The Mozilla Project
Tristan Nitot
President, Mozilla Europe
State of the Mozilla Project
Successful launch of Firefox and Thunderbird, end of 2004
Both Firefox and Thunderbird are now available in over 30 different languages
68 million downloads for Firefox
Participation and interest in the Mozilla project is stronger than ever
Mozilla Foundation and the Project
Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization created in July 2003
The mission is to
preserve choice and innovation
on the Net by creating standards-based, open source products and technologies
Stewards of the Mozilla Project, we provide the infrastructure to manage the project
Deliver end-user products
International Affiliates: Europe, Japan, China.
Mozilla by the Numbers
Engineers
- 18 at the Foundation; others full time from Sun, IBM, Redhat, Novell, Google, others; still more contributing patches
Localizers
- products translated into over 100 languages
Testers
- 10,000 pre-alpha testers file 70 to 100 "bugs" a day, more than 100,000 beta testers
Advocates
- over 100,000 advocates of our products through Spreadfirefox.com project
Extension Developers
- over 200 extensions for Firefox
Great reliance on each of these "communities" to make the project successful
The Mozilla Recipe
Open source development model
Great products that matter
Web browsers and email clients matter
Cross platform, multiple language support, extensible, easy to use and migrate to
Involves many communites including design and marketing
Products are complete
Includes cd, guidebook, support documentation, marketing support, and t-shirts
Relentless focus on the end user
And lots of luck, right product, right time
Mozilla Firefox web browser
68 million downloads in 8 months
Key Features:
Streamlined user interface and functions
Tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking
Live bookmarks, RSS feeds
Integrated search
Web developers are excited
Marketshare for a recent Sunday
Source : XitiMonitor.com. Figures from Sunday 20050612.
The Road Ahead
Move the web forward: better web sites and applications based on modern browsers and standards
Continued innovation with the Mozilla Platform, Firefox and Thunderbird products, and more products
Focus on global efforts, improving coordination and communication
Participating in the Mozilla Project
Easy with many ways to participate and with real results
Marketing community: Spread the word, http://spreadfirefox.com
Testing community: download builds, provide feedback, and file bugs
Web development: code to standards, push the limits
Localization: localize and translate the browser
Extension development: easy way to start developing
Application and platform development
A truly rewarding project