Thanks for the link! I want to clarify, though, that while Jakub and I gave the presentation (well, Jakub gave the presentation - I just helped introduce), there are more people than just he and I on the project.
Garrett LeSage (another Tango-er) clarifies.
I can speak to the accuracy of hybrid fuel economy numbers, but I did do a bit of research and ended up buying a small gas-only car instead. I found the fuel economy of the hybrids wasn't so much better that it warranted the significant price increase.
According to this interview with Miguel de Icaza at OSNews, "Ximian is working on a native port of Evolution 2.0 to Windows using the WIMP engine to make the application look XP-native."
I imaging the reference to WIMP is the WIMP-GTK theme for GTK-on-Windows that mirrors the look of Windows.
This is how Gaim handles their Windows "port" (thought I don't think "port" is really the rigtht word.
Jon has been helping us with the visual identity work on Firefox and Thunderbird and doing some really great work.
Keep in mind, the artwork will continue to improve. Two issues we are particularly focused on improving are the small versions of the icons, and the visual consistency between the Firefox and the Thunderbird icons.
I think the original article on this is misleading enough that there should be another front page article, or at least an update to the original post to clear things up.
You asked "are you sure you have the right authority to say these things?"
Well, I don't have any authority on trademark issues for Mozilla, and I don't speak for the Foundation. However, I'm really just stating the facts here, not a policy or opinion.
You also said "Debian can't just use the flag and compile, because they have to be approved to use that artwork."
That's right. Debian has two options:
get permission from the Mozilla Foundation and use the flag/artwork (hurrah!), or;
use the generic artwork we're providing by default (which is fine)
There is a simple option for those that don't get official permission from the Mozilla Foundation to use the trademarked artwork.
A simple "--enable-official-branding" flag can be used when building to include the official artwork. Otherwise, generic versions of the artwork are included (which are free/open). This is being worked on as we speak and should be in the nightly builds this week.
Fedora Core 2 will be based on 2.6.x. The first comes out in a few weeks (Feb 2) and the final is planned for April 2. See the fedora schedule for more details.
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Thanks for the link! I want to clarify, though, that while Jakub and I gave the presentation (well, Jakub gave the presentation - I just helped introduce), there are more people than just he and I on the project. Garrett LeSage (another Tango-er) clarifies.
This is fantastic - nice work to those who hatch the idea and created this great project.
I'm surprised to see that the Mozilla Foundation isn't on the list of participating organizations. Seems they'd be a good fit.
Anyhow, bravo!
Here's another short (p)review with screenshots.
I'm not big on hosting it for the Slashdot crowd, but I can get an OGG/MP3 version of this if someone has somewhere to put it.
The CBC recently moved from Real formats to Windows Media formats for streaming audio.
After receiving complaints about the proprietary nature of their formats, they started experimenting with Ogg Vorbis streaming.
This seems to be an example of how technology has been sold to us ("the public" in this story) as an always-win net gain.
New is better than old. Expensive is better than cheap. Big is better than small.
This attitude is dangerous. Our collective faith is being misplaced in science and technology - both of which are important, but not perfect.
I tried an invite from Gmail to Hotmail and it came through fine for me.
Here is a screenshot of the new theme.
Actually, a reader pointed out only this morning that the MSNBC This Week in Pictures feature now does work in Firefox.
Here's the post discussed in the article.
I can speak to the accuracy of hybrid fuel economy numbers, but I did do a bit of research and ended up buying a small gas-only car instead. I found the fuel economy of the hybrids wasn't so much better that it warranted the significant price increase.
I wrote more about the issue on my weblog: Why I didn't buy a hybrid car.
According to this interview with Miguel de Icaza at OSNews, "Ximian is working on a native port of Evolution 2.0 to Windows using the WIMP engine to make the application look XP-native."
I imaging the reference to WIMP is the WIMP-GTK theme for GTK-on-Windows that mirrors the look of Windows.
This is how Gaim handles their Windows "port" (thought I don't think "port" is really the rigtht word.
I think it will work the same way as the Firefox artwork. We don't yet have the generic 'unofficial' artwork done for Thunderbird yet though.
As I'm sure lots of people will ask, the Thunderbird name is staying.
There's a great post by Jon Hick's about the design process for the new icon/logo.
Jon has been helping us with the visual identity work on Firefox and Thunderbird and doing some really great work.
Keep in mind, the artwork will continue to improve. Two issues we are particularly focused on improving are the small versions of the icons, and the visual consistency between the Firefox and the Thunderbird icons.
It's a Feature, not a Bug. Seriously though - that is partly what the search bar is for - to let you keep your search history.
The web-search (a9.com) when you are logged in does the same.
I whipped up a quick A9 Search Plugin for Firefox.
I think the original article on this is misleading enough that there should be another front page article, or at least an update to the original post to clear things up.
You asked "are you sure you have the right authority to say these things?"
Well, I don't have any authority on trademark issues for Mozilla, and I don't speak for the Foundation. However, I'm really just stating the facts here, not a policy or opinion.
You also said "Debian can't just use the flag and compile, because they have to be approved to use that artwork."
That's right. Debian has two options:
Both options seem quite reasonable to me.
There is a simple option for those that don't get official permission from the Mozilla Foundation to use the trademarked artwork.
A simple "--enable-official-branding" flag can be used when building to include the official artwork. Otherwise, generic versions of the artwork are included (which are free/open). This is being worked on as we speak and should be in the nightly builds this week.
Steven Garrity
Mozilla Visual Identity Team
A friend of mine has laid claim to the title, President of the Internet. The rules are simple - whoever is the #1 result in a Google search for "President of the Internet" is the winner.
Is this for real?
Fedora Core 2 will be based on 2.6.x. The first comes out in a few weeks (Feb 2) and the final is planned for April 2. See the fedora schedule for more details.
Agreed. I put in a humble donation and would encourage others to do the same.
To avoid an unnecessary page load on their server, here's a direct link to the bittorrent version.