Hey Guys and Happy new Year!

we did some improvements to the BYOB (Build your own Browser) Website and some maintenance, so the Site is now open again, you can check out BYOB here. You can read more about the BYOB Project here -> http://blog.mozilla.com/tomcat/2010/04/30/byob/

Some Improvements are as example in the new Version of BYOB.

• Updated to Firefox 9 Version
• Improved Bookmark Folder Integration (now supports things like Subfolders etc
• Supports now 63 locales – You can choose up to ten locales for your browser
• we updated the Addon Section and many more!

Feel free to try out BYOB, its of course, free!

Many thanks to Kev Needham for his work on this Project!

We are still working on improving BYOB and working on new Features, so please stay tuned and let us know your Feedback (via the contact button on the byob page) about BYOB!

Cheers,

- Tomcat

Hallo,

neben Firefox 4 Desktop, arbeiten wir seit einiger Zeit auch daran Firefox fuer Mobile zu entwickeln.

Der erste Release Candidate steht nun zur Verfuegung fuer Android und Maemo basierte Mobile Geraete.

Mehr Informationen zu diesem Release Candidaten bekommt ihr hier -> http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/21/mozilla-firefox-4-release-candidate-for-android-and-maemo-now-available/

Viele Gruesse
- Tomcat

Hi,

we are about ready to release an updated version of Personas Plus for both Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4 and have created the RC4 of the Personas Plus Extension for Firefox 4 – https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/labs/personas/personas-1.6.2rc4.xpi

I would be great if you could help testing this RC of the Extension to let us know if you see any issue. There is more information on Deb’s Blog http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2011/03/10/1699/

Thanks!

- Tomcat

Hi,

also this year Mozilla will have a booth at the CeBIT Fair in Hanover Germany next week!

Hi QA Community!

Once again, warm greetings to all of our great community testers – you
are our most valuable resource. We now have Firefox 4 Beta 11 available
for testing. Note that this build is a development build and is intended
for pre-release testing. We would like your help in testing the build
and identifying any possible regressions or issues. You can read all
about the release here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/

What to Test/Where to Get Builds:

*Please see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html – there
are direct links to the builds on that page.

Please hammer on these builds mercilessly to make sure that things work
well!

Read the Release Notes

* Please also make sure to read the which detail the known issues and
describe the complete list of changes in this version. You can find the
Release Notes here -
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0b11/releasenotes/

*Some cool things to try:
** Windows 7 Users only: Try out the sites listed at the bottom of this
page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/Direct2DDemo
** Try out Firefox Panorama!
** Try out Firefox Sync! Sync to your Android or iPhone!
** Try out the Feedback button!
** Make sure to go to Mozilla Plugin Check
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ to verify you are running the
latest version of Flash and other plugins.
** Explore some other focus areas:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_4b11/Test_Plan#Focus_Areas

With the integration of the “Do Not Track” option into Firefox 4 Beta
11, you can now check a “Do Not Track” box in the “Advanced” screen of
Firefox’s Options. When this option is selected, a header will be sent
signaling to websites that you wish to opt-out of online behavioral
tracking. You will not notice any difference in your browsing experience
until sites and advertisers start responding to the header.

You can read more about behavioral tracking in this post
(http://firstpersoncookie.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/more-choice-and-control-over-online-tracking/)
from Mozilla Privacy Lead, Alex Fowler. For more information about the
technical implementation Do Not Track, check out this post
(http://blog.sidstamm.com/2011/01/opting-out-of-behavioral-ads.html)
from Sid Stamm, Mozilla security and privacy engineer.

How to Report Feedback:
(1) File a bug in Bugzilla. *Note in the comment if it is a regression
from a previous release. Things to remember when filing a bug:
(a) Always include the Build ID that you tested on. If you type about:
in the URL bar, this will give you the Build ID.
(b) Always include clear Steps to Reproduce the bug
(c) Always check to see if your bug has already been filed.
(d) Use the regression keyword if it indeed a regression from a previous
release.
(e) If you happen to crash, please submit your crash information! This
helps us continually improve the product. Please also include the
Breakpad Crash ID in the bug. You can get the crash ID by typing
about:crashes in the URL bar.
(f) If you tend to run with lots of extensions, try starting Firefox in
Safe Mode before filing to bug to see if the problem persists.

(2) If you don’t wish to file a bug, report issues through the Firefox
Feedback button, http://feedback.mozilla.org or through the
mozilla.feedback.firefox.prerelease newsgroup (also available on Google
Groups). However, we prefer bugs as feedback is easier to track.

Thanks in advance to all of you for helping test Firefox and making it
the browser of choice for millions of people all over the world!

Thanks,

-Tomcat
Team Mozilla QA

Hi Mozilla Community!

We now have a Firefox 4 Beta 10 candidate available for testing.

We would like your help in testing the build and identifying any possible regressions or issues. You can read all about the release here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/

What to Test/Where to Get Builds:

*Please see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html – there are direct links to the builds on that page.

Please hammer on these builds mercilessly to make sure that things work well!

Read the Release Notes

* Please also make sure to read the which detail the known issues and describe the complete list of changes in this version. You can find the Release Notes here – http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0b10/releasenotes/

*Some cool things to try:
** Windows 7 Users only: Try out the sites listed at the bottom of this page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/Direct2DDemo
** Try out Firefox Panorama!
** Try out Firefox Sync! Sync to your Android or iPhone!
** Try out the Feedback button!
** Make sure to go to Mozilla Plugin Check http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ to verify you are running the latest version of Flash and other plugins.
** Explore some other focus areas: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_4b10/Test_Plan#Focus_Areas

How to Report Feedback:
(1) File a bug in Bugzilla. *Note in the comment if it is a regression from a previous release. Things to remember when filing a bug:
(a) Always include the Build ID that you tested on. If you type about: in the URL bar, this will give you the Build ID.
(b) Always include clear Steps to Reproduce the bug
(c) Always check to see if your bug has already been filed.
(d) Use the regression keyword if it indeed a regression from a previous release.
(e) If you happen to crash, please submit your crash information! This helps us continually improve the product. Please also include the Breakpad Crash ID in the bug. You can get the crash ID by typing about:crashes in the URL bar.
(f) If you tend to run with lots of extensions, try starting Firefox in Safe Mode before filing to bug to see if the problem persists.

(2) If you don’t wish to file a bug, report issues through the Firefox Feedback button, http://feedback.mozilla.org or through the mozilla.feedback.firefox.prerelease newsgroup (also available on Google Groups). However, we prefer bugs as feedback is easier to track.

Thanks in advance to all of you for helping test Firefox and making it the browser of choice for millions of people all over the world!

Thanks,
-Tomcat
Team Mozilla QA

Testing of Nightly builds is a very important QA task and helps us track down regression bugs early.

This is essential to ensuring quality releases of Firefox and Firefox Mobile and we are very thankful for your work (testing, filing bugs, checking regression ranges). Our Firefox Community rocks!

To assist you better with Mobile nightly build testing and to inform you about current focus areas where Mozilla QA is working on (for example important landings of current features) we have created a new mailing lists especially for Mobile User of our Firefox Mobile Nightly Builds:

For Firefox Mobile Nightly Testers on the Android Platform: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/android-mobile-nightly-testers
For Firefox Mobile Nightly Testers on the Maemo Platform: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/maemo-mobile-nightly-testers

Please sign up for this mailing lists if you are interested in hearing about the latest details on Nightly Firefox Mobile build testing.

Thanks,
-Tomcat

Hi!

i’m attending tomorrow the OpenSuse Conference 2010 in Nuernberg, Germany and very happy to give in the afternoon a talk about Mozilla.

When you are at this Conference stop by and say Hi.

Looking forward to meet a lot of people!

Cheers,

- Tomcat

P.S. also attending the OpenSource Meetup in the Evening in Munich, when you are in Munich, feel free to join us. A lot of great talks are waiting for you!

Hi,

As of last week we have turned on OpenGL for Mac Trunk Nightly Builds.

We are very interested in your Feedback on current Mac Trunk Builds especially in Feedback about:
-> Plugins – any problems when scrolling? Switching tabs? Performance problems?
-> Performance in general. Is your Mac Nightly Trunk Build significantly faster on certain pages? Significantly slower? How’s scrolling speed?
-> Do you notice any drawing problems on any sites? If so, which Sites?

If you want to find out if issues are related to OpenGL or not, you can disable OpenGL when you set the about:config preference:

layers.accelerate-all

to false. (Or simply uncheck “[ ] Use hardware acceleration when available” under Preferences -> Advanced ->)

Also, if you have filed already Bugs for Problems since we turned on OpenGL on Mac Trunk Nightly Builds, could you tell us the Bug Numbers?

Your Feedback help us to make Firefox better and is very valuable also for the Firefox 4 Beta Cycles! Also when you are interested, please join our Nightly-Tester List!

Thanks!

- Tomcat

Testing of Firefox nightly builds is a very important QA task and helps us track down regression bugs early. This is essential to ensuring quality releases of Firefox and we are very thankful for your work (testing, filing bugs, checking regression ranges). Our Firefox Community rocks!

Please sign up for this mailing list if you are interested in hearing about the latest details on nightly Firefox build testing.

Thanks,

-Tomcat