Comments on: Firefox China Edition http://www.flibblesan.co.uk/2008/11/firefox-china-edition/ Internet & technology news with a splash of randomness Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: flibble http://www.flibblesan.co.uk/2008/11/firefox-china-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 flibble Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:48:49 +0000 http://flibblesan.co.uk/2008/11/26/firefox-china-edition/#comment-1198 Indeed. Some websites are making an effort to work in Firefox but sadly some still rely on stupid Active-X technologies - qq.com being a prime example. China is embracing open source and open technologies which is an immensely good thing. They just need to embrace open web standards and stop relying on outdated Microsoft technology. Firefox China Edition is a great step in the right direction as it offers the Chinese people the kind of features that they come to expect from a web browser. I agree with you that the internet is a different place in China, and it's great to see Mozilla take the Chinese market very seriously by opening a China office and encouraging the development of a tailor-made browser specifically for Chinese users. It's good to see that there is a Linux version of this released in both Chinese and English. Unfortunately for myself, the Linux version is supplied in a tarball so it's not that easy to install. But looking at this, the only feature that I would use is the "Live Margins" which I have added to my own Firefox now. The addon is called "Juice" and is written by a Beijing company. It's actually the same addon supplied with Firefox China Edition under the "Live Margins" name. Indeed. Some websites are making an effort to work in Firefox but sadly some still rely on stupid Active-X technologies – qq.com being a prime example. China is embracing open source and open technologies which is an immensely good thing. They just need to embrace open web standards and stop relying on outdated Microsoft technology.

Firefox China Edition is a great step in the right direction as it offers the Chinese people the kind of features that they come to expect from a web browser. I agree with you that the internet is a different place in China, and it’s great to see Mozilla take the Chinese market very seriously by opening a China office and encouraging the development of a tailor-made browser specifically for Chinese users.

It’s good to see that there is a Linux version of this released in both Chinese and English. Unfortunately for myself, the Linux version is supplied in a tarball so it’s not that easy to install. But looking at this, the only feature that I would use is the “Live Margins” which I have added to my own Firefox now. The addon is called “Juice” and is written by a Beijing company. It’s actually the same addon supplied with Firefox China Edition under the “Live Margins” name.

]]> By: jonolumb http://www.flibblesan.co.uk/2008/11/firefox-china-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 jonolumb Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:38:13 +0000 http://flibblesan.co.uk/2008/11/26/firefox-china-edition/#comment-1197 I can actually see this having great potential in China as it has lots of the features that Chinese people are looking for. The web is a completely different place over here, the majority of browsing still being done in 'BBS' forums rather than on Blogs and social networks. I just hope that some of the big internet sites over here will make their websites compatible with browsers other than IE so that people can make the move to newer, better browsers. I can actually see this having great potential in China as it has lots of the features that Chinese people are looking for. The web is a completely different place over here, the majority of browsing still being done in ‘BBS’ forums rather than on Blogs and social networks. I just hope that some of the big internet sites over here will make their websites compatible with browsers other than IE so that people can make the move to newer, better browsers.

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