Mitchell’s keynote, Firefox in Europe, AMO changes, Marketing news, Firefox bookmarks, and more

In this issue…

• Mitchell Baker’s Web 2.0 Keynote
• Firefox progress in Europe
• Changes to Featured and Recommended Add-ons on AMO
• Getting ready for the launch of Firefox 3
• Firefox 3 Bookmarks
• Flickr Uploader, a developer’s story
• Developer calendar
• Subscribe to the email newsletter

Mitchell Baker’s Web 2.0 Keynote

On April 24th, Mitchell Baker gave a keynote talk at the Web 2.0 conference. Doug Turner has written up some of the highlights, and provides an embedded video of the talk on his weblog. From the talk: “[T]here is only one web. Firefox is the best and most effective platform for getting to that one web. We are building Firefox for mobile to spark innovation and excitement. We need an open web based development platform to do this. We view Firefox as this platform.” For more, watch the full video, head over to Doug’s weblog, or check out some of the other media articles:

• Firefox Goes Mobile
• Firefox Key to Open Mobile Web
• Mozilla: Fennec to Revolutionize Mobile Browsing
• Mozilla’s Fennec May Be Just What Mobile Browsing Needs

Firefox progress in Europe

Tristan Nitot has blogged about some of the latest statistics available regarding Firefox market share in Europe. “According to Xiti, Firefox is getting close to 29% in Europe. The increase is 4.5 percentage points on the past 12 months.” Also, “According to Gemius (Rankings.hu), Firefox 2 is now the leading browser version in Hungary.” For more market share news and links to these stories, see Tristan’s blog post.

Changes to Featured and Recommended Add-ons on AMO

Basil Hashem has written a post about the recent changes to the “Featured and Recommended” add-ons part of the addons.mozilla.org (AMO) website. “One of the changes that was introduced with the latest AMO redesign is the ability to highlight a wider variety of add-ons. Instead of a single list, recommendations are now on a per-application, per-category and a per-locale basis. This gives the community greater flexibility and increases the face time and exposure that an add-on can have.” For more information and details about these recent changes, see Basil’s weblog.

Getting ready for the launch of Firefox 3

Paul Kim has blogged about the plans for marketing Firefox 3. “As with every previous version launch, we will be utilizing a combination of traditional marketing and PR programs with community and grassroots outreach. This combination has served us well over the past four years to drive adoption to over 160 million people worldwide, build the Firefox brand, and provide meaningful opportunities for participation at launch.” For more about the Firefox 3 launch marketing plans, check out Paul’s post.

Firefox 3 Bookmarks

Last week Deb Richardson wrote a great introduction to Firefox 3’s new bookmarking features. Like most people, she talks about being frustrated with the state of bookmarks in older browsers, where they end up as a junk-drawer of forgotten links. “Firefox 3 introduces a few new features to bookmarks that make them much, much easier to use, more useful in general, and much more useful in particular for catastrophically disorganized folk like me.” If that sounds like you, check out the whole article.

Flickr Uploadr, a developer’s story

Richard Crowley, the developer of Flickr’s XUL-based cross-platform uploader utility, has written a great article outlining the reasons they chose XUL and the hurdles he’s had to overcome throughout development. Included is a list of links to detailed blog posts he wrote during (and about) the development of the project. It’s a great article and well worth a look — check it out over at the Flickr developer 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
• Crash Reporter + Analysis Meeting

Thursday

• Thunderbird Bugday

Friday

• Test Day!

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Mothers Day Jewelry

If we look into definition of jewelry from wikipedia, we can found a sentence said: “Jewellery (also spelled jewelry, see spelling differences) is a personal ornament, such as a necklace, ring, or bracelet, made from gemstones, precious metals or other materials.” It is clearly said that jewelry is an ornament, it means that when you wear it you will looks better. But some people always think they can not perform or looks good if they don’t wear any jewelry. Seem that jewelry become a prime need just like having meals that you will die or you can loose your live if there is no jewelry attached. So, maybe we can say that people like them are only see jewelry as luxurious property rather than an useful thing.

Western bride will always use rings in their weddings. It is a symbol how their love collides and their promises to love are true like the round of the ring that endless. The brides also hope that their love will also never end. In this case we see that jewelry is more useful than the first fact above. The jewelry represents something rather than just a luxurious thing. People will always use jewelry for their live; there is always demand for that. When there is demand, another people will also offer their service to that demand. People will also sell jewelry, and in this internet era, people also build online jewelry store like www.myjewelrybox.com. Some people only buy jewelry when there is special occasion in their live, such as mother’s day. Jewelry seller will also answer these mothers day demand by creating special mothers day jewelry and hope that people will attract to buy it. You can browse to jewelry sale, if you need discounted prices. Or maybe, you can take a look into emerald pendants pages, to search suitable jewelry for the one you love. The site also provide interesting feature that you can browse the jewelries offered by product, by material of by price. So, what you waiting for, browse now and bought something precious for the one you love.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 security and stability release now available

As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux as a free download from www.getthunderbird.com.

Due to the security fixes, we strongly recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest release.

If you already have Thunderbird 2.0.0.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu.

For a list of changes and more information, please review the Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Release Notes.

Please note: If you’re still using Thunderbird 1.5.0.x, this version is no longer supported and contains known security vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to Thunderbird 2 by downloading Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 from www.getthunderbird.com.

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Backgammon

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What you really need right now, is just a few knowledge of the game rules and browse some tips and tricks how to win the game easily. Internet is a huge resource bank, browse into it and you will find what you really need just by clicking your mouse.

Problem will arise if you are a newbie in computer world, because you will need to install software before you can play the game. You can ask your friends or maybe your brothers to install it for you if you can not do it by your own hands. Despite of that, the installation process is so easy actually, just click download image in the get started page and if your browser require you to save the file, save it to one of your folder. Then your folder with windows explorer and double click the downloaded file. Next, it will show you a dialog with inctuctions at your screen and follow it until the installation process finished. If your windows requires you to restart your computer, just do it. After your computer restarted (as requested), you are ready to play 21 Blackjack, backgammon or couple of games installed. Some people can play blackjack easily, but if you know nothing or need more skills, you can learn it from here. Last, let’s play and grab the cash.