Verbatim

Project Information

• Code Name: Verbatim
• Start Date: April 2008
• Time Frame: Usable version by end of 2008
• Site Repository:
• Demo Site:
• Production Site:
• QA Test Plan:
• Bugs:
• Development Contact: join #verbatim on irc.mozilla.org

Links

• Meeting Notepad
• Development Planning
  • Interaction with file types

Brief Description

As the number of localized Mozilla properties (both browser and web) grow, coordination is becoming more difficult and more of a timesink. This project's goals are broad but will have a big impact on the number of localizations we can manage by lowering the barrier to entry and by giving localizers options to make their work easier. Initial goals are:

• Using extensible libraries, provide an interface for localizing content of different types (e.g. AMO .po files, Firefox .properties files, etc.)
• Provide a UI for localizing strings on the web, but don't require it's use. It's important that localizers can still interact directly with code repositories as many of them find this the most efficient way to contribute.
• Notification of changes to an English page and a way to diff those changes to locales
• Provide statistical data including percentage of localized content per locale, overall project (e.g. Firefox 3 or mozilla.com) progress, etc.

These main project goals may be tweaked (e.g. adding anonymous contributions) but this set will be our first milestone.