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How to test beta locales using Litmus. A short guide.

Testing is an important step in the process of making a new localization ready for its debut as a final locale. It’s also a great way of improving the quality of localization when the locale is still in the beta status, as well as after it’s been published as final, for example prior to the [...]


More on the l10n de-beta process

I’m happy to write this: in the upcoming Firefox 3.0.7 release (scheduled for tomorrow), four three of our beta locales will move out of the beta status!

Estonian (et)
Kannada (kn)
Telugu (te)

Congratulations to the localization teams that made it possible!
Seth already did two great posts about our process: So what does “getting new languages ready [...]


Changes to productization of Firefox in your locale for the 3.1 release

As you probably know, minor releases of Firefox, denoted by the third digit in the version number (or fourth in case of 2.0 releases), are intended as security and stability updates. The idea here is that there shouldn’t be any significant changes to the user interface or browser behavior between, say, version 3.0.6 and 3.0.7. [...]