New Mozilla.org Website Beta
Hmm, people have a point about the "The Browser, Reloaded" slogan... the original Matrix movie was good, but people hate the sequels. The slogan's Matrix-sequel reference thus gives an impression of trying to be "hip" while being painfully not so.
Some updates, since I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere else:
I didn't relize that. Good to know! I made a new <a href="http://www.linerider.com/mozilla/">Mozilla</a> home page that shows how I think the page layout should look like. I based it on the above comment and andkons <a href="http://www.andkon.com/stuf/mozillanewstrategy/">article</a>. Note: It is just a sugested layout. The page content and code would have to be polished up.
it is looking good now. i like how its setup in this latest update
Wow, that's a huge improvement, very organised. The tabs are in the wrong place in Opera though.
In general i think the new site is a great step forward. Especially the new products-page is very nice. i dislike that there's sometimes a menu on the left side and sometimes not. It should be always there or never.
It should be more obivous in which section i am. currently there is no visual indication. it would be possible to use a slightly other color for the currently displayed tab (eg 'products','support',etc). The start-page http://website-beta.mozilla.org/ should become improved: * The headlines (like 'get thunderbird', 'mozilla-suite') shouldn't be links or they should look like links. * Does cnet.com donates money to the mozilla-foundation or why is cnet.com used for the screenshot of firefox and not http://website-beta.mozilla.org/ itself? (maybe it would be cool if the visible part of the screenshot contains a part of the screenshot (and so on). * People who come first to mozilla.org don't need all these news links at the bottom. They should become moved to a seperate news-page * The light-blue firefox box doesn't need two links to get fx on CD
The newly desinged site contains too many references outside mozilla.org (e.g. Planet Mozilla and mozillaZine.org) which the Japanese Translation Team does not have the right nor the resource to translate.
The site should be self-complete as much as possible and should be more friendly for web site localizeres. Regards, YAMAGUCHI Satoru The Japanese Translation Team.
After a lot of headaches I have finally put together the content I promised. Because it is long, and features alot of text formating, I am giving it to you as a PDF. I have included my revised bullets below. Each of these will be hyperlinked and will take you to the relevant section of the 'Why?' page.
You can view the article here: http://v3.itr.cn/downloads/firefox%20features.pdf Please post your feedback in this forum. Note: You will notice that I have removed the awards from the bullets themselves. This is because I think that the awards should go in a box on the right, with a nice 'Oscar'-syle award image and the quotes underneath. This way they will stand out. Also, I admit that there are areas that probably still need work, but I thought it would be good to show you what I have so far to get some feedback. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <B>WHY CHOOSE FIREFOX?</B><BR> <strong>Next-Generation Web Browsing<br></strong> Award-Winning Technology brings you the latest features. <ul> <li><strong>Tabbed Browsing </strong><br> View more than one web page in a single window with this time saving feature. Open links in the background so that they're ready for viewing when you're ready to read them. You can even have multiple tabs as your homepage so all your favorite sites are accessible at once</li> <li><strong>Popup Blocker <br> </strong>Automatically stop annoying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox's built in popup blocker. </li> <li><strong>Download Manager </strong><br> With the built in download manager, you can pause and resume file transfers, and retry those that are broken. Files are also automatically saved to your desktop so they're easy to find. </li> <li><strong>Livemarks </strong><br> Integrated RSS feeds mean information is now at your fingertips <strong></strong></li> </ul> <strong>Search Smarter and Faster<br> </strong>Firefox empowers you to find the information you need faster… <ul> <li><strong>Toolbar Google Search <br> </strong>Google Search is built right into the toolbar saving you time. </li> <li><strong>Search Plugins <br> </strong>Bring the search to you – using the extensive library of search plugins, your favorite sites can now be searched directly from the toolbar. Amazon, Wikipedia etc. are now available instantly… </li> <li><strong>Smart Keywords <br> </strong>Quickly search your favourite sites from the Location Bar by using Smart Keywords. (eg. type "dict <I>searchterm</I>" to seach dictionary.com) </li> <li><strong>Find-as-you-Type <br> </strong>Start typing the first few letters of some text in the page and Firefox takes you there <strong></strong></li> </ul> <strong>Simple, Safe & Secure </strong><br> Browse the web with confidence. <ul> <li><strong>Privacy & Security <br> </strong>Built with your Security in mind, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business. </li> <li><strong>Fits Like a Glove <br> </strong>Simple and intuitive, yet fully featured, Firefox has all the functions you're used to - Bookmarks, History, Full Screen, Text Zooming to make pages with small text easier to read, etc. </li> <li><strong>Setup's a Snap <br> </strong>At only 4.7MB (Windows), Firefox only takes minutes to download over a fast connection. The installer gets you set up quickly, and the new Easy Transition system imports all of your settings - Favorites, passwords and other data from Internet Explorer and other browsers - so you can start surfing right away. </li> </ul> <strong>Your Browser, Your Way<br> </strong>Firefox is the most customizable browser on the planet. <ul> <li><strong>Extensions <br> </strong>Extensions are small programs (or plug-ins) that add new functionality to Firefox. It can be anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature, such as mouse gestures. The Mozilla Update website contains a massive library of extensions for you to use. <strong></strong></li> <li><strong>Themes <br> </strong>With themes, you can change the look and feel of Firefox. A theme can change anything from just the toolbar buttons to the whole browser appearance. You can download and install themes with just a few clicks from the Mozilla Update website.<strong></strong></li> <li><strong>Toolbar Customization <br> </strong>The toolbars in Firefox are completely customizable, allowing you to add and remove items (buttons, search field, bookmarks, etc.) to the toolbars as well as create new toolbars.</li> </ul> <strong>A Developer's Best Friend </strong> Firefox comes with a standard set of developer tools including a powerful JavaScript and CSS error/warning console, and an optional Document Inspector that gives unheard of insight into how your pages work. It is also meet the W3C guidelines for standards compliance. <br><strong>Read Mail—Not Spam </strong> Thunderbird is the perfect complement to Firefox. <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/">More information </a>
omstedall, it captures the reader to read it all, great work, I hope they use it!
Perhaps Mozilla.org should in the future try to censor itself on what content gets on its frontpage:
http://www.andkon.com/xtra/mozporn.jpg And the tabs fail in Opera 7: http://www.andkon.com/xtra/operafail.jpg
Why not mention Internet Explorer? Web browser is not something people know. "Award-Winning Technology" seems to be a fluffy phrase without meaning.
I doubt most people know or care about RSS feeds.
It sounds too nerdy. Most people dont know what ActiveX is...
Yeah, no one cares, it makes Firefox sound too technical for the average user. The rest of the suggestions were good though.
They're now called Live Bookmarks - "Livemarks" had already been used and was felt to be too buzzword-y.
Tabs are broken differently in Opera 7.60 preview, than andkons screenshot. It's some weird Opera bug IMO.
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These suggestions might not work for all languages, but mozillaZine has translations in five languages (<a href="http://mozillazine-fr.org/" rel="bookmark" hreflang="fr" title="MozillaZine-Fr">French</a>, <a href="http://ryuzi.dyndns.org/mozillazine/html/modules/news/" rel="bookmark" title="mozillaZine 日本語版">Japanese</a>, <a href="http://benzilla.no-ip.com/mozillazine/" rel="bookmark" title="Mozillazine 中 文 版">Chinese</a>, <a href="http://www.formatvorlage.de/mozine/" rel="bookmark" title="MozillaZine.de">German</a>, and <a href="http://www.mozilla.or.kr/mozilla/zine/" rel="bookmark" title="한글 mozillaZine">Korean</a>), and I know of Mozilla-related blogs in French and Spanish. I think it can be done.
Whilst browsing through bugzilla, I came across http://fxfeeds.mozillazine.org/ which in turn points to http://website-beta.mozilla.org/product ... marks.html
I assume that will be linked from the 1.0 product page, which is hidden away somewhere? Anyway, the screen shot still shows the old RSS lightning bolt. And on the same page
The 'the' needs to come out. And possibly
could/should end with an exclamation mark. And
should probably be You can find many other RSS feeds at: Technorati and Syndic8.com <a href="http://www.dougweb.org">My Webpage</a>
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," is a bit too long, and part of the title flows to the bottom of the "Aug 29" tag.
