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Mozilla Links - English Edition
Issue # 1 - September 2, 2003
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After a very busy month since the idea came from the Mozilla
Marketing Mailing List, finally, here it is.
Welcome to the first issue of the Mozilla Links Newsletter.
You will find simple, brief, valuable and centralized information
about everything Mozilla: the main project, independent projects
running here and there to extend Mozilla products' capabilities, tips
for people starting with these products and not so starters and a
chance for everybody to let his/her voice be counted on our monthly
polls.
We hope you find this information valuable and ejoy it. We appreciate
suggestions and comments you may have, as we are loking forward for
improvement.
Once again, thank you for subscribing!
Percy Cabello
Mozilla Links
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In this issue:
1. BETTER MOZILLA
- Linky
- Adjust Web Pages Text Size
- Search With Your Favorite Engine From The Location Bar
2. THE NEWS
- Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released
- Mozilla Foundation Donations Now Tax-Deductible
- RJ Tarpley's Coffee Company Launches Range of Mozilla Coffees
- MozillaZine is Five: 1998-2003
3. MOZILLA INSIDER
4. MOZILLA PROJECTS: Download Statusbar and Independent Status Reports
5. MOZILLA LINKS POLL: Favorite Mozilla Products
6. CONTACT INFO
1. BETTER MOZILLA
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Featured Extension: Linky
Linky will increase your power to handle links. It will let you open
or download all or selected links, image links and even web addresses
found in the text in separate or different tabs or windows. You will
just need to right click any link or web address, select the Linky
menu item and choose the desired action. You can even specify what
option you want to see available in the Linky menu through its
preferences.
You can get this a very small download (about 30KB) and learn more
about it here:
http://linky.mozdev.org
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Mozilla Links Tip: Adjust Web Pages Text Size
In Mozilla browsers, you can change the text size of any web page
with keyboard shortcuts. To increase the text size press Ctrl and + at
the same time. To decrease, press Ctrl and - at the same time. If
using a wheel mouse, you can press Ctrl and scroll down to increase
or Ctrl and scroll up to decrease. Press Ctrl + 0 (in the main keypad,
not in the numeric pad) to restore text to its original size.
(Note: Mac users should use the Command key instead of Ctrl)
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Mozilla Links PowerTip: Search With Your Favorite Engine From The
Location Bar
(contributed by Daniel Wang, edited by Percy Cabello)
You can use the Bookmark Keyword feature to create a shortcut to your
favorite search engine, for example, you could just type "g inca" in
the Location Bar to start a Google search for "inca" empire.
To do this:
1 - Make a search on your favorite search engine (in this
example, Google).
2 - When results appear, bookmark the page.
3 - Go to Bookmark Manager. Select the bookmark and press Properties
4 - In the Location text box locate the terms you typed for the search
and replace them for %s (in Google it will look like
http://www.google.com/search?q=%s).
5 - Set the keyword to your preference (for example "g", without
quotes)
6 - Now you can make searches from the location bar just entering the
keyword folowed by the search terms!
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Want more tips? Try the TipBar Extension to get the Tip of the Day in
Mozilla Firebird. Grab it at: http://tipbar.mozdev.org
You can also visit http://www.mozillatips.com for more "fun tips for
your favorite browser".
Have a Tip or a PowerTip? Let other users know it by sending it to
[E-mail:newsletter-feedback@mozilla.org]
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2. THE NEWS
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(contributed by MozillaZine, your source for Mozilla news and
advocacy http://www.mozillazine.org )
Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released
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On Wednesday 27th August, mozilla.org released Mozilla 1.5 Beta. Amongst
the usual improvements, there's a range of Mail & Newsgroups
enhancements and a major update to ChatZilla, the IRC client. This is
also the first milestone to include a spellchecker.
Mozilla 1.5 Beta Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.5b/
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3635
Mozilla Foundation Donations Now Tax-Deductible
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Via an arrangement with the Open Source Applications Foundation,
donations to the Mozilla Foundation are now tax-deductible under IRC
Section 501(c)(3) of the United States tax code. The Mozilla Foundation
does not yet have the required certification for exemption under
501(c)(3) but OSAF does. Essentially, you send your donation to OSAF and
they then pass it all on to the Mozilla Foundation.
Mozilla Foundation donations page:
http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/donate.html
Full story: http://prod.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3641
RJ Tarpley's Coffee Company Launches Range of Mozilla Coffees
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RJ Tarpley's Coffee Company has dedicated a special selection of gourmet
coffees to help benefit the Mozilla Foundation. RJ Tarpley's will split
half the profit on all orders directly to The Mozilla Foundation. If
someone would like to choose another selection from the site that is not
on the Mozilla page, simply put a note in the comments to support
Mozilla and the Foundation will get the credit.
RJ Tarpley's Mozilla Coffees: http://www.rjtarpleys.com/mozillacoffee.html
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3599
MozillaZine is Five: 1998-2003
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MozillaZine, the Mozilla news and advocacy site, celebrated its fifth
anniversary on monday, September 1. The site has a special section to
mark the occasion.
MozillaZine - 5 Years: http://www.mozillazine.org/5years/
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3651
3. MOZILLA INSIDER
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(contributed by Alex Bishop)
Mozilla Thunderbird, mozilla.org's standalone mail and newsgroups
client, will soon have its second milestone release. So-called release
candidates, or test versions, of Thunderbird 0.2 can be found in these
two dated FTP directories (if there is more than one build available for
your operating system, select the newest one):
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/2003-09-01-trunk/
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/2003-08-26-trunk/
Developer Scott MacGregor has posted information about the release
candidates to the MozillaZine Forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=169278#169278
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=173982#173982
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=177808#177808
The Mozilla Thunderbird Roadmap has more information about future
development plans:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/roadmap.html
The version of the ChatZilla IRC client distributed with the Mozilla
Application Suite has been upped to 0.9.28 (bug 210744). The program now
makes use of parts of the Venkman Application Framework:
http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/venkman/techtalk/
Speaking of Venkman, version 0.9.78 of the JavaScript Debugger now ships
with the Mozilla Application Suite (bug 216452). Amongst other
improvements, this version makes it easier to set and clear breakpoints
and fixes the problem where the cursor would be left one character
before the end of the line after using the up arrow to recall a previous
command.
There are bug fixes for email and newsgroup users too: sending messages
with background images now works again (bug 116867 and bug 170504). And
users of the Compo
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