Now that this key achievement is becoming evident in more and better quality browsers, Mozilla is looking forwards because it must remain competitive in the browser arena and should broaden its scope into mobile and apps and maintain its sustainability.
This graphic presentation shows the importance of the 500 localisers for the Mozilla projects. They are positioned right in between the Mozilla employees and the volunteers who donate code. Their effort to internationalise and localise has been key to stimulate the use of the Internet worldwide.
Localisation for MediaWiki and several other projects is done at translatewiki.net. Over 2,700 people receive the TWN-newsletter. Their contributions make a difference to some of the most relevant projects. With a localised browser and with projects in people's own language, the Internet gains relevance for an increasing number of people.
Thanks,
GerardM
2 comments:
I wish Mozilla's localization was as comfortable and automated as MediaWiki's. Getting a correction into the Hebrew translation of Mozilla is a very complicated process for someone who doesn't have write access to the code repository - and i know some of the Hebrew localizers personally. "Too much bureaucracy", they say.
Thanks for the positive feedback, Amir. That's almost the best compliment a platform like translatewiki.net can get (aside from Mozilla starting to use it...).
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