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Mozilla interns: nothing but the best
Julie Deroche seems to do it year after year. I'm not sure what her secret is, but we get the most amazing interns in the world. Matt, Tanay and Adrian worked on important projects for Mozilla this summer and made a difference for millions of people. They were all exposed to healthy doses of Python, scalability, security and webdev best practices. I'm excited to see what they accomplish next with what they've learned. In fact, before they even finished their internships Matt and Tanay won ... Read More »
Pragmatic growth: from 2 to 40 in 4 years
Web Development at Mozilla started with two people and has become a worldwide team of 40 of the best web developers in the world. Growing so rapidly can present a number of challenges for leadership, engineers and the rest of the company. This is my attempt at sharing some lessons so you can handle growth a little better. Have something to fight for It starts at the heart. Mozilla is a unique company that has made things easier for us to grow well. Some things that will help you: Have a great mission: Mozilla has a mission people can understand and rally ... Read More »
Webdev at Open Source Bridge
While we were at Open Source Bridge we had a great time hanging out and learning with other hackers from around the open source world. Rainer Cvillink, Video Producer at Mozilla, filmed a video where we talked about our experience at the conference and what we got out of it. Enjoy! Download: webm, ogg, mp4 Thanks to our friends at OSB for putting on a great conference. Keep rocking it! Read More »
What do you want the web to be?
We asked hackers in Portland what they wanted the web to be. They had some great answers. Download: webm, ogg, mp4 Seeing folks in Portland getting excited about the web, about Firefox and Mozilla, about all the possibilities open to us because of technology -- it reminded me of what a special chance we have here to make a difference. The future of the web won't be decided by corporations, governments or shareholders. It will be chosen by people like you and me -- passionate individuals with great ideas, who won't take no for an answer ... Read More »
Mozilla Web Development is Hiring
Mozilla is a global non-profit organization that has one mission: to make the web better. The Mozilla web development team is hiring a number of passionate individuals to build web products that promote and support this mission. Web Product Engineers We’re looking for 2 individuals who are generalists that have worked the front lines as a web developer, scoped out APIs, architected thorough back-end solutions for web platforms, and sweated bullets at the command prompt during production deployments. The ideal candidates now want to apply that wisdom as a technical project manager for multiple projects, to help bring ... Read More »
Flash Updates in Firefox
This week, Firefox 3.6.4 was released with out-of-process plugin support. This means that when plugins crash, it doesn't take the browser with them. But please remember: it's still important to keep your plugins up-to-date. Out-of-date plugins can be a security risk. In a previous blog, I talked about the blocklist service in Firefox and its role in keeping users informed and up-to-date with regards to plugins. It looks something like this: As a follow-up to that post, I walked through the update process for Firefox. ... Read More »
Firefox Blocklisting: the quest for Safe and Happy
Firefox has a blocklist service that protects users from malicious or faulty plugins and extensions. We've used this sparingly in the past but due to the success and popularity of Firefox we've seen more and more activity on the blocklist than ever before. Why Blocklisting is Hard The most difficult part of the blocklist service has been deciding when to actually use it. Our policy outlines some general guidelines, but it's not so simple when millions ... Read More »
Mozilla Launches Facebook Security Quiz
Are you up for the challenge? This week Mozilla launched the security quiz on Facebook. We encourage you to take the quiz and see how much you know about web security! Similar to our plugin checker, the security quiz is a part of our larger effort to raise awareness about web security. Help us spread the word and make the web safer for everyone. And don't forget to check your plugins! Read More »
Plugin Checker Launched
Today we launched a Plugin Checker to help people find and update their plugins. Why is this important to you? Crashes are the number one concern for Firefox users, and we are listening. At least 30% of all Firefox crashes are caused by third-party plugins. Many major security vulnerabilities exploit out of date plugins. Why is this important to Mozilla? Increasing awareness about plugins makes the web better, and that's our mission. We want the web to be safer. We want the web to be less crashy. We want to help everyone -- not just Firefox users ... Read More »
Attention all web testing gurus
We're looking for someone with mounds of web testing experience and a love for the open web. If that applies to you, find out more and apply!. Read More »
