Mozilla.org - An Open Source possibility?

[Tom Buskey]

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 15:35, Brian Chabot wrote:
> Jon maddog Hall wrote:
> 
> > Interesting.
> > 
> > "All the Mozilla that is fit to print".
> > 
> > In lieu of news, how about a "hints and kinks" corner?
> 
> I know you probably meant a *Linux* hints and tips, but a Mozilla one 
> would be nice, too.
> 
> Personally I use Mozilla on all my computers and when I install it there 
> are a few additional components I usually add to it such as the Calendar 
> module and AdBlock.  It would be nice to see links to "Additional 
> Components and Features" on the front page.

Me too.  And BannerBlind.  And PrefTools.

> 
> Good things might be localized versions/language packs, themes, major 
> components (like the calendar), minor enhancements (AdBlock, Blog 
> plugins), etc.

Just a link to http://Mozdev.org would do it.

> Another feature it took me loads of digging to find is that Mozilla does 
> in fact still have Palm conduits for M$ Windows in the CVS tree.  It 
> seems that entire feature (Palm sync in general) has been brushed to the 
> wayside as the developers consider it bloat.  Great, but what about an 
> .XPI as an optional component?

I see it mentioned in the release notes for 1.6a.  I thought I saw an
XPI for it too...

> 
> Don't get me wrong... I love Mozilla... but its still far from perfect 
> for the non-geek end-user.
> 
> Brian
> 
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