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Excited About PHP Again - Brandon Savage

Planet PHP  Thu, 02/02/2012 - 21:23

Ten months ago when I started at Mozilla, I began transitioning away from PHP and into Python and Django.

This was inevitable: the Mozilla Webdev team favors Python over PHP in almost every webapp (Socorro is the critical exception).

However, over time I had become disillusioned with the direction that PHP was taking. The project [...]


 

Google, Mozilla, Wikipedia Fight SOPA Piracy Bill

InformationWeek Internet News  Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:15

Blacked-out websites and calls-to-action appear across the Web to protest proposed SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills.


 

Behind the Mozilla Apps Developer Preview

Linux Today  Sat, 12/17/2011 - 13:00

Binary Sunrise: On Tuesday, we launched a developer preview of the Mozilla Apps project, something I've been working on for the better part of the year.


 

How Google Can Deal a Death Blow to Firefox

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sun, 12/04/2011 - 12:00

Firefox's future has never been as uncertain as it is right now. Let's start with the market share numbers and work our way from there.

Depending on which web analytics firm you put your faith into, Mozilla's browser has either given up it's second place position to Google's Chrome browser, or is really close to doing so.

NetMarketShare, for...


 

W3C Proposes Do Not Track Privacy Standard

InformationWeek Internet News  Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:25

Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Apple, privacy groups, and online advertising associations work to balance consumers' interests with Web companies' requirements for user data.


 

Mozilla/Microsoft deal: What's the problem?

Linux Today  Fri, 10/28/2011 - 20:03

IT World: "It's pretty much an open secret why Mozilla partnered with Microsoft on this project: revenue."


 

Mozilla and Microsoft release custom Firefox with Bing

Digg / Tech Industry News  Wed, 10/26/2011 - 14:34

Mozilla and MIcrosoft have teamed up to release a special version of Firefox that integrates Bing as the default search engine.


 

Video: Inside the new Mozilla Toronto Office

Linux Today  Fri, 09/09/2011 - 15:00

InternetNews: Mozilla Toronto recently moved offices and I got the chance to check out their new digs.


 

Google dumps Firefox toolbar; is a split with Mozilla next?

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 07/23/2011 - 11:31

Mozilla, you’ve just been dumped. Google Chrome is taking share away from Mozilla Firefox at an alarming rate, and Google announced ...


 

What do you want the web to be? - Brandon Savage

Planet PHP  Mon, 07/11/2011 - 17:54

Five months ago, I had an opportunity to accept a contract to work at Mozilla as part of the webdev team. There was a match for my skills on a contract basis, and even though it meant leaving permanent employment for the uncertain world of contracting, I knew it was something I would never forgive [...]