Getting started with Mozilla

Getting started with Mozilla session at IIT Jodhpur.

References were also made to https://speakerdeck.com/vineel/mozilla and web links for contributing to Mozilla.

Transcript

1. Getting started with
2. The Web A living breathing ecosystem. A place to socialize. A place to build your dreams.
3. The Web But it was not always this way. Back to 2003. Sachin Tendulkar wins Man of the Tournament at ICC World Cup. But the Web was in danger.
6. • The web was becoming less transparent, less open. • 2003 – Mozilla Foundation is born. • Guard the open nature of internet. Video – The Mozilla Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmk43_2dtn0
7. • The internet is a critical public resource that must remain open and accessible to all. • Free & Open Source software developed and promoted through transparent, community process. • A Global community of hundreds of thousands of people with shared values. Video – The Mozilla Manifesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2udd765yVMc
8. Together we • Rebuilt the platform • Rebuilt the browser • Improved the web
9. Bringing the Change
10. Community is the backbone of Mozilla Project • Developing • Testing • Localizing • Marketing
11. Is (Mozilla == Firefox)? • There is a lot more to it. • Firefox • User Privacy : Do Not Track • Mobile: Firefox Mobile & Firefox OS • Open Web Apps • Persona
12. Choosing your area to contribute • Code • Support • Test • Localize & NeMo • Design • Educate: Webmaker • Spread
13. • Bragging Rights • Goodies • Events – Conferences, Campus Events • User Groups • Parties • Mailing Lists • “Its the responsibility & the freedom that I get as part of the community, let me do things that are larger than myself.”
14. • "..Students of Mozilla become mentors, each mentoring a few students of their own; it snowballs. Before you know it, you’ve grown to a community of millions...” • “It is these small incremental changes that foster growth and change the world."
15. Internet by the people. Internet for the people.