I work for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation (not to be confused with the Mozilla Corporation, the Foundation's subsidiary responsible for the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client). For more about me and what I'm doing, see the “Personal” section of this page and my weblog entries below.
Entries for July 2006
Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/28
This is my report on activities of the Mozilla Foundation for the week ending July 28, 2006. ...
mozilla/foundation-activities-2006-07-28
2006-07-31
Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/21
This is my report on activities of the Mozilla Foundation for the week ending July 21, 2006. Note that I was out of the office on vacation for most of the week. ...
mozilla/foundation-activities-2006-07-21
2006-07-25
Extensionless URIs for Blosxom entries
This post introduces the Blosxom plugin
"extensionless". Ever since reading
the essay "Cool URIs don't
change" I've wanted to change
my web site to conform to some of its recommendations, including the
recommendation to omit file extensions (e.g., ".html") on
URIs. Unfortunately standard Blosxom requires that a file extension be
present in a URI for an individual entry (e.g.,
http://www.example.com/foo.html) to distinguish it from a URI for a
category (e.g., http://www.example.com/foo). How to fix this?
...
2006-07-23
Usage guidelines for the feed icon
Earlier I posted about a proposed Mozilla Foundation approach to promoting use of the "feed icon" (also known as the "RSS icon"):
As part of that approach I proposed having the Foundation (or some
other organization) publish a set of usage guidelines for the feed
icon as used in association with open web
syndication formats
such as RSS and
Atom. This
document contains a first draft of such proposed guidelines
the (hopefully final) draft of the guidelines.
...
2006-07-21
Frequently asked questions about the feed icon usage guidelines
This FAQ attempts to answer a variety of questions that might be asked
about the usage guidelines that we've proposed for the "feed
icon" (also known as the "RSS icon")
that the Mozilla Foundation is promoting for use in association with
open web syndication
formats such as
RSS and
Atom.
...
2006-07-21
The feedback plugin, an alternative to writeback
When I originally put up my blog one of the major things lacking was support for comments and TrackBacks. After looking at the various alternatives (the writeback plugin, the writebackplus plugin, and so on) I decided to embark on a complete rewrite of the writeback plugin in order to support my particular requirements for a comments system. After much struggle I created an initial version of my feedback plugin for publication and use on my site; since that time I've upgraded the plugin and incorporated bug fixes suggested by various people. ...
2006-07-20
Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/14
This is my report on activities of the Mozilla Foundation for the week ending July 14, 2006. ...
mozilla/foundation-activities-2006-07-14
2006-07-17
Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/07/07
This is my report on activities of the Mozilla Foundation for the week ending July 7, 2006. ...
mozilla/foundation-activities-2006-07-07
2006-07-10
Mozilla Foundation grants
In past blog posts I've mentioned Mozilla Foundation grants that we've made for various purposes; in this post I go into more detail about what kind of grants we're making, why we're making them, and how you can be a part of it all. ...
2006-07-08
Mozilla Foundation activities, week ending 2006/06/30
This is my report on activities of the Mozilla Foundation for the week ending June 30, 2006. ...
mozilla/foundation-activities-2006-06-30
2006-07-03