The main update is that we now provide Google search (as well as Baidu) in Live Margins, and users can configure which default search engine they prefer. In Live Margins (the sidebar at the right side of the browser), if you set Google as default, then Google results will be shown. But at the same time you can simply click a button there to show results from Baidu for the same term(s) you are searching. Vice versa when you set Baidu as default.

We also updated a feature that we call (for lack of a better term) associated search. If you search in the chrome (either from Google, Baidu, or Wikipedia, or whatever), Live Margins will automatically conduct a search also, using the same term(s) you are looking for. So that, suppose you are looking for a definition in Wikipedia, you will also be presented with search results from your favorite engine. We will not duplicate search if the engine you are searching with is the same engine you have set as default in Live Margins. This associated search will occur even if you have “closed” Live Margins (by clicking the g-fox logo at the upper right hand corner). When Live Margins is closed, the g-fox turns into grey color. When an associated search occurs and “new info” is available for viewing, the g-fox blinks for a brief second and turns into bright red color. The associated search ensures that Live Margins always have up to date info on things you are searching for elsewhere in the browser.

The new version can be downloaded from mozillaonline.com or g-fox.cn. We welcome feedback on this forum or at the dedicated forum on g-fox.cn.

我们今日更新了火狐中国版，下载请到火狐中国版官方网站 G-Fox.cn 或其他各大下载网站。

本次更新主要内容是在“火狐魔镜”中提供用户可定制搜索引擎服务。继上月首次发布火狐中国版后，许多用户反映希望在“火狐魔镜”中增加搜索引擎选项。使用新版本，在呈现谷歌搜索结果的同时，用户可以选择查看百度提供的搜索结果。同样，用户在查看百度搜索结果的时候，可以选择使用谷歌的搜索服务。新版默认搜索引擎设为谷歌，使用“火狐魔镜”后，用户选择的引擎将成为下次搜索的默认引擎。

火狐中国版是我们推出针对中国用户量身定制的区域化版本， 携手众多本地顶尖互联网合作伙伴，同时支持包括微软、苹果和Linux三大电脑平台，力图为中国火狐用户和网民带来全新的浏览体验。

恳请大家在 g-fox.cn 的论坛上给我们提出宝贵意见。谢谢。

譬如说为了估算地球的重量，有人可以花几年时间在苏格兰到处找合适的山峰来做近似计算。又有学者远途跋涉从欧洲去印度观察某个稀有天象。在当时，路上要走n久，而且波折危险。他晚到了几天，没赶上，当即决定住下来，等好几年后该天象的下一次出现。结果最后回到老家时，别人都以为他早已过世。这种故事数不胜数。在过去的几百年中，早期的科学家为了了解人类所居住的世界，克服现代人无法想象的困难，付出难以置信的代价，非常令人感动。

特别推荐此书。而且一定要读原文哦。

1. The China edition (literally) creates more browsing space by providing Live Margins, a sidebar to the right of the main browsing window. Live Margins provides additional search results, relevant information, music, video, and much more, all at the same time allowing the user to continue normal browsing activities in other tabs. This is a unique solution to the longstanding problem of tab browsing where only one tab is visible at any time. Live Margins gather information from multiple sources (such as typical search engines but also Wikipedia and other more vertical and focused information websites such as financial sites and weather forecast) and provide a comprehensive information feed that is more 360 degree (and not just a flat list of web links).

2. The China edition provides a number of convenience features. For example, it has a built-in button to let users easily choose the display fonts (among those available on the user’s particular system) and change their sizes. It has another one-button access to desktop functions such as Calculator and to browser shortcuts. It also enables a number of tab operations that are favored by local Chinese users, such as double click to close a tab (instead of having to bring that tab to the front and then find the little x to click on).

I strongly encourage you to try this out at g-fox.cn and also provide feedback at the discussion forum there. Note there are both a Chinese version and an English version, and we provide downloads that run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The English version also has the same services targeted at users in China, so it may not bring up the liquor store in your neighborhood strip mall. Personally, I have been using this drag function as an online dictionary — try it and you will like it, no more need to open a dictionary site and type in the word.

This release reaffirms our long-held belief that our mission is to keep the internet open and freely accessible, and the best way to achieve that is to provide viable choices for people to get online and have a personalizable user experience. And the best way to achieve viability is to continue to innovate.

Moreover, one of our unique strength is our willingness, and ability, to partner and collaborate. In this release, we specifically partnered with a number leading content providers in the local market. So now you can monitor that Youku video (the Chinese Youtube) in Live Margins while keeping an eye on your regular work; you can listen to background music off the hits list provided by Sina Music. You can simply highlight a word and with a little drag motion, you can view, via Live Margins, restaurant reviews provided by Dianping (the Chinese Yelp),  artist info and songs from Yobo (the Chinese Pandora), and of course search results from Baidu. You can also access Chinese books online (provided by 17K), shop online (360Buy), and see maps and a ton of other information at your finger tips. We have had Linkool Labs as our technology partner in developing Live Margins. They have separately developed Juice, a Firefox addon in English and targetd at western (North American) users, which is based on the same basic concepts but with different UI elements and linked to a different set of web services.

The release of the Firefox China Edition is an ambitious experiment on the part of the Mozilla world. We would very much like to hear your views and experiences with this experiment. Do let us know!

首先推荐Dealers of Lightning， 作者是Michael Hiltzik，讲世界著名的Xerox PARC在70-80年代为当今的计算机行业所奠定的基础。当年PARC如日中天，首先发明个人电脑，以太网，激光打印机等等。最令人震撼的是他们的做事精神。举个例子。以Butler Lampson为首的团队，想买一台DEC公司出品的PDP机作为研发平台，因为PDP上的软件丰富。但Xerox刚刚并购了CDC，是DEC的竞争对手，所以公司上层不批准买PDP的请求，而是只让买CDC。PARC的牛人们当即决定就是不买性能低劣的CDC，而是自造一台PDP的兼容机，以便利用PDP已有的软件平台。就这样从零件开始，一步一步搭建，不仅造出了先进的设备，也造就了一群有抱负的人才。我有幸与Butler等书中角色有识，自然读起来更有一番感触。

第二本介绍的是 In an Uncertain World，作者为 Robert Rubin，律师出身，曾任Goldman Sachs总裁，美国财政部长，现任花旗银行董事长。书中讲到他个人的成长历程，值得借鉴，但更主要的更值得学习的是他如何做决策的观点，特别是在没有（也无法掌握）完全信息的情况下，如何处理危机。他在财长任中正赶上亚洲金融危机，得以大显身手。本书不仅对目前全球金融危机是及时的参照，也是一个人成长过程中的上好的养料。

最后补充一句，建议尽量看原文书。即使是非英文的外文书，也建议看国外的英译本。因为原文传达的更确切，更完整。

Afterwards, we invited both teams to the office to talk about their experience. Once given the topic, both teams had to scramble to learn as much as possible about the topic area and they often went to their computer science friends for help. They went into the actual debate with a ton of questions still in their mind, and left with even more questions. It became apparent that, as is largely the case in China, the argument around open source swirls mostly around the issue of monopoly. Much less is said or known about the underlying economics and efficiency argument; nor about the over arching issue of open systems, open standards, open Internet, and open society.

All in all, this has been a great event to sponsor. A lot of fun too — the awards ceremony staged a friendly between teams from Tsinghua University and the People’s Univesity, and topic was, on university campuses, should men chase girls or should it be the other way around. We did not need that debate when I was in Tsinghua — only about 15% students were female back then.