Firefox3 web services Review

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These notes are for the upcoming release of Firefox 3. Grey denotes landing in 3.0.1

Locale Web Service Rationale date/comments
Tier 1
English (en-US) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Answers, Creative Commons, Wikipedia add Wikipedia: good search experience bug 380785
default RSS readers Google Reader, My Yahoo!, Bloglines
mail applications: en-US defaults GMail, MSN Live Mail, Yahoo! bug 413630
calendar applications: en-US defaults Google Calendar, Yahoo!,, 30 Boxes bug 413630
LB: BBC no change
English (en-GB) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon.co.uk, Answers, Chambers, CC, eBay.co.uk no change bug 426593
default RSS readers no change bug 426593
mail applications: en-US defaults in english+good user experience bug 426593
calendar applications: en-US defaults in english+good user experience bug 426593
LB: BBC no change bug 426593
French (fr) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon.fr, eBay.fr, MediaDico, Wikipedia (fr) no change bug 423618 Jan 1/IRC chat mic+filip
RSS readers: Netvibes, Google, My Yahoo Removed Bloglines as no added value as a 4th reader Jan 1/IRC chat mic+filip bug 410395
mail applications: en-US defaults, LaPoste Would like to add http://www.laposte.net (historically the French postal service)+ good user experience. Yahoo problem, doesn't do a geolocalisation by IP! so will remove it after RC1 Jan 1/IRC chat mic+filip bug 427658
calendar applications: en-US defaults there are some small calendar webservices, but we don't know if they

can hold the load. In general they are not widely used in the different french spoken countries

Jan 1/IRC chat mic+filip and bug 427658
LB: Le Monde no change Jan 1/IRC chat mic+filip
German (de) search engines: Google, yahoo, amazon.de, ebay.de, Leo, wikipedia.de add Leo as specific search engine for German-English dictionary [Jan 7 google group discussion] bug 413500
RSS readers: Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google no change expected Dec 18
mail applications: en-US defaults, GMX.de GMX.de popular mail provider, in discussion 413500, Dec 18
calendar applications en-US defaults en-US defaults in de are acceptable Dec 18
LB: tagesschau.de no change Dec 18
Japanese (ja) Google, Yahoo! JAPAN, Rakuten, Oshiete "goo", Yahoo! オークション, Amazon.co.jp, Wikipedia-ja, CC mic/gen review: Rakuten #1 shopping site, Goo akin to Yahoo! Answers; #3 portal; Yahoo! オークション #1 auction site; [changes expected] Nov 29
RSS readers:Google, My Yahoo!, Bloglines, はてな livedoor, goo RSS リーダー Nov 29 bug 417064
mail applications: Google, Yahoo! Japan, Goomail Nov 29 bug 417064
calendar applications default Nov 29
LB: mainichi.com changes from asahi, better feed provider, more comprehensive Nov 29 bug 417064
Poland (pl) search engines: Google, Allegro, Encylopedia PWN, Merlin, FBC, Wikipedia, Wirtualna Allegro (auction), Merlin (products), Wirtualna (local serach); PBI replaced by FBC (same provider with newer/better service) Dec 18/IRC chat bug 408888
RSS readers: Startowy, Google, Netvibes removed My Yahoo and Bloglines (not in Polish) Dec 18/IRC chat bug 408888
mail applications: Interia, Onet, GMail, WP.pl popular mail apps in Polish bug 408888 and bug 427273
calendar applications: defaults bug 408888
LB: gazeta.pl no change Dec 18/IRC chat
Spanish (es-ES) search engines: Google, Yahoo, CC, Diccionario RAE, eBay, Wikipedia-es no change Dec 18/IRC chat
RSS readers: Bloglines, Mi Yahoo, Google Reader no change Dec 18/IRC chat; bug 424022
mail applications: en-US defaults plus terra.es popular; localizer will contact terra.es to enable protocol, terra wants to enable mailto but will be late in doing so Dec 18/IRC chat bug 424022
calendar applications: defaults Dec 18/IRC chat bug 424022
LB: 20minutos.es no change Dec 18/IRC chat bug 424022
Chinese (zh-CN) search engines: Google, Baidu, BaiDu ZhiDao, PaiPai, Amazon, Eachnet (eBay local partner), CC removed Yahoo: Baidu a better local option, Removed Taobao - they have moved to exclusive activeX requirements so no longer support Firefox, PaiPai is local ecommerce option, BaiDu ZhiDao is a specific engines like Yahoo Answers, very different search experience to Baidu Jan 29, final review call with Jack, bug 404611
RSS readers: Bloglines, Google, My Yahoo Dec 14/call with Jack bug 404611
mail applications default Dec 14/call with Jack
calendar applications default Dec 14/call with Jack
LB: http://rss.sina.com.cn/news/marquee/ddt.xml this is a good local source for news Jan 15/call with Jack bug 404611
Tier 2
Chinese (zh-TW) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Yahoo Answers, Yahoo Bid, Findbook, CC,

Wikipedia (zh)

Yahoo-Answers is a knowledge search specific engine. very different user experience than general search, also highly popular locally. Yahoo-Bid! replaces eBay as it's far more widely used than eBay, Findbook.tw replaces Amazon as Amazon does not have full service yet, is not localized and Findbook is a localized service that offer book shopping and access to other shopping and is a good user experience Jan 29, confirmation with Jack and bug 418273
RSS readers: Bloglines, Google, Yahoo bug 418273
mail applications: defaults bug 418273
calendar applications: defaults bug 418273
LB: tn.news.yahoo.com possibly replace with PTS but team ultimately agreed with Jack bug 418273
Czech (cs) search engines: Google, Seznam, Wikipedia-cz, Jyxo, Obchody, Slunecnice wikipedia-cz instead of centrum-cz (centrum is more of a portal so not as good value to users as wikipedia and it's less popular) Jan 6: email mic+michal kec bug 401856
RSS readers: Seznam, Clanky.jyxo.cz, Bloglines Clanky.jyxo.cz instead of Clanky.cz, domain change Jan 6: email mic+michal kec bug 399585
mail applications: defaults+Seznam Seznam Email (able to handle mailto protocol)- Mic to get permission from Seznam; note Atlas is also important mail app in cs but not currently able to handle mailto protocol Jan 6: email mic+michal kec bug 401856
calendar applications: defaults no current data on cs calendar apps Jan 6: email mic+michal kec bug 401856
LB: České noviny.cz no change Jan 6: email mic+michal kec
Danish (da) search engines:Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Answers, CC, eBay no change bug 418297
RSS readers: Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google bug 418297
mail applications: Yahoo!, GMail, MSN Live Mail, Jubii, TDC, Forum Jubii, Forum and TDC are local providers that have a good user experience (all slightly different) and popular local mail applications bug 418297
calendar applications: defaults bug 418297
LB: dr.dk (DR Nyheder Online) no change bug 418297
Dutch (nl) search engines: Google, yahoo, Bol.nl (products), marktplaats.nl, van dale woordenboek (dictionary), wikipedia (nl) Changed eBay to Marktplaats.nl; better local auctions site in Dutch Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks bug 353328
RSS readers: bloglines, my yahoo, google no change Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks
mail applications: defaults Yahoo not hugely popular, still researching local options Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks bug 427278
calendar applications: defaults Yahoo not hugely popular, no local options found Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks bug 427278
LB: NOS.nl no change Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks
Finnish (fi) search engines:Google, Yahoo, Bookplus, CC, Huuto, Wikipeda (fi) no change Dec 17/mic+villep bug 424704
RSS readers: Netvibes, Google, My Yahoo Netvibes available in Finnish keep My Yahoo and Google as they are well used in Finland (even though they are only in English), dropping bloglines bug 407927 Dec 17/mic+villep
mail applications: defaults bug 424704
calendar applications: defaults post Google landing, remove 30boxes because" "unknown in Finland, it's not localized + i18n support's no good + forums indicate quite frankly complacency about l10n/i18n too" bug 424704
LB: yle.fi (YLE uutiset - Pääuutiset) no change bug 424704 Dec 17/mic+villep
Hungarian (hu) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Polymeta, Sztaki, Answers, CC, eBay, Vatera polymeta.hu is a Hungarian meta searcher, Sztaki English-Hungarian Dictionary, Vatera is most popular ecommerce site; need to get permission from all and in case of polymeta plug in needs to be built Jan 1 email exhange/mic+andras bug 412184
RSS readers: Google, Netvibes, Bloglines, Hírlapom.hu My Yahoo not popular or in Hungarian, Hirlapom is ver popular good user experience Jan 1 email exhange/mic+andras bug 412184
mail applications: GMail, freemail.hu, vipmail.hu, citromail.hu, Yahoo! these are popular local mail apps, need to contact companies, Yahoo will land for RC1 as placeholer Jan 1 email exhange/mic+andras bug 427279
calendar applications: defaults no change Jan 1 email exhange/mic+andras bug 427279
LB: index.hu no change Jan 1 email exhange/mic+andras bug 412184
Italian (it) Search engines: Google, yahoo, CC, de Mauro, eBay, Wikipedia (it) no change Jan 1 email exchange (mic+Franceso)
RSS readers: Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google swap My Yahoo for Netvibes, Netvibes is more popular in Italy (most likely because it's been available in Italian longer than My Yahoo) Jan 1 email exchange (mic+Franceso) bug 410523
mail applications: defaults localizer believes there are no popular local services as options to add Jan 1 email exchange (mic+Franceso)
calendar applications: defaults localizer believes there are no popular local services as options to add Jan 1 email exchange (mic+Franceso)
LB: http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/hp Jan 31 email exchange (mic+Franceso); bug 355699
Korean (ko) search engines: Google, Yahoo, Danawa, CC, Daum, Naver replace Amazon with better local provider: Danawa Dec 11/IRC chat mic+channy bug 407938
RSS readers: Han, Daum, Google Reader drop Blogline and My Yahoo, not available or popular in Korea Dec 11/IRC chat mic+channy bug 407938
mail applications: Yahoo!, GMail, MSN Live Mail, Naver, Hanmail, Daum localizer will talk with local providers Dec 11/IRC chat mic+channy bug 441986
calendar applications: defaults Daum for Korean options, localizer will talk with local providers Dec 11/IRC chat mic+channy bug 407938
LB: Google no change Dec 11/IRC chat mic+channy bug 407938
Portuguese (pt-BR) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Buscape, MercadoLivre we were going to change to order to put Wikipedia in 3d position, but realized we won't fix this due to larger issues bug 415556
RSS readers: Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google no change Dec 13
mail applications default Dec 13
calendar applications default Dec 13
LB: Estado.com.br replace Terra with Grupo Estado largest Brazilian media source, popular with users and in Portuguese Dec 13/bug 357755
Russian (ru) Google, Yandex, Price.ru, Wikipedia, Rambler, Torg.mail.ru, Yandex.Slovari #Rambler better local search and popular portal with older demographic; Yahoo not good for Russian searches and not popular
  1. Yandex.Slovari is similar service to Lingvo but includes dictionary in more than english/russian languages
  2. Price.ru, considered swapping for Yandex market but decided against it due to number of Yandex services; they are more credible site but price.ru is ok too; better to give user choice; went with torg.mail.ru as it's good UE (is more comprehensive).
  3. Filesearch.ru - remove
Dec 13/mic review+IRC chat with team bug 408880
RSS Reader: Яндекс.Лента, Kanban, Google Reader drop My Yahoo and Bloglines as they are not in Russian language Dec 13/mic review+IRC chat with team bug 408880
mail applications Yandex, Rambler, Google team investigated, these are good local choices, note: order should be alpha Dec 13/mic review+IRC chat with team bug 419213
calendar applications: Yandex, Google in russian + popular Dec 13/mic review+IRC chat with team bug 419213
LB: BBC was suggested yandex but that would be too many yandex services and insufficient user choice so we landed on BBC-russia (did consider itar-tass but doesn't work well in Fx Dec 13/mic review+IRC chat with team, bug 419213 and bug 427803
Spanish (es-AR) Search engines: Google, Yahoo Argentina, Amazon, CC, Mercado Libre Argentina, RAE adding RAE to replace Answers, RAE is the best Spanish dictionary, we had tried to add in Fx2 so good to add now (finally heard from them with permission), Answers is not popular or well known in Argentina so removal is ok tracking bug bug 418306
RSS readers: default tracking bug bug 418306
mail applications: defaults tracking bug bug 418306
calendar applications: defaults tracking bug bug 418306
LB: Clarin.com no change expected tracking bug bug 418306
Swedish (sv-SE) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Allaannonser, CC, Prisjakt, Tyda.se, Wikipedia Shopping engines: Allaannonser is a meta search engine for classified ads and auctions that has a clean interface, Prisjakt price comparison and consumer guide site and Tyda.se free dictionary and translation service Feb 4 email bug 415837
RSS readers: google, bloglines, netvibes removed yahoo as it's not in local language or popular Feb 4 email bug 415475
mail applications: defaults
calendar applications: defaults
LB: sr.se no change expected
Turkish (tr) Search engines: default no change Jan 4 email exchange/mic+Erkan
RSS readers: default no change Jan 4 email exchange/mic+Erkan
mail applications: defaults no change Jan 4 email exchange/mic+Erkan
calendar applications: defaults no change Jan 4 email exchange/mic+Erkan
LB: http://www.radikal.com.tr/radikal.xml Changing feed specifics to more broad news vs just news from Turkey, still in Turkish language. Permission received from provider: serdar@kuzuloglu.com Jan 4 email exchange/mic+Erkan bug 403760
Tier 3
Afrikaans (af-ZA) Search engines: en-US defaults, with wikipedia-af bug 418277
RSS readers: en-US defaults bug 418277
mail applications en-US defaults bug 418277
calendar applications en-US defaults bug 418277
LB: http://www.news24.com/News24v2/Components/Generic/news24RSSFeed/0,8069,3,00.xml local source,in language and dynamic bug 427526
Arabic (ar) Search engines: en-US defaults, with wikipedia-ar bug 403017
RSS readers: default bug 403017
mail applications default bug 403017
calendar applications default bug 403017
LB: BBC bug 403017
Armenian (hy-AM) Search engines: default Nov 11 bug 403022
RSS readers: default Nov 11 bug 403022
mail applications: default Nov 11 bug 403022
calendar applications: default Nov 11 bug 403022
LB: BBC Nov 11 bug 403022
Basque (eu) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon-en-GB, Answers, CC, eBay, wikipedia-eu proposing: Google, Yahoo, amazon.co.uk, CC, eBay.es, Elebila (general search for Basque pages), wikipedia-eu Jan 31 bug 420679
RSS readers: NetVibes, Alesti, Bloglines, GoogleReader, yahoo Netvibes and Alesti available in Basque, rest are still widely used, except Yahoo but Localizer suggests leaving it so as not to disrupt service to users who are less technically minded about adding it back in Jan 31 bug 415084
mail applications en-US defaults bug 415084
calendar applications en-US defaults bug 415084
LB: berria no change from Fx2 bug 351075
Belarusian (be) Search engines: in discussion, Google, Yahoo, be.wikipedia.org,

be-x-old.wikipedia.org, ru.wikipedia.org-be, tut.by, yandex.ru-be

bug 388035
RSS readers: en-US defaults swapping bloglines for netvibes as it's available in belarusian bug 418278
mail applications en-US defaults bug 418278
calendar applications en-US defaults bug 418278
LB: nn.by change to nn.by from BBC, in local language, good user experience, popular bug 418278
Bulgarian (bg) Search engines: en-US defaults bug 424687
RSS readers en-US defaults bug 424687
mail applications en-US defaults bug 424687
calendar applications en-US defaults bug 424687
LB: BBC bug 424687
Catalan (ca) Search engines:Google, Yahoo, DIEC2, Libres.cat, Huubs, Wikipedia changed Gran Diccionari de la Llengua -> DIEC2 . New version dictionary

website from the official public institution; Nosaltres.cat -> Huubs. Results are more meaningful and include more sources of Catalan written news from many diverse sites.

Jan 8 403114 bug 403114
RSS readers: Netvibes first position cause only reader available in Catalan Jan 8 403114 bug 403114
mail applications: defaults Jan 8 403114 bug 403114
calendar applications: defaults Jan 8 403114 bug 403114
LB: VillaWeb No change Jan 8 403114 bug 403114
Esperanto (eo) Search engines: confirm en-US defaults bug 402032
RSS readers en-US defaults bug 402032
mail applications en-US defaults bug 402032
calendar applications en-US defaults bug 402032
LB: liberafolio.org bug 402032
Frisian (fy-NL) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bol, Marktplaats, Van dale Wurdboek, Wikipedia (fy-nl) change eBay for Marktplaats: better local search Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks bug 353328
RSS readers: default no change Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks
mail applications: default Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks, bug 427731
calendar applications: default Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks, bug 427731
LB: rss.omropfryslan.nl no change Jan 1/IRC chat Mic+Mad_Maks
Irish (ga-IE) Search engines: Google, eBay(uk), Amazon(uk), yahoo (UK), Answers, CC, focal.ie adding focal.ie - terminology dictionary Feb 4 bug 419273
RSS readers: default bug 415536
mail applications default
calendar applications default
LB: BBC change to irish news service: http://gaelport.com/rss.php bug 419273
Indonesian (id) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia 416364 bug 416364
RSS readers defaults 416364 bug 416364
mail applications defaults 416364 bug 416364
calendar applications defaults 416364 bug 416364
LB: http://sindikasi.okezone.com 416364 bug 416364
Georgian (ka) Search engines: en-US defaults, wikipedia-ka bug 425114
RSS readers: defaults bug 425114
mail applications defaults plus possibly http://www.posta.ge/ bug 425114
calendar applications defaults bug 425114
LB: http://www.civil.ge/geo/ local option, in language, dynamic, awaiting permission bug 425114
Greek (el) Search engines: default bug 428010
RSS readers default bug 415585
mail applications default
calendar applications default
LB: google.gr bug 419291
Gujarati (gu) Search engines: Google, Yahoo considering adding gujaratilexicon Jan 8 403020 bug 403020
RSS readers: default Jan 8 403020 bug 403020
mail applications: default Jan 8 403020 bug 403020
calendar applications: default Jan 8 403020 bug 403020
LB: BBC Jan 8 403020 bug 403020
Hebrew (he) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia-he and Morfix removed Nana (google search powered) and Netex (results ranked by commerce over relevancy), Considering zap.co.il bug 416535
RSS readers swap Netvibes for Bloglines as it's in Hebrew bug 416535
mail applications default working on potential local providers bug 427386
calendar applications defaults working on potential local providers bug 427386
LB: www.ynet.co.il no change bug 416535
Kurdish (ku) Search engines: default + wikipedia-ku bug 425111
RSS readers: defaults bug 425111
mail applications defaults bug 425111
calendar applications defaults bug 425111
LB: http://www.azadiyawelat.com/cache/rss20.xml bug 425111
Latvian (lv) Search: Google, Yahoo, Amazon.co.uk, Answers, CC, ebay.co.uk, Wikipedia Note: Localizer had suggested using IMDB as it's popular specific search, we did not include it as it may be too specific Dec 17/mic review bug 397629
default RSS readers no change needed (popularity same in en-GB) tbc Dec 17/mic review bug 397629
mail applications TBD: us defaults may be sufficient Dec 17/mic review
calendar applications TBD: us defaults may be sufficient Dec 17/mic review
Live Bookmark: delfi.lv Popular general news Dec 17/mic review bug 397629
Lithuanian (lt) Search engines: defaults, wikipedia-lt bug 419309
RSS readers defaults bug 419309
mail applications defaults bug 419309
calendar applications defaults bug 419309
LB: BBC bug 419309
Macedonian (mk) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Answers, Amazon, CC, eBay, Wikipedia Wikipedia-mk bug 425113
RSS readers: defaults bug 425113
mail applications defaults bug 425113
calendar applications defaults bug 425113
LB: Makfax no change bug 425113
Mongolian (mn) Search engines: defaults, wikipedia.mn bug 425120
RSS readers defaults bug 425120
mail applications defaults bug 425120
calendar applications defaults bug 425120
LB: http://www.unen.mn/ waiting permission bug 425120
Norwegian - Bokmål (nb) Search engines: Google, yahoo, Amazon, ordbok, qxl, telefonkatalogen,

wikipedia

update wikipedia search suggest bug 412193 bug 425123
RSS readers: google, yahoo, bloglines bug 425123
mail applications default bug 425123
calendar applications default bug 425123
LB: www.nrk.no no change bug 425123
Portuguese - Portugal (pt-PT) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon(UK), Priberum, Sapo, Wikipedia Fx2, bug 415559
RSS readers: default Fx2
mail applications default Fx2
calendar applications default Fx2
LB: www.destakes.com/ultimas Fx2, bug 352752
Persian (fa) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, CC, Answers, Wikipedia proposed Google, Yahoo, Amazon, CC, Answers, Farsilookup, Wikipedia-fa Jan 21 bug 390141
RSS readers default Jan 21 bug 390141
mail applications default Jan 21 bug 390141
calendar applications default Jan 21 bug 390141
LB: parseek BBC is banned in Iran, Parseek is good persian alternative, we have permission and they will be creating feed for multiple countries that speak Persian Jan 21 bug 390141
Punjabi (pa) Search engines: Google, Yahoo(india), eBay (india) Jan 8 bug 403921
RSS readers: default Jan 8 bug 403921
mail applications: default Jan 8 bug 403921
calendar applications: default Jan 8 bug 403921
LB: http://in.punjabi.yahoo.com/rss/index.htm Jan 8 bug 403921
Romanian (ro) Search engines: defaults, wikipedia-ro
RSS readers: defaults suggest adding netvibes bug 427390
mail applications defaults
calendar applications defaults
LB: BBC
Slovak (sk-SK) Search engines: google, azet-sk, atlas-sk, dunaj-sk, eBay, zoznam-sk, wikipedia-sk Azet.sk is one of the most popular and top search sites in Slovakia bug 395195
RSS readers: netvibes, google, bloglines, myYahoo! remove Yahoo as not in language or popular Feb 4 bug 415472
mail applications default 426055))
calendar applications default 426055))
LB: Sme.sk Branislav claims they are one of the best and most reliable news server bug 395685 and bug 419375
Sinhala (si) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Answers, Amazon, CC, eBay, Wikipedia-si bug 422149
RSS readers: defaults Feb 4 bug 422149
mail applications default
calendar applications default
LB: http://www.sinhalabloggers.com/ dynamic and various content, in sinhalese (one of few rss feed sites as such) bug 422149
Slovenian (sl) Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Gov.si, Najdi.si, Wikipedia-si no change bug 435408
RSS readers defaults no change
mail applications defaults bug 435408
calendar applications defaults bug 435408
LB: http://24ur.com/rss/ no change
Ukrainian (uk) Search engines:Google, Yandex, Meta.ua, Price.ua, I.ua, Wikipedia.uk replaced rambler with i.ua as it was better search experience for uk bug 419019
RSS readers: netvibes, yandex, Google, Bloglines, i.ua note: order is typically alpha; my yahoo removed not in language, i.ua added as its in language and good user experience bug 419019
mail applications yandex, i.ua, meta.uk, GMail, MSN Live Mail i.ua is popular local mail provider and good user experience bug 419019
calendar applications Google, Yandex yandex is in local language bug 419019
LB: http://rss.i.ua/add_rss/mozilla-rss/?url=%s local language good provider bug 419019
Candidates
Bengali (bn-IN) Search engines: Google.in, Yahoo.in, Amazon.in, Technorati, CC, Wikipedia.bn, Rediff.com Technorati is a popular specific search option in Bengali; Rediff hugely popular Indian portal and its search engine is widely used; Answers not widely used in India Dec 18/mic review bug 398992
RSS readers: default+netvibes netvibes available in local language Dec 18/mic review bug 398992
mail applications defaults
calendar applications defaults
Live bookmark: BBC (bengali edition) Locally relevant Dec 18/mic review bug 398992
Bosnian Search engines: bug 353616 Dec 18
RSS readers Date
mail applications TBD date
calendar applications TBD Date
LB: Date
Hindi Search engines: google.in, yahoo.in, amazon.com, ebay.in, wikipedia.in Good local options to default list Dec 18/mic reveiw bug 384408
RSS readers: yahoo, google, no bloglines Bloglines not popular or available in Hindi Dec 18/mic reveiw bug 384408
mail applications defaults
calendar applications defaults
LB: http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/index.xml Dec 18/mic reveiw bug 384408 comment #59
Malayalam (ml) Search engines: google, yahoo-in, ebay-in, wikipedia-ml Dec 23/mic review bug 394749
RSS readers: defaults Dec 23/mic review bug 394749
mail applications: defaults Dec 23/mic review bug 394749
calendar applications: defaults Dec 23/mic review bug 394749
LB: BBC Dec 23/mic review bug 394749
Singhalese Search engines: defaults, wikipedia-si Dec 17 bug 422149
RSS readers: defaults Dec 17 bug 422149
mail applications: defaults Dec 17 bug 422149
calendar applications: defaults Dec 17 bug 422149
LB: BBC Dec 17 bug 422149
Serbian (sr) Search engines: Google, Popodak, ebay.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk, vokabular.org, wikipedia-sr Popodak - good local option that searches Serbian language better Dec 23/mic review bug 384457
RSS readers: defaults limited Serbian options available at this time, localizer feels english is best next alternative Dec 23/mic review bug 384457
mail applications: defaults Dec 23/mic review bug 384457
calendar applications: defaults Dec 23/mic review bug 384457
LB: naslovi.net good local news source for general news in Serbian Dec 23/mic review bug 384457
Telugu (te) Search engines: tbd Jan 7 bug 411100
RSS readers: default Jan 7 bug 411100
mail applications: default Jan 7 bug 411100
calendar applications: default Jan 7 bug 411100
Live bookmark: tbd Jan 7 bug 411100
Thai (th) Search engines: google, yahoo, Amazon.com, Creative Commons, ebay.co.th, dict.longdo.com, Wikipedia (thai version) bug 443375
RSS readers: default in order Google, Bloglines, My Yhoo bug 443378
mail applications: default bug 443376
calendar applications: default bug 443376
Live bookmark: tbd