Archive for the 'Mozilla' Category

Beerware code in Mozilla

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

I read about Poul-Henning Kamp's Beerware License in a comment on Simon Willison's blog. The license is very short and very free:

/*
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
 * <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file.  As long as you retain this notice you
 * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
 * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.   Poul-Henning Kamp
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

Kamp's page mentions that "netscape used my malloc implementation". I searched Mozilla's lxr for the license and found it intact above Mozilla's malloc implementation.

Firefox first suggestion for “f”

Friday, December 10th, 2004

When I type "f" into Google Suggest, the first suggestion is "Firefox". Nice. Does that mean Firefox is the most common search starting with "f", or are there other factors that affect the ranking?

New Firefox Extension: How’d I Get Here?

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

How'd I Get Here? takes you to the page on which you first clicked a link to the current page. It works in Firefox trunk (not Firefox 1.0) and will work in Firefox 1.1.

Opera – Naked Joy of Surfing

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

Aamuli writes:

Yes, yes, I gladly admit that this idea is stolen from Pornzilla project which claims that "Firefox is the best porn browser". I beg to differ so I present to you: Opera - Naked Joy of Surfing!

Bug madness: Halloween edition

Monday, November 8th, 2004

Some people are never happy, part 2

Friday, October 29th, 2004
  • 66984 - Need name for new image library (rename libpr0n).
  • 108816 - World War III: "What should Backspace do (or not)".
  • 259207 - Mozilla firefox needs a title song.
  • 261354 - RSS button looks like it says "ASS".
  • 262173 - Firefox Icon Problem - new firefox icon appears to be giant red panda that is humping south america.
  • 266457 - Inappropriate content in the Firefox Crew's Pick list (default bookmarks).
  • 34669 comment 11 - "Fixing summary to not end with 'loads of ass' when truncated at 60 chars."

Thanks to Peter van der Woude for telling me about several of these bugs.

Part 1

Community Firefox ad in The New York Times

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

The Mozilla Foundation plans to run a full-page Firefox ad in The New York Times soon after the launch of Firefox 1.0. Spread Firefox is asking for donations to fund the ad and expenses related to the 1.0 launch.

All donors' names will be included in the ad. In addition to creating an incentive to donate, this strengthens the ad by showing that it was paid for by a large community rather than a corporation. (Why don't more political and non-profit ads do the same thing?)

I donated today. If ten readers donate through my donation link, I will be listed as a Community Champion instead of just a donor.

Request for extension ideas

Monday, October 18th, 2004

What new Firefox extensions would you like to see?