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src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> </ol> <div class="more-link"></div> <h3>Top 5 Affiliates</h3> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.craigslist.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">craigslist</a> </dt> <dd class="status"> 9,591 </dd> <dd class="sfx-page"> <a href="?q=user/view/69359" class="avatar avatar-sfx-page"><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> <li class="light"> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://toplist.raidrush.ws/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">topliste</a> </dt> <dd class="status"> 7,356 </dd> <dd class="sfx-page"> <a href="?q=user/view/197841" class="avatar avatar-sfx-page"><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.usenet.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Usenet</a> </dt> <dd class="status"> 6,816 </dd> <dd class="sfx-page"> <a href="?q=user/view/101169" class="avatar avatar-sfx-page"><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> <li class="light"> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.torrents.to/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">torrents s...</a> </dt> <dd class="status"> 6,335 </dd> <dd class="sfx-page"> <a href="?q=user/view/131982" class="avatar avatar-sfx-page"><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://isohunt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">isoHunt - ...</a> </dt> <dd class="status"> 6,078 </dd> <dd class="sfx-page"> <a href="?q=user/view/46279" class="avatar avatar-sfx-page"><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/themes/spreadfirefox/avatar_sfx_tiny.png" alt="sfx page"/></a> </dd> </dl> </li> </ol> <div class="more-link"><a href="?q=affiliates/top250">view top 250</a> | <a href="?q=node/view/8874#Abuse">report abuse</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-29"> <h2 class="title"><span>Featured Projects</span></h2> <div class="content"><ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxflicks.com/">Firefox Flicks</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="node/23210">SpreadFirefox Japan</a></strong> </li><li><strong><a href="taxonomy/term/34">Volunteer Spotlight</a></strong> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.accessfirefox.com/">Access Firefox</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.foxiewire.com/" title="News site dedicated to everything Mozilla">Foxiewire</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://digg.com/search?s=firefox&submit=Search&section=news&type=both&area=dig&age=7&sort=new&search-buried=1">Digg Firefox Today</a><br/> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Firefox/3640-2356_4-10597816.html?tag=tab_ur">Download.com Feedback</a> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://lachy.id.au/dev/mozilla/firefox/campaign/5minute/challenge">Take the Five Minute Challenge</a> <br/> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firemonger.info/">Spread Firefox with Firemonger</a><br/> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxies.com/">Firefoxies</a> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxgotyourback.com/">Firefox Got Your Back</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://trueheroes.dreamhosters.com/">Everyday Hero</a> </li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.spotthefox.com/" title="Spot the Fox">Spot the Fox Community</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://difundefirefox.com/">difundefirefox.com</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-20"> <h2 class="title"><span>Spot the Fox! Photo Galleries</span></h2> <div class="content"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 247px; height: 57px;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="48"><a href="?q=image"><img width="59" height="39" border="0" alt="Share photos of your Spread Firefox activities!" title="Share photos of your Spread Firefox activities!" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.graphicsguru.com/PhotoGalleries.gif"/></a> </td> <td width="183"> Share photos of Spread<br/> Firefox activities!</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <center> <a href="?q=node/add/image">Submit Photos</a> - <a href="?q=image">View Galleries</a> </center> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> </div> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-45"> <h2 class="title"><span>Get Your Firefox On!</span></h2> <div class="content"><table><tr><td><img width="63" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="56" border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.graphicsguru.com/MozillaJacket.gif" title="Mozilla Store" alt="Mozilla Store"></td><td>Show your support! Firefox CDs, t-shirts, stickers and other cool stuff. Visit the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.mozillastore.com/" rel="nofollow">Mozilla Store</a>.</td></tr></table> </div> </div> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-48"> <h2 class="title"><span>Need Help?</span></h2> <div class="content"><ul> <li><a href="forum/30" rel="nofollow">Spread Firefox Site Support</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.mozilla.com/support/" rel="nofollow">Firefox Support</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="hide"/> <div class="centercolumn"> <div class="centerpadding"> <div class="main-content" id="main">   <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28756" title="Spread Firefox V.2 Getting Closer">Spread Firefox V.2 Getting Closer</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/4"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/asa.gif" alt="asa" align="top"></a> on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 19:14<a href="taxonomy/term/26">Spreading Firefox</a></div> <div class="content"> <p>We're making good progress on the next iteration of Spread Firefox and we'd like to expand the number of people participating so today we're opening up the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://newsfx.spreadfirefox.com/">SFX2 beta</a> to everyone here. </p> <p>You can log in with your same SFX username and password.</p> <p>The two links you'll want to check out first are Rhian's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://newsfx.spreadfirefox.com/createproject">intro to the new project structure</a> and the project I created for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://newsfx.spreadfirefox.com/node/168">SFX2 beta feedback</a>.</p> <p>The major change you'll notice right off is that we've rearranged SFX from a site that revolved around blog posts and discussion, to a site that revolves around projects and the tools needed to run those projects. </p> <p>This is the first pass and we've no doubt got a long ways to go before we have everything we want, but it's been far too long since we refreshed things here and so we'd rather err on the side of opening it up early than find ourselves in the new year without a new SFX. </p> <p>So, please head over to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://newsfx.spreadfirefox.com/">SFX2 beta site</a>, poke around, and let us know what's working and what's not. </p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_off.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="blog/4" title="Read asa's latest blog entries.">asa's blog</a> | <a href="node/28756#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">2 comments</a> | 652 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28653" title="Extend Firefox 2 is here!">Extend Firefox 2 is here!</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/188053"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/rhian.gif" alt="rhian" align="top"></a> on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 20:18</div> <div class="content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.extendfirefox.com/"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/basec/70782/1441176/extend_728x90.gif?AWSAccessKeyId=1RF809NDDCNB7616HJ02&Expires=1194369638&Signature=b%2BnuNE05e5R51kjl4euclGl9geA%3D" style="padding-top: 1em;"/></a> <p>Will you be the brain behind the next great web innovation? Get ready to show the world what you’re made of… Extend Firefox 2 is here!</p> <p>Extend Firefox 2 is a developer contest with prizes awarded for creating new Firefox Add-ons. All entries will be judged by a panel of experts, with three Grand Prizes and twelve Runner-up Prizes awarded for entries that demonstrate excellence in user experience, innovativeness, and use of open standards. </p><p>Our panel of judges includes: </p> <ul> <li>Garrett Camp - Founder & Chief Product Officer of StumbleUpon </li> <li>Brendan Eich – CTO of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript </li> <li>Tariq Krim - Founder and CEO of Netvibes </li> <li>Jesse James Garrett – President of Adaptive Path </li> <li>Joshua Schachter - Founder of del.icio.us, Director of Engineering, Yahoo! </li> </ul> <p>So what are you waiting for? Start creating! This contest runs through December 31, 2007. Get more info and stay on top of contest news at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://labs.mozilla.com/contests/extendfirefox/">Extend Firefox</a> site.</p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="node/28653#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">10 comments</a> | 3569 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28643" title="Mozilla & Firefox messaging">Mozilla & Firefox messaging</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/204049"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/jslater.gif" alt="jslater" align="top"></a> on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 23:19<a href="taxonomy/term/26">Spreading Firefox</a></div> <div class="content"> <p>As you know, the challenge of communicating the nature of Mozilla and the benefits of Firefox is not for the faint of heart. We've probably all had the experience of occasionally being met with vacant stares from friends, family, spouses, etc when trying to explain why we do what we do.<br><br>So, we've created two documents to help make talking about Mozilla and Firefox a little easier. They're still very much works in progress, but we wanted to go ahead and share them. The idea is that they're aimed at the broader consumer audience (rather than developers and other tech experts), as they're the people who probably need this info the most.<br><br>Here at Mozilla, we'll be using these docs as a checklist of sorts whenever we launch a new campaign. For example, when we developed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.giantspatula.com/?p=8" rel="nofollow">our latest round of Firefox banner ads</a> a few weeks ago, we made sure they were themed around concepts from this document (security and customization, to be specific).<br><br>Although we're by no means saying that you have to use these points when you spread Firefox (or Mozilla), we're hoping that they prove useful. Our basic idea is that, whether you're writing a blog post, speaking at a conference or just talking to a person on the street, these can be handy ways of explaining to people why they should make the switch to Firefox or what exactly Mozilla is all about.<br><br>It's also worth noting that this is very much a beta release...we'll certainly continue refining these documents as we go, and are counting on your input to help with that. One great way you all could help would be to test these points out on your non-technical friends and family members...what do they look for in a browser? Are they even aware that browser choices exist? And are these specific points compelling and useful in explaining the benefits of Firefox and Mozilla?<br><br>The actual documents:<br>* <a href="node/28640" rel="nofollow">Firefox messaging</a><br>* <a href="node/28642" rel="nofollow">Mozilla messaging</a><br><br>More background, details and context:<br>* <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.intothefuzz.com/2007/10/24/talking-about-firefox/" rel="nofollow">Post on my blog about the Firefox messaging</a><br>* <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://icouldntfindanypaper.blogspot.com/2007/10/release-of-mozilla-and-firefox.html" rel="nofollow">Melissa Shapiro's blog post about the Mozilla messaging</a><br><br>Thanks!<br>John</p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="blog/204049" title="Read jslater's latest blog entries.">jslater's blog</a> | <a href="node/28643#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">6 comments</a> | 2018 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28636" title="Firefox Online Advertising Mashup">Firefox Online Advertising Mashup</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/187399"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/drolnitzky.gif" alt="drolnitzky" align="top"></a> on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 22:08<a href="taxonomy/term/27">Personal</a></div> <div class="content"> <p>We recently launched a couple of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.giantspatula.com/?p=8" rel="nofollow">online banners</a> with, what we feel, are strong differentiated messages from our competition -- "security" and "customization".  We've been testing these banners out in the wild to see how users respond (in the form of click and ultimately Firefox downloads) for a few weeks now and plan to continue the test through the end of this month.  You can read the full details of the campaign <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.giantspatula.com/?p=8" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p>I've posted the files that we used for this program at the url below.  Please feel free to take these files and post them on your website or blog, or take it a step further and generate your own Firefox animated banner.   We'll continue to post the source files as we try out different messages and mediums in the future.  This idea (and we think it's a great one) came from a comment by Percy on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.intothefuzz.com/2007/10/04/new-approaches-to-an-old-challenge/#comments" rel="nofollow">this post</a> about the program.<br></p><p>Download the flash files <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.giantspatula.com/mozilla/0710_flashfiles/mozilla_fla_files.zip" rel="nofollow">here</a>:<br></p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png"></a><br>This work by <a cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.mozilla.com/" property="attributionName" rel="attributionURL" rel="nofollow">Mozilla</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License</a>.</p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_off.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="blog/187399" title="Read drolnitzky's latest blog entries.">drolnitzky's blog</a> | <a href="user/login">login</a> or <a href="user/register">register</a> to post comments | 1708 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28632" title="Your Mission: Spread Firefox One Giant Sticker at a Time">Your Mission: Spread Firefox One Giant Sticker at a Time</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/204049"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/jslater.gif" alt="jslater" align="top"></a> on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 18:01<a href="taxonomy/term/26">Spreading Firefox</a></div> <div class="content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.operationfirefox.com/"><img style="margin-top:1em;" src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/galleries/Picture%201.preview.png"/></a></p><p>We launched a new program/contest yesterday called <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.operationfirefox.com/">Operation Firefox</a>. To me it feels like a great fit for Spread Firefox, because it's all about being as creative as possible, and should be a lot of fun for anyone who wants to get involved. Andrew Stein's recent post on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2007/10/23/your-mission-spread-firefox-one-giant-sticker-at-a-time/">the Mozilla Blog</a> has all the details:</p> <blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">Are you ready to infiltrate society and spread Firefox one sticker at a time? Operation Firefox is currently recruiting agents to place huge 3.5' Firefox stickers where the world will see them. In addition to worldwide notoriety, you might wind up with a new MacBook Pro or a Nintendo Wii.</p><p>Operation Firefox began last summer as a project initiated by the Mozilla Marketing interns. We had seen what the Mozilla community produced before, including the New York Times ad, the Firefox crop circle, and the Firefox Flicks context, and decided to step up to the challenge and create another opportunity for Mozilla fans to show off their creativity.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This newest campaign puts <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://store.mozilla.org/product.php?code=MZ9010&catid=13">3.5' Firefox stickers</a> in the hands of our community and looks for creative new ways to share Firefox with the world. Ultimately our goal is to get 50 great photos of the Firefox logo in situations that promote some of the defining characteristics of the Web browser: performance, security, customization and community.</p><p>The contest is two-tiered: first, we're putting out a call for the 50 best 'placements' for these stickers (due November 9th). Then, the most creative agents will receive a fathead sticker to complete their mission: take a photograph and submit before December 3rd. All 50 photos will be displayed on the Operation Firefox website, but the four best ones will receive a new MacBook Pro or Nintendo Wii. </p><p>Do you think you have what it takes to be an Operation Firefox agent? To learn more about the contest and how to participate, visit <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.operationfirefox.com/">www.operationfirefox.com</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>We certainly hope that you guys will get involved and submit ideas for the contest, but even if not we'd really appreciate if you could <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://digg.com/software/Your_Mission_Spread_Firefox_One_Giant_Sticker_at_a_Time">Digg it</a>  and generally spread the word to people you think might be interested. Thanks!</p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="blog/204049" title="Read jslater's latest blog entries.">jslater's blog</a> | <a href="node/28632#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">13 comments</a> | 2165 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28610" title="Heard on the radio: "Switch to Firefox!"">Heard on the radio: "Switch to Firefox!"</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by <a href="/web/20071117134353/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/141775"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/files/administrators/icons/paul.gif" alt="paul" align="top"></a> on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 21:47<a href="taxonomy/term/36">Mainstream Press</a></div> <div class="content"> <p>A couple of folks here at Mozilla in Mountain View mentioned hearing some enthusiastic recommendations for Firefox this morning on KQED radio's Forum show. Here's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R710180900">the show archive</a>; the segment is a talk about the Web 2.0 Summit and the clip about Firefox starts at about 45:30. The guests are journalists <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://yahoo.businessweek.com/bios/Sarah_Lacy.htm">Sarah Lacy</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/brad_stone/index.html">Brad Stone</a>. Sarah mentions the Firefox crop circle and the efforts by thousands of individual people to help Firefox gain momentum.</p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_off.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="blog/141775" title="Read pkim's latest blog entries.">pkim's blog</a> | <a href="node/28610#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">1 comment</a> | 2395 reads</div> </div> <div class="node"> <h2><a href="node/28485" title="Spread Firefox in Mexico: Chris Hofmann at the 6th Gnu & Linux Festival">Spread Firefox in Mexico: Chris Hofmann at the 6th Gnu & Linux Festival</a></h2> <div class="info">Posted by alixmoz on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 17:50<a href="taxonomy/term/92">International Marketing</a></div> <div class="content"> <p>Chis Hofmann from Mozilla will be speaking at the 6th GNU & Linux Festival, which takes place on November 15-17th in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.</p><p><br>Are you planning on attending, how about joining Chris for a Mozilla Meetup?<br></p><p>If you can't attend, we would love hear from you -- whether you're already contributing or interested in participating in Mozilla projects in Mexico. They include thinking about how to spread Firefox, and also investigating whether it makes sense to build a localized version of Firefox (es-MX).</p><p><br>For more information on the conference: <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://fsl.udg.mx/" title="http://fsl.udg.mx/" rel="nofollow">http://fsl.udg.mx/</a><br> </p> <div id="nodevote result"><br/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/><img src="/web/20071117134353im_/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/modules/nodevote/star_on.png"/></div> </div> <div class="links"><a href="node/28485#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">1 comment</a> | 2895 reads</div> </div> <div id="pager" class="container-inline"><div class="pager-first"> </div><div class="pager-previous"><div class="pager-first"> </div></div><div class="pager-list"><strong>1</strong> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=7">2</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=14">3</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=21">4</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=28">5</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=35">6</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=42">7</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=49">8</a></div> <div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=56">9</a></div> <div class="pager-list-dots-right">...</div></div><div class="pager-next"><a href="node?from=7">next page</a></div><div class="pager-last"><a href="node?from=616">last page</a></div></div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <hr class="hide"/>  <div id="footer" class="footer"> <p> <p> </p><center><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Spread Firefox is built on the <a title="Drupal" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a> open source content management platform as Mozilla's official community marketing site.<br/>Special thanks to <a title="Glaxstar" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.glaxstar.com/?sfx">Glaxstar</a> & <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.graphicsguru.com/" target="_blank">GraphicsGuru</a> for the donation of software development & graphics design services.</span><br/> <br/><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Mozilla and Firefox Logos are registered trademarks of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.mozilla.org/about/" title="Mozilla Foundation" target="_blank">Mozilla Foundation</a> .<br/>For licensing and usage guidelines, please see the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html" target="_blank">Mozilla Trademark Policy</a> .</span></center><p> </p> </p> </div>  </div> </div> <map name="Map" id="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="149,143,285,168" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxflicks.com/adcontest" target="_self" alt="Ad Contest"/> <area shape="rect" coords="150,172,285,195" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxflicks.com/adcontest/submit.php" target="_self" alt="Submit Ad"/> <area shape="rect" coords="147,267,283,293" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxflicks.com/testimonials/" target="_self" alt="Testimonials"/> <area shape="rect" coords="149,294,282,322" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://video2.spreadfirefox.com/" target="_self" alt="Record your own"/> <area shape="rect" coords="4,2,343,71" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071117134353/http://www.firefoxflicks.com/" target="_self" alt="Firefox Flicks"/> </map> </body> </html>

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