Not convinced that Firefox is a better browser? Let this book explain to you why you shouldn’t click on the blue E! This book’s target audience is Windows users who are considering replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox, and gives you information regarding installing, configuring and using Firefox to its fullest potential. This 254-page book is written by Scott Granneman and published by O’Reilly.

Finally, a book that shows you how to use your Web Browser and E-mail client the way you want to use it! Written by two individuals who worked on and tested these applications, you’ll find no better resource for getting the most out of Firefox and Thunderbird. A great book for beginning to intermediate users who are interested in exploring all of the great features Firefox and Thunderbird have to offer. This 337-page book is written by Chris Hofmann, Marcia Knous, and John Hedtke. Published by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall.

Go from city life to the wild outdoors with the wooly warmth of a Mozilla Beanie. Subtle heathered gray with a red stripe and Mozilla logo.

Each month we share the story of Mozilla community member (and they get a $50 gift certificate for their trouble). The November edition of the Community Spotlight features the tale of William, Firefox and his mother:

“Hi. My name is William and I would like to share my Firefox story with you. Years ago my family bought a computer, it was fast. We used the “Default Browser” and before you know it, that fast computer, wasn’t so fast anymore. My computer became increasingly slow and that Browser took forever to load. Almost 5 minutes, and it still hadn’t loaded, needless to say I was ready to throw my computer out of the window. I told my friend what happened, and he showed me Firefox. I was hesitant to use it, but eventually I cracked and installed it. I loaded it up. I was amazed, it loaded in less than 10 seconds. I turned to my friend, “What else can this do?” He started to show me all the theme designs I could pick from, and he showed me why it was so much more secure than all the other browsers. I was so happy and amazed at all the things it had that the other browser didn’t have. I showed the rest of my family, and they were so happy I installed such a wonderful program. I laugh, because my 67 year old mother uses Firefox and brags about her super fast internet now. I have been recommending firefox to all my family and friends, and you should all do the same. Thank you Mozilla for making my computer experience so much better.”

Do you have a story to tell about your Mozilla Store gear? If so, tell us at communityspotlight@mozilla.com and you could win a $50 gift certificate!

…the Firefox plush toy! (by a fairly overwhelming margin, I might add)

We’ve already placed a big order with the vendor that makes these stuffed animals. However, it turns out that they’re currently out of stock, so we have to wait until a new batch is made before we can add them to the Store. Their best estimate is that they’ll be ready in January. We were certainly hoping to make them available sooner, but better late than never.

Thanks very much to everyone who voted in the poll. One of our big goals when we relaunched the Store back in August was to increase community involvement, so it’s nice to have a project like this where you choose the merchandise. Here’s the complete breakdown of the results:
* Firefox plush toy: 43%
* Firefox coffee mug: 23%
* Mozilla dino head t-shirt: 16%
* Firefox bike jersey: 13%
* Firefox baby onesie: 5%

If your favorite didn’t win, don’t worry…we’re hoping to add a few more of these items in the coming months. And if you have suggestions for other new Store products, please add your thoughts here.

One of our priorities for the Mozilla Store is to introduce new products from time to time in order to keep things fresh and interesting. And since the whole point of the Store is to offer things that you guys want, we’d love to hear your thoughts on what we should add in the future.

So, if you’ve got any ideas, add a comment and let us know!

Each month we share the story of Mozilla community member and how they’re using their Mozilla gear (and they get a $50 gift certificate for their trouble). The October edition of the Community Spotlight features Travis, a Special Forces soldier (and Mozilla fan) stationed in Iraq:

“Being a Special Forces Communications team member it is my duty to ensure that all of our systems are up and running. One of them being team members’ computers. Most have been using the “other guys” web browsers and it is up to me that they use the safest browser for operation security. Well I have been a huge fan of Firefox and ensured the safety of everyone’s computers if they used Firefox to an extent. After installing it on their computers the guys agree that they enjoy using Firefox and are impressed with the security they get with it. They particularly enjoy being able to change the layout to what ever theme they want. Small potatoes in my book but it’s small things like that here in Iraq that can improve morale. It will always be my pleasure to tell everyone about Firefox and I will always be a faithful user. Keep up the good work and God bless.
SSG Travis”

Do you have a story to tell about your Mozilla Store gear? If so, tell us at communityspotlight@mozilla.com and you could win a $50 gift certificate!

A lot of you have been wondering when the new merchandise we launched in the Mozilla Store last month will be available for delivery to countries outside of North America.

We probably should have been more clear about this, but updating our International Store has been part of the plan all along. The two Mozilla Stores are operated by different vendors, so they’ve been on different schedules, but the work is in progress and the International Store should have the new merchandise and site design sometime in October.

The last thing we want to do is exclude any Mozilla fans from around the world, so thanks for your patience with this and stay tuned for further updates.

I’m happy to report that, due to popular demand, we’ve brought back two old favorites: the Firefox Black T-Shirt and the Firefox Navy T-Shirt. They only go up to XL right now, but we’ll be adding larger sizes soon as noted in the blog post from earlier this week.

Enjoy!

A t-shirt for the Webolutionary. Lead an expedition of rediscovery, one site at a time.

Let us know what you think…please leave a comment below. Or buy this item now.