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
|
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 | |||
