscribe to the email newsletter
Firefox 3 Beta 4 ships
Firefox 3 Beta 4 is now available for download. Please note that we do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download this beta release, as it is intended for testing purposes only. As always, ongoing planning and progress on Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso. For more information about the new features and changes that need testing in this beta, please see the DevNews blog post.
Firefox 3 Beta 5 schedule
At last week’s meeting, the Firefox development team decided that a fifth beta would be required for Firefox 3 based on the number of blocker bugs remaining. This additional beta will ensure that changes that may affect website compatibility or user experience will be exposed to a wider audience for feedback and testing. The string freeze deadline for Beta 5 has already passed, and code freeze is currently scheduled for March 18th. For more information about the beta and its schedule, see the DevNews blog post.
Update your add-on for Firefox 3 and get a free t-shirt!
Alex Polvi writes, “Have an extension on AMO? Does it work with Firefox 3? If so, head on over to AMO and claim your Add-ons Developer t-shirt (also available under Developer Tools > T-Shirt Request). If your extension is not currently compatible, you have until March 18th to claim the swag. Also, if your add-on was developed by a team and you need more than one shirt, please contact us and we’ll do our best to make arrangements.” See Alex’s blog post for more information about updating your add-on and how to get help if you need it.
Mozilla Foundation grant for Seneca College
The Mozilla Foundation has provided Seneca College with a $100,000 (USD) grant to support the on-going collaboration between Mozilla and Seneca’s Centre for Development of Open Technology. At the Centre, Seneca faculty and students contribute to the development of Mozilla software products such as Firefox. This funding will be used to create new curriculum, expand what already exists and prepare the Mozilla curriculum for use by other academic institutions. For a complete list of Seneca’s Mozilla-related courses, projects, and resources, check out the Seneca College wiki. More information about the grant is available through the press release.
Dehydra: a new static checking tool for Mozilla code
Benjamin Smedberg has blogged about a new static checking tool that will help improve Mozilla’s code quality and development cycle. Dehydra, developed by Taras and David, will allow application-specific rules to be enforced at compile time, saving the time and effort needed to track down some easily-made coding errors. Dehydra is still a work in progress, and the team is looking for hackers to help out with the project. For more information about Dehydra, helping out, how to build the tool and more see Benjamin’s blog post, “Statically checking the Mozilla codebase“.
Major update to Prism, first prototype of browser integration
Mozilla Labs has released a major update to Prism that includes the first prototype of browser integration along with new desktop integration capabilities and even simpler installation. Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop. This is part of a series of Mozilla Labs experiments into bridging the divide in the user experience between web and desktop applications, exploring new usability models as these lines continue to blur. For more information about Prism and this latest release, see the Mozilla Labs blog post.
Mozilla helps fund GNOME Accessibility outreach program
The GNOME Foundation is running an accessibility outreach program to promote software accessibility awareness among the GNOME and broader Free Software communities, as well as to improve the overall quality of GNOME accessibility. The Mozilla Foundation is one of the sponsors of the $50,000 (USD) project, along with the GNOME Foundation, Google, Canonical, and Novell. The program started accepting applications on March 1st and will run towards the end of the year. People who are interested in participating in the program should check out the project website. More information can be found in the press release.
A trio of Mozillians interviewed
Three Mozilla folk have been interviewed recently: John Lilly was interviewed by Sarah Lacy for Yahoo, Johnathan Nightingale was interviewed by the folks at Crazy Engineers about Firefox and working at Mozilla, and Vladimir Vukicevic was interviewed by InternetNews.
Latest additions to Planet Mozilla
The most recent additions to the Planet Mozilla blog aggregator are: Bryan Clark, Mark Smith, Laura Thomson, Marcio Galli, Gavin Sharp, Code Simplicity, Stephen Lau, Jane Finette, For the Record, and Carsten Book. For more information, see the Planet Mozilla blog.
Developer calendar
Monday
- Mobile Meeting
- SUMO Meeting
- General Status Meeting
Tuesday
- Thunderbird Meeting
- Firefox/Gecko Meeting
- Bug Day!
Wednesday
- Mac Gecko Meeting
- Performance Infrastructure Meeting
- Performance/Leaks Meeting
- Mozilla 2 Meeting
Friday
- Test Day!
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