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Mozilla Messaging Launches

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Written on 19 Feb 08, last updated 20 Feb 08 (400th post in The Rumbling Edge)

Mozilla Messaging has just launched.

I'm pleased to announce that I've joined them as an intern, working on bug triage, wiki reorganization and data collection and analysis, as well as continuing to maintain The Rumbling Edge.

Of note, regarding the future of Thunderbird,

"Thunderbird already can handle RSS feeds and newsgroups, but ultimately, Ascher wants Mozilla Messaging's software to work with instant messaging, mobile phone text messaging, and Web sites such as Facebook or Flickr that have their own e-mail systems." --CNET News.com

More news:

Mozilla Messaging news article

Official FAQ

David Ascher

An Air Mozilla Live broadcast will feature a discussion on the launch of Mozilla Messaging (rapidly known as mozmsg MoMo via IRC), along with a segment on the upcoming Firefox 3's new themes.

Mozilla folks:

  1. Al Billings
  2. Mitchell Baker
  3. Jane Finette
  4. The Mozilla Blog
  5. Robert Kaiser
  6. Robert Accettura
  7. Alex Vincent

Tech sites:

  1. CNET News.com
  2. PR Newswire
  3. Linux World
  4. VNUNet
  5. Mobility News
  6. PC World
  7. PC Pro
  8. ZDNet: UK (1) | UK (2) | Blogs (1) | Blogs (2) | Blogs (3)
  9. Mozilla Links
  10. Mashable
  11. PC Advisor
  12. TechSpot
  13. IT Week
  14. WebProNews
  15. heise online
  16. Lifehacker
  17. Yahoo! News
  18. Betanews
  19. DesktopLinux.com
  20. InformationWeek
  21. Slashdot
  22. ars technica
  23. TrustedReviews
  24. DailyTech
  25. Wired Blog
  26. eFluxMedia
  27. International Business Times

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Filed under 'Others (2008)' | Posted on 19 Feb 2008 (Tue) by Gary Kwong at 3:24 PM. (GMT+8)

Comments

Is this about making a new stand-alone IM client, or adding functionality to Thunderbird? Also, would Chatzilla be the basis for this functionality, or would it be starting over mostly from scratch?

Posted by: Aaron at February 19, 2008 11:47 PM

Aaron: It'll be about adding functionality to Thunderbird, though not necessarily Thunderbird 3. It's part of the long term plan, using XMPP. Chatzilla deals with IRC, so they are not exactly similar. The finer details have yet to be thrashed out.

Posted by: Gary Kwong at February 20, 2008 12:11 AM

The Mozilla Blog has its coverage posted as well:
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/02/19/mozilla-messaging-up-and-running/

Posted by: Juha-Matti Laurio at February 20, 2008 5:06 AM