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Mozilla Links is now being translated into Italian, German and Dutch,
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Mozilla Links - English Edition
Issue # 4 - October 14, 2003
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Welcome back to Mozilla Links!
Mozilla Links is now being translated into Italian, German and Dutch,
making Mozilla Links available in five different languages. If you would
like to help with translating the newsletter into your own language,
check for the Mozilla Links Translation Guidelines, at:
http://newsletter.mozdev.org/trans_guide.html
We are sorry to announce that the design contest for the Mozilla Links
logo and HTML layout has been canceled, due to low response. We are
currently working on a much requested new HTML format that will allow
a better presentation and functionality. Hopefully, you will be receiving
the newsletter in the new format within two issues.
We would like to thank David Boswell for his contribution to the Mozilla
Links newsletter. David, as an administrator or mozdev.org, the central
location for Mozilla applications and projects, was the regular reporter
on these project status reports. Due to time constraints, he is handing
this responsibility to Brian King, contributor of the Project of
the Week. Thanks to you both.
As always, your comments are very much appreciated. Please send them to
[E-mail:newsletter-feedback@mozilla.org].
Percy Cabello
Mozilla Links
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In this issue:
1. BETTER MOZILLA
- Googlebar
- Let Mozilla Check your Bookmarks for New Pages
- Creating Applications With Mozilla
2. THE NEWS
- Mozilla 1.4.1 Released
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 Release Candidate 3
- Mozilla Gains Support for Adding and Editing vCards
- AOL Lays Off Netscape/Mozilla Transition Team
3. MOZILLA INSIDER
4. MOZILLA PROJECTS: QuickManager and Independent Status Reports
5. MOZILLA LINKS POLL: Extensions Anyone?
6. CONTACT INFO
1. BETTER MOZILLA
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Featured Extension: Googlebar
You may know that among other great features, Mozilla browsers let you
perform searches using your favorite search engine, and that Google (TM)
comes as one of the defaults.
But if you want the whole power of Google and to be able to easily perform
searches using the specialized Google engines like Google Groups,
Google News, Froogle (shopping) and others, highlight searched terms or
translate into English, then you need Googlebar.
It is not affiliated in any way with Google, but does an outstanding
job bringing the original Googlebar functionality to Mozilla browsers.
Try it at:
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/releases.html
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Mozilla Links Tip: Let Mozilla Check your Bookmarks for Updates
(contributed by mozillatips.com, edited by Percy Cabello)
Mozilla's Bookmark Manager can automatically check any bookmark for you
to see if it has changed. Follow these steps to set an automatic
web page monitor and alert:
- Open the Bookmark Manager (Bookmarks/Manage Bookmarks).
- Right-click on the desired bookmark and select Properties.
- Change to the Schedule tab and enter what days you want Mozilla to
check for updates, range of hours and frequency of the checks.
- Open the Notify tab to set how do you want Mozilla to alert you when an
update is found: change the bookmark's icon, play a sound, open the
webpage in a new window or display an alert message.
Check the full text of this tip at:
http://www.mozillatips.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=63&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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Mozilla Links PowerTip: Creating Applications With Mozilla
(contributed by Percy Cabello)
If you are ready to create your dream Mozilla extension or the next
killer application, you should be aware of this book. Co-authored by
David Boswell, Brian King, Ian Oeschger, Pete Collins and Eric Murphy,
it explains in detail all the technologies that are at play in Mozilla
and are available for extending it. It is published under the Open
Publication License. You can read the entire book at:
http://books.mozdev.org/chapters/index.html
For the best experience, grab a printed copy from O'Reilly at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/
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Need more tips? Try the TipBar Extension to get the Tip of the Day in
Mozilla Firebird. Grab it at http://tipbar.mozdev.org
You can also visit http://www.mozillatips.com for more fun tips for
your favorite browser.
Have a Tip or a PowerTip? Let other users know about it by sending it
to [E-mail:newsletter-feedback@mozilla.org] .
2. THE NEWS
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(contributed by MozillaZine, your source for Mozilla news and
advocacy. http://www.mozillazine.org )
Mozilla 1.4.1 Released
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A minor update to Mozilla 1.4 has been released. Mozilla 1.4.1 contains
around 100 additional bug fixes and also includes a spellchecker, a
feature not present in 1.4. Windows users who had installer problems
with Mozilla 1.4 or experienced display resource issues will be
especially interested in this build, which is available for all platforms.
Mozilla 1.4.1 Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.4.1/
Download Mozilla 1.4:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.4.1
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3804
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 Release Candidate 3
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A third release candidate of Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 is now available
for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The final version of Thunderbird 0.3 is
expected to be released simultaneously with Mozilla 1.5.
Download Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 Release Candidate 3:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/2003-10-08-1.5/
Scott MacGregor's related post to the MozillaZine Thunderbird Builds
forum:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=221246#221246
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3799
Mozilla Gains Support for Adding and Editing vCards
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Front-end support for vCard was added to Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups on
October 5th. A vCard is like a business card attached to your message as
a .vcf file. To create your vCard, in Messenger go to Edit > Mail &
Newsgroups Accounts Settings. Click on your account. You will see an
'Attach my vCard to messages' check box and an 'Edit Card...' button.
Clicking on the button brings you to the Edit Card dialog which looks
like an address book card dialog. (Note: the card is not saved to your
address book; rather, the information is saved to your preferences file
as identity.id#.escapedVCard.) Each account has its own card. You can
check the 'Attach my vCard to messages' option to automatically add your
card to your messages. You can also add your card in the mail Compose
window via the Options menu.
Note that a vCard is an attachment, not a text snip added to end of your
message like a signature. Also note some mail clients may not recognize
vCard. You can put both a signature and a vCard in one message.
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3789
AOL Lays Off Netscape/Mozilla Transition Team
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In an expected move, America Online laid off the last remaining Netscape
employees paid to contribute to Mozilla on September 30th. Although AOL
sacked or reassigned most of the Netscape browser division back in July,
they agreed to continue employing Asa Dotzler, Brendan Eich and David
Baron for a couple of months as part of a transition team to keep things
running smoothly as mozilla.org reduces its dependence on AOL. This
transition has involved moves such as setting up the non-profit Mozilla
Foundation and migrating mozilla.org servers from Netscape hosting to
services provided by meer.net.
AOL has not completely ended its
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