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The Mozilla Project: A Great Place for Education and Research

The Mozilla Project: A Great Place for Education and Research. Chris Hofmann Brazil June 2009 chofmann@mozilla.org. Mozilla Has Reach and Impact. 100 Million Active Daily Users 300 Total World Wide Users About 22% Browser Marketshare

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The Mozilla Project: A Great Place for Education and Research

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  1. The Mozilla Project: A Great Place for Education and Research Chris Hofmann Brazil June 2009 chofmann@mozilla.org

  2. Mozilla Has Reach and Impact • 100 Million Active Daily Users • 300 Total World Wide Users • About 22% Browser Marketshare • Good experiments research that get included in Firefox will reach users and have impact on improving the web.

  3. Not only Many Users, • Many Participants and Contributors

  4. Mozilla is a different kind of organization • Our main goal is to influence choice, openness and innovation on the web • Driven by creating trust, engagement, and participation driven by passion

  5. Keep asking the tough questions • Is the web and the browser fast enough? • Is it secure and safe enough? • Is it “interoperable / compatible” enough? • Does it reach enough people, on enough devices, and in enough languages? • Is it easy enough to use? • Is it useful? • Lets find answers to these questions and more.

  6. Places to Get Involved • Marketing Experiments and Campaigns • Software Quality • software testing - bugzilla theoretical metrics, code coverage, hands on bug days • crash analysis • security research • static and code analysis Browser Innovation and Experimentation • addon development, developer.mozilla.org addons.mozilla.org • design experimentation - labs.mozilla.org projects Software Engineering and Core Hacking - bugzilla, wiki.mozilla.org Curriculum Development for all these areas

  7. Programs - Labs • labs.mozilla.org - design challenges

  8. http://labs.mozilla.org • Easy To Get Involved with Design Challenges • Come up with an interesting idea • Create a simple mockup • Create a video that explains your idea • Upload to Flickr, Vimeo or YouTube • Tag it “mozconcept” • E-mail conceptseries@mozilla.com with links to your mockup and video. • Awards for Innovation, Execution, Interaction, Producible, + People’s Choice Award

  9. Programs + SoC • Google Summer of Code • http://socghop.appspot.com/program/home/google/gsoc2009

  10. Programs - Internships • Mozilla Internships • Follow Along with interesting activity • Jump In and adding value where you see an opportunity • Building Your Reputation in the community with contribution • Apply for Internship • http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/careers.html

  11. Some Interns Became Famous ;-)

  12. Programs • Mozilla Education – Building Links Between Mozilla Education Organizations Around the World • http://education.mozilla.org/Education/

  13. Seneca College as the Model

  14. Mozilla Education • Follow along on Blogs, Meetings, Newsgroups, and IRC • http://education.mozilla.org/planet/ • http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.education/topics • Weekly status meetings • http://education.mozilla.org/Education/StatusMeetings • #education on the Mozilla IRC network Ask “humph” on IRC or david.humphrey@senecac.on.ca for help

  15. Mozilla Education • Get the latest on interesting student projects at: • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/#Student_Projects • Available student projects – 67 in the queue • Assigned student projects – 6 Currently Assigned • Resolved student projects – 7 Projects Completed

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