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I actually really like the idea of this type of site. More open source projects should have one. The entry point into getting a project that you want to help wi
by loso 14y ago
I actually really like the idea of this type of site. More open source projects should have one. The entry point into getting a project that you want to help with can be a little tricky. On a personal note, this probably was the wrong time for me to see this site and want to help since the latest Firefox update this morning was a serious dud on my computer.
- darkpark 14y agoWhat went wrong with the update? Maybe it's actually a perfect time because maybe you can figure out why it was a "dud" and fix it :). Assuming your an engineer.
- loso 14y agoWhen I type in the address bar I can't see the URL's pop up like I used to. All I see are the favicons. When I have a window open and try to open another one Firefox freezes and crash. There are a few more things but those are the major problems. I never had a problem with a Firefox update before until this morning.
- gfritzsche 14y agoThe address bar is apparently caused by the delicious addon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799903 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799903
- loso 14y agowow, thanks for that. I do have delicious installed. The fact that it could have been a plugin is why I didn't do a bug report. I just did a fresh install, still had the problem, and was going to go into safe mode after that. I wanted to see if I could isolate the problem first. Glad someone else already did.
- shardling 14y agoI'd guess if you start in safe-mode those problems would disappear. If so, you can hunt down whether it's an extension (likely), plugin, or some config setting that's causing issues. e: Ok, so it's the delicious addon. Surprised that no one caught that in the 12 weeks of aurora/beta builds.
- moystard 14y agoEverything went smoothly on every machine I own, you were unlucky. What's the dud? I like the idea as well, it allows every developer out there to find a project related to Mozilla they can help with. Too bad it ends up very quickly on a hard to read Wiki page (I have never liked those).
- gawker 14y agoI agree. I definitely the guidance it provides - it helps me to align my interests with open source. Kinda like online dating with an open source project. I was enthusiastic to contribute to the Django project but had no clue what to do.
- tangue 14y agoYes that's the problem. The landing page is pretty good, but when you click you're send in the usual Mozilla's maze. What makes me sad is that they're not looking for content strategists, UI designers or UX specialists.
- kibwen 14y agoThey do seem to be looking for those, but as paid employees rather than volunteers.[1] Those roles are probably harder to outsource to the community. [1] https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/
- wolfgke 14y agoCan somebody tell me reasons why UI designers or UX specialists are more difficult to outsource? I know that many open source projects have difficulties attracting them, but I really don't know the reasons (any reason designers working in this field gave me also should apply to programmers - thus they also couldn't answer this question).