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Spreadfirefox.com update: Temporarily turning off email notifications

alixf — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:37:59 -0700

Dear SpreadFirefox member,

As you probably know, some spreadfirefox groups have been getting a lot of duplicate (or more!) postings. We have tracked down the issue and determined that this is happening in groups that have large number of people requesting email notifications. It has been a difficult problem but we have identified the issue and are working on a fix.

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Who is the Firefox user?

clairefirefox — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:15:53 -0700

Who are we? Who is the Firefox user? Hi! I’m Claire, living in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 22 years old. Currently, I’m working on my Master thesis Communication at the University of Amsterdam and for this I need your help. The subject of my thesis is the Firefox Community. Who is the Firefox user? Who is behind this great community and what drives them?

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Problem with Firefox Points Count

varun.jindal — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:00:38 -0700

Hi friends,

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I want to know something

Nicky — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:31:08 -0700

Will someone explain to me why all the effort to spread Firefox? I don't get it. Internet Explorer is a good browser even though Firefox is better, but it's not useless. And it's way ahead in market share, do we think we're going to topple the giant? IE is free, so that's not the angle. There's money in this for Mozilla somewhere, I know it. But why so much effort to kill the giant when it works?

Firefox Kicks IE'S Butt

Help with a campaign

polvi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:12:00 -0700

I'm looking for ideas and help with a campaign idea. If you're interested, check out my group: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/1962

Thanks!

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Microsoft's Browser Ad Campaign (at its finest)

Ken Saunders — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:29:09 -0700

The image below is a screen shot that I took while downloading Firefox 3 Portable beta 5 from (Cnet) download.com.

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affiliate link in outlook 2007

helicopterdan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:23:02 -0700

Can someone tell me how to put an affiliate link within outlook 2007 email? Is it possible
dan

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INTFOX, Spreading Firefox a friendly way!

a3.cube — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:06:53 -0700

My love for Firefox grows everyday and I can't just stop loving it. This prompted me to write a simple script that won't cause any nagging or annoyance to a website visitor whom am advertising Firefox to. User can also use it too. I called it INTFOX. You can visit the service via http://inturl.com/?intfox

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Kevin Rose wearing a Firefox T-shirt [Pic] ;-)

ottodv — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:04:07 -0700

Kevin Rose (one of the founders of Digg.com) was caught on camera wearing a Firefox T-shirt. For some reason that's the first thing that caught my eye ;-)

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Firefox Market Share over 30%

ottodv — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:11:02 -0800

The following text is a copy of: Firefox Market Share over 30%.

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I HAVE HAD ENOUGH

stormbringer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:38:58 -0800

I wanted to be a part of the SFX community. But I'm tired of posts being lost, destroyed, pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed and deleted. The browser "hangs" and I get error messages. But it's posted. Surprise! It's gone again!

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Bug report

stormbringer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:21:59 -0800

Still having problems posting. I'll write up something and hit the button to send it. The response is, "Problem loading page". The last time, with the humorous picture, I hit "submit" once. It was posted twice. Just so you know.

For the Record

Lame Propaganda Joke Thing

stormbringer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:22:56 -0800

Someone sent me a picture of three foxes. So, my deviant mind went here with it...

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Lame Propaganda Joke Thing

stormbringer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:45 -0800

Someone sent me a picture of three foxes. So, my deviant mind went here with it...

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3 Years Later

Ken Saunders — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:25:50 -0800

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Mozilla Messaging Starts up Operations

Ken Saunders — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:55:20 -0800

Source: mozilla.com/en-US/press

New open source organization kicks off development of Thunderbird 3

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - February 19, 2008 - Mozilla Messaging, the new mail focused subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, today announced that it has begun operations.

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Missing Material

stormbringer — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:05:23 -0800

I subscribe to the postings by e-mail. One arrived about "Where are all the groups"? Yes, I see fifteen groups as well.

But I'd like to know why so many posts do not show up. I could not reply to the original ("access denied"), and the topic itself seems to be gone. I have posted items myself that have disappeared.

This is discouraging.

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Whatever happened to all the groups?

ottodv — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:16:10 -0800

Whatever happened to all the groups? There are only a few left. For example I can't find the AccessFirefox group anymore and the Fire up the Fox group I created sometime ago is no longer accessible, even when logged in.

- Otto

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Firefox Download Counters

MichaelBuckley — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:38:51 -0800

I have made a few download counters that I have put on http://codefisher.org/firefox/

It comes in 3 formats. A button image in one of 6 colors that has the Firefox logo on it. As as image with just the the number that can be made in any color or font. Or as a JavaScript counter that ticks along to make it appear that the downloads are really happening.

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Firefoxload - Downloads Firefox for Seeding P2P Servers

OldRabbit — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:57:30 -0800

A Perl script to download the Firefox (or Thunderbird) executable for each locale, check the md5 sum, then rename according to the locale so that all the executables for the different locales can be hosted in a common directory on a P2P seeding server etc..

http://www.catnip.co.uk/projects/perl/firefoxload/

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Firefox, IE Vie for Popularity Among College Students

Ken Saunders — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:13:18 -0800

Source

To better understand the views, attitudes, and usage of various technologies and brands among college students, Eduventures conducted research of 18- to 24-year-old students enrolled full-time at a four-year college or university via a Web survey.

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Valuable Consumer Research

Ken Saunders — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:52:23 -0800

I believe that what I have is a decent view of the moods and feelings that average end users feel towards Firefox when they come across an Internet related technical problem.

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Raise Funds for a Good Cause

mathew.chacko — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:32:07 -0800

Choose Firefox Special Edition (for UNICEF, UNAIDS, Global Fund, etc.) and Mozilla foundation gives a portion of the generated money for good cause.

What need to be done?

* Make Good Cause Firefox (Special Edition theme)
* Make web pages for good cause
* Make Good cause downloadable button

Is this idea an interesting one?

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Firefox Red Panda plushies are back!!!!!

JustZisGuy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:56:03 -0800

I just noticed this, Firefox plushies are back in the Mozilla Store!

http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ9016&catid=0

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Thunderbird Buttons

ottodv — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:41:59 -0800

It's been pointed out a few times that we need more Thunderbird buttons (there's only one available on the buttons and banners page at this moment). However there have been more, so I took some time to find them and put them together in a page, with an easy copy and paste interface.

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More Blatant Promotion

stormbringer — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:51:10 -0800

A *very* short Weblog entry for 2 February 2008. This one is a little bit of text and two pictures, all about the Fox. http://stormbringer005.blogspot.com

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This Really Grinds My Gears

stormbringer — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:15:25 -0800

United Healthcare, a major insurance company in the US (and other international ventures), forbids Firefox, even as optional use. Worse, they're not bright enough to get IE7 working with their applications, it has to be IE6. In their buildings, fine, I guess, it's their equipment.

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The Phoenix Fox Project Open for all

FuzzyFox — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:52:13 -0800

We simply want to help people discover the internet in a new way and help them make the decision that best suits them. Or in other terms help them rediscover the web.

So we aim to:

* Provide tips and tricks that will
o help make online videos run smoothly
o give the best ways to search the internet
o etc...
* Show them the best downloads to help them do any number of things

The Phoenix Fox Project

Change Request: Sort Groups by number of subscribers

ottodv — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:59:06 -0800

There are so many groups now, that the overview is lost.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/og

I think we should list the groups by number of subscribers, so that the most popular ones appear on top, instead of hidden somewhere in pile.

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A dying project?

FuzzyFox — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:34:53 -0800

Is Firemonger coming to its end? It has always been so useful but recently it has fallen behind on its releases and is now way back on ff 2.0.0.1! But is it still a good idea?

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E-Mail Domain

stormbringer — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:29:30 -0800

I'd like to see a free Webmail domain set up for Firefox. Many special interest groups have them with their Websites. ItalianPride.com, several Free Tibet groups, Buddhamail (yes, really) and more. These come through Everyone.net. Advertising supported at the free level, and the opportunity to upgrade to more storage, POP3 access, etc.

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I did it again - post disappeared from group homepage.

ottodv — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:32:13 -0800

My previous post to this group disappeared from the home page of this group, because after it was posted I had to correct something and edited it. I should have known this because it happened to me before here on SFx, but forgot about it, because this is never a problem anywhere on any forum!

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I Am Personally Boycotting Foxkeh

stormbringer — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:12:01 -0800

Why would I do a thing like that? Because the Foxkeh monthly wallpapers are supporting the Beijing Olympics. Because of the ChiComs' record of abysmal human rights and their occupation of Tibet, I can no longer support this aspect of Mozilla's campaign.

Propaganda! (acquisition advertising and marketing)

About those pictures...

stormbringer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:17:12 -0800

I've read where it's suggested that we do Firefox stuff with the logo, take a picture and send it in to share. How? I found something on the old site, but that's being eliminated. Plus, I'm not sure I put it in the right place. Also, my Flickr posting on my account does not show up in the column on the right at Spreadfirefox.com.

What am I missing here? Instruction would be appreciated.

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MoCo Gets New CEO

Ken Saunders — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:03:20 -0800

Congratulations to John Lilly, the new chief executive officer of Mozilla Corporation.
Read more

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What's this doing on SFx?

ottodv — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:41:58 -0800

In continuation of JustZisGuy's post, what are these items doing on SFx:

Ziggy Marley releases live DVD
Replicating fixed position in Internet Explorer
MP3 Music Awards deemed a success

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Pro IE items

ottodv — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:15:24 -0800

I read the post by JustZisGuy http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/625 but I can't reply to his post, so restarting a disussion. I also feel those items to be inappropriate on this site as would be anything that is not related to Firefox.

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Losing Valuable SFx Content

Ken Saunders — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:40:17 -0800

I saw a post by Otto de Voogd mentioning dead links to the SFx archive site. I too am now discovering that I have many dead links pointing to SFx content that no longer exists. Why is Mozilla deleting the content at all? It's history, reference, and materials that took some quite a bit of time compile and there are quite a few sites that link to SFx articles and content.

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Firefox Mini

Syed Kazim — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:23:51 -0800

In my cellphone, I have Opera Mini, for more information, go to this site http://www.operamini.com/ , I was using it, and this thought came into my mind, is there a Firefox Mini?

So I searched the net, and came across Minimo (Mini Mozilla), on this page http://news.softpedia.com/news/FireFox-isn-039-t-enough-Mini-Mozilla-tak... , it says:

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In the news...

Sawyer — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:19:06 -0800

Lately there is some brewing news up on Google news w/ Firefox, and itself:

Firefox ,or Mozilla, has been in talk around the Market about NYSE messages. How Big Mozilla could be in the public markets and how much WORTH could the Company be.

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Facing the critics

stormbringer — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:20:08 -0800

Like any good religion, Firefox supporters need to be able to answer their critics. Sites like the one I just stumbled across make me wonder, "Why am I spreading Firefox, anyway?" Are there good responses to the issues raised here? http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html

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Disabling documents impossible

ottodv — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:25:42 -0800

I have disabled documents in the Community @ SFx forum, but people can still post documents. This must be some bug. I'd ask people to use the "Start a discussion" link rather than the "create document" link. With a document no-one can post a reply, which kind of defeats the purpose of our group.

- Otto

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Public Services in Brazil are adopting Firefox natural and gradually

sergio_br — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:14:58 -0800

At this exact moment, I am at a Public Internet access terminal in Sao Paulo - Brazil.
Although I have a computer at home, when I am away, it is interesting to access internet for free. This is a Sao Paulo government project to make internet accessible to all citizens. The system installed here is Linux, and Firefox is offered as one important option of browsers.

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Low-Key Efforts

stormbringer — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:33:16 -0800

I made a project for myself. Took the current download of FFX, wrote a document on why people should use it, some other stuff, and burned it onto CDs. Whenever I sell something on eBay, or bring it up in conversation, I'm ready to pass along a free bonus. I won't get "points" for it, but then, those points don't count for anything, anyway. Anyone else have creative ideas for offering FFX?

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Brazilian Government Bank recommends Firefox to clients as a secure option

sergio_br — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:29:21 -0800

Some time ago I started sending messages to the I.T. staff of the Brazilian Government Bank called "Caixa Economica Federal" because their website was not compatible with Firefox. There was a virtual keyboard that could be moved (dragged) only with IE browser, because of a non-standard javascript. I suggested them even code to solve the problem, as I am programmer.

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Firefox Live Support

ottodv — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:17:03 -0800

From: Live Support Launched today

Today we are officially opening our Live Chat support to users of Firefox. Users who can’t find their answer in the knowledge base or the forum can now get real time help troubleshooting their issues with more skilled Firefox users.

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The End of Netscape

ottodv — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:14:05 -0800

It doesn't seem anyone posted this yet on SFx: AOL has announced that it will discontinue development and support of Netscape and advises all Netscape users to switch to Firefox.

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Create discussion rather than a document or event

ottodv — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:11:36 -0800

Another tip, better create a discussion rather than a document, since no one can reply/react on a document. Maybe we should disable documents for this group? Opinions on that? Maybe there's a point to documents but for now it looks just like a discussion entry without the possibility to react.

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FFX Evangelism re-post

stormbringer — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:45:33 -0800

Since it was pointed out that edited posts wind up disappearing, I am putting this item up again. It's about presenting our views on why Firefox is a better browser, and suggestions on how to present our case. Also, some observations on how things can be/are done wrong.

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Editing a discussion topic removes it from group homepage

ottodv — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:16:59 -0800

I noticed another annoying bug, when you edit a discussion topic, that topic disappears from the group home page. I have seen it happen twice now. Once I re-created the topic to get it back.

So until this is fixed try not to edit a discussion topic but rather post a reply with your correction.

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Old pages and the links we lost!

ottodv — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:37:23 -0800

This is something that really bugs me, we have many years of content created on the old SFx. For example some time ago we ran a contest and most of the stuff about the contest was posted on SFx. So I have a page on my site where the first 3 links are to those pages on SFx, but all three links are now dead.

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This is a great Group

asa — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:00:16 -0800

Thanks for creating this group. We should consider making it an automatic subscribe when you create a new account at Spread Firefox. What do you think?

- A

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