I've changed the old table-based extensions listing to a fresh div-based listing! The new listing also displays the version number and release date for each extension.
I want to split the list up into categories too. More on that later, hopefully.
Ben changed the default start page for Mozilla Firebird from http://texturizer.net/firebird/ to "something on mozilla.org for now". In my opinion, that should have waited until we actually have something useful to present to the users instead of a boring, unstyled page listing some of the features of the already installed browser.
Anyway, instead of complaining about that premature change, I decided that I should do as much as I can to make the page not suck. I took the mozilla.org start page (designed by Ben), stripped any unneeded information from it, added links to the help pages, forums and other Mozilla Firebird specific documents. The result is quite a bit more appealing than the previous product page.
Of course, this redesign may eventually be replaced with something else, once Ben decides how he wants the page to look like. However, I thought it was worth the effort anyway, as it gives the whole Mozilla Firebird project a more polished tough. After all, this page is the one we're all supposed to link to when attracting new users. Hope you like it, Ben! :)
Ok, I've removed the flags. Thanks everyone for your feedback!
The new language bar now looks like the one at Mozilla Thunderbird Help.
Spanish was added to the language bar of Mozilla Thunderbird Help, which shows the potential replacement of the flags at Mozilla Firebird Help.
So which is best, flags or language codes?
Update: I made some more changes to the Tb front page. (I added the "Language:" caption and made the links bold.) Be sure to reload the page to make sure the css is loaded properly.
Update: I removed the caption again. It's only useful for English speaking people as an anonymous poster pointed out.
Yesterday I changed the language links on the front page to small flags. This was because the text links took up too much horizontal space so they couldn't fit in the language bar, especially not when first installing Mozilla Firebird. The default size of the browser window is very tiny for some reason.
Anyway, today I got mail from a guy living in Mexico who told me that using flags as symbols for languages wasn't a very good idea. After reading an article about the issue, I tend to agree with him. I might change the language links to using standard ISO 639 language codes instead. Does anyone have an opinion on this?
By the way, I'm done with the Options Window reference. Tomorrow, I'll try to move on to the Managing Cookies document.
I'll need to update the Options Window reference and the Managing Cookies document soon. Mozilla Firebird 0.7 should be released by the end of this month.
Yet another horrible reason never to forget the date September 11th.
In English: CNN | BBC News
In Swedish: SvD | TV4 | Expressen | Aftonbladet
From CNN.com:
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has been stabbed several times in the chest, stomach and arms while shopping at a Stockholm department store, police said.
From BBC News:
She suffered wounds in the chest, stomach and arms. She has been in surgery for several hours, undergoing treatment for internal bleeding and liver damage.
The attack comes days before Swedes vote in a referendum on whether to join the euro. Ms Lindh had been vigorously campaigning for a Yes vote.
Both the Yes and No campaigns have suspended their activities following the attack.
"The attack on her is an attack on our open society and because of this I am feeling great anger and dismay," said Prime Minister Göran Persson.
I don't know what to say... This is just sick. This attack is of course closely related to the referendum this Sunday where Anna Lindh was an outspoken campaigner for Sweden to join the euro. And the police hasn't even caught the attacker yet, after over seven hours.
My thoughts and prayers go to Anna Lindh and her family...
News coverage in Swedish at DN.se.
Several months ago, before Phoenix was renamed to Mozilla Firebird, I was home at my mom's house and installed Phoenix on her computer, without her knowledge. I registered it as the default browser and even "masked" the Phoenix shortcut with the Internet Explorer icon. This was an experiment to see how she reacted about this change.
I had then forgotten about this until I visited her house again today to discuss some other stuff. At that time, she was logged on at her online bank, www.foreningssparbanken.se which now accepts any browser (it used to allow only IE5+ users). It wasn't until then that I discovered that she was using Phoenix and has been so ever since I replaced IE without any problems whatsoever!
So, it turns out that I've already converted six persons to Mozilla Firebird and three persons to Mozilla Thunderbird! These numbers will definitely rise as time goes by.
This blog renders very slowly in the latest nightly builds of Mozilla (and Firebird) compared to e.g. the Mozilla Firebird 0.6 release. This is because of a recent regression that I think should be fixed before Mozilla Firebird 0.7 is released. That's all I have to say right now!
It's out! This build size of this release is smaller for Windows than 0.1 was. However, it's actually larger for Linux and MacOS X for some reason.
Anyway, I can highly recommend downloading and using Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 as your default, mission critical mail and news client. Especially if you're currently using Outlook or Outlook Express. Thunderbird is stable, robust, full-featured and will only improve over time. Most important of all, it won't infect your computer with viruses like Outlook does. Try it yourself! I've converted three users from Outlook Express already and will make the switch for my mom next week. :)
A late congratulations to my great host, which turned five years old yesterday. I'm proud to be on the list of people who helped with the site. I've been involved in the forums (both as part of a community support and more recently as a moderator) for quite some time now and I've also submitted a few news articles to the front page.
MozillaZine is actually the reason I created the Phoenix Help site in the first place. I discovered about Phoenix (and Mozilla) before MozillaZine though, but the nice people in the old forums (especially Asa Dotzler and David Hyatt) inspired me to launch the site.
One of my best moments with MozillaZine was on April 1st this year, when the MZ staff created the temporary Internet Explorer forums. I thought it was a hilarious idea and decided to do something fun about the day myself, so I renamed my site to Phallus Help and announced that the new name of Phoenix had been chosen! I also modified the official Phoenix project page and asked Alex Bishop to rename the forums in MozillaZine, which he happily did. It sure was a hilarious day!
Thanks MozillaZine, for being an invaluable resource for Mozilla. Thanks again Jason, for setting up this weblog. By the way, Phoenix Help Mozilla Firebird Help is turning one years old on October 15th!
