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:''The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible. - [http://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto.en.html Mozilla Manifesto]'' | |||
:''The Internet is | |||
The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet. A core part of our collective work is promoting and protecting an open web. We do this through software, developer education and community building aimed at promoting the technologies that make the web open. We also engage with Internet users everywhere to explain and encourage the value of participation and distributed decision making as part of the internet's DNA. | The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet. A core part of our collective work is promoting and protecting an open web. We do this through software, developer education and community building aimed at promoting the technologies that make the web open. We also engage with Internet users everywhere to explain and encourage the value of participation and distributed decision making as part of the internet's DNA. | ||
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* Encouraging all web users to understand and embrace openness, participation and distributed decision-making are a core part of Internet life. | * Encouraging all web users to understand and embrace openness, participation and distributed decision-making are a core part of Internet life. | ||
Web standards are why every browser displays web pages the same way - or should do. Mozilla is a leading contributor to emerging web standards for new areas such as [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTML/Element/Video web video and audio], [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Canvas:3D 3D graphics] and [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ improvements to HTML]. In collaboration with other browser vendors, we design and implement standards which go with the grain of the web as an open platform for innovation, allowing authors to build dynamic sites which are [[Mozilla.org/Causes/Accessibility|accessible]], look great, and work well for everyone no matter what type of computer they use. | |||
== | ==Get involved== | ||
Whether you build the web or just use it every day, the Mozilla community invites you to get involved to help keep it open. | |||
* [irc://irc.mozilla.org/evangelism #evangelism] on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/Learning/Irc Mozilla IRC network] provides an interactive way to communicate with people who support web developers. | * [irc://irc.mozilla.org/evangelism #evangelism] on the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/Learning/Irc Mozilla IRC network] provides an interactive way to communicate with people who support web developers. | ||
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* OpenWeb.org (ben and dion) | * OpenWeb.org (ben and dion) | ||
''need help brainstorming what to include here. what are places to get involved in standards stuff? what about places to send regular consumers'' | |||
??? | ==Software== | ||
Mozilla software brings the open web to users and developers alike. Examples include: | |||
* [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Firefox] brings emerging open web technologies like [https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTML/Element/Video video and audio], [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Canvas:3D 3D graphics] and [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ improvements to HTML] to 250 million people around the world. | |||
* [https://bespin.mozilla.com/ Bespin] gives developers better tools for creating advanced web applications using open web technologies supported by most browsers. | |||
* [http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/ubiquity/ Ubiquity] lets people create their own text commands to interact with the web. | |||
[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ Read more] about Mozilla software projects. | |||
==Advocacy== | |||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto.en.html Mozilla Manifesto] | |||
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCamp OpenWeb Camps / MozCamps] | |||
* [http://www.whatwg.org/ WHAT-WG] (the next version of HTML) | |||
* [http://ajaxian.com/archives/ecmascript-harmony-coming-together-after-oslo ECMAScript Harmony] (the next version of JavaScript) | |||
* [http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work CSS WG at W3C] (the next version of CSS) | |||
==Grants== | |||
* ??? | |||
==Feed (sources)== | ==Feed (sources)== | ||
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* relevant blogs aggregated? | * relevant blogs aggregated? | ||
* relevant newsgroups? | * relevant newsgroups? | ||
==Bike rack== | |||
''this was Mark's old get involved text. do we need stuff like this for people who don't know how to use existing get involved channels'' | |||
* Everyone: If the Internet enriches you life, reflect on why and how. And then tell your friends. | |||
* Web developers: Build web sites and applications using open web technologies that will work in any browser. | |||
* Bloggers: Promote participation and feedback on your blog. Use software built on open web standards. | |||
* Teachers: Engage your students in a discussion about participation and distributed decision making on the web. Get them to participate. | |||