Mozilla in Malaysia
Do we need a Bahasa Malaysia Firefox?
BarCamp KL, April 2009

Introduction

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

Firefox Thunderbird XULRunner Prism ...
Toolkit
Extension Manager, Update, Moz Storage, Spell Checking, Brakepad, ...
Content
XUL XBL SVG
Layout
XML User Interface Language XML Binding Language Scalable Vector Graphics
DOM CSS Parser
Images
Document Object Model Cascading Style Sheets HTML and XML
NSS/PSM
Network Security Services/Personal Security Manager
SQLite
XPCOM Storage
Cross Platform Component Object Model
Necko Thebes
Network Graphics
Widget
XPConnect Event Handling and
Bridge JavaScript and XPCOM
Windowing
JavaScript
NSPR Cairo
Netscape Portable Runtime: Cross Platform API Graphics
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux

What do these have in common?
Boxee One Laptop Per Child
Eudora Open Komodo
Facebook Open Platform Pidgin
Flickr Uploadr Second Life
Miro Songbird
Google AdWords Editor 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/

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% 22%
8% 1%

Firefox leads in...

Firefox in Malaysia?
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 use in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Selangor
Pulau Pinang (Penang) Johor
Perak Other
by region

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 localization
Do 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 information
web 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
Flickr CC photographers
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