The history and activities of

Mozilla Korean Communuty

Seokchan YunMozilla Korean Community

http://www.mozilla.or.kr

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尹錫璨 Seokchan (Channy) Yun

• Daum.net (2nd Korean Internet Portal, 2004~)I have been at R&D Institute since 2004Supporting Daum Open APIs and 3rd Party Developers (dna.daum.net)Working at Jeju Island Office (150 / 900 employee)

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• Channy’s Blog (2003~)Subject: Firefox, Web 2.0, Web Standards, Open APIsSubscribers: over 6,000 people

• Mozilla Korean Communuty (2002~)

1. The History of MoKoCo

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1998. Mozilla Source Code

• I was interested in Mozilla source code.• But, I was busy for long milestone period.

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about:credits

- Dev of platform core and i18n code

- Now, Google HQ

- L10n and CJK printing code

- Now, CD Networks CTO

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2000~ CHOI’s l10n Kit

“Choi’s i10n work for Mozilla 0.9.2.”

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2002~ mozilla.pe.kr

My first work – Mozilla 1.0 Korean Localization for me

“I made mine and used too.”

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2004~ mozilla.or.kr

From personal site to community

“Gradual increasing of Firebird (Firefox) users”

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• Very hard timeReleased Mozilla Application Suite, Firefox and Thunderbird in every 3 months at the same time.L10n work ▶Build ▶ Upload to official FTPSome volunteers for QA of each O/S (Linux, Mac)

• Developing Community (2003~2004)Opening Mozilla ForumOpening MozillaZine KoreanWeb Standards Evangelism (Starting point of Korean Web Standards activit)

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Mozilla Firefox 1.0

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MozParty 2 (Firefox 1.0 Release)

Dec. 4th, 2004

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• Increasing VolunteersKorean extension site (http://update.mozilla.or.kr)Thunderbird Peer (金貞均, oops)Translation QA (朴燦奎, sushizang) Help translation (朴寅煥, inhwan)

• Increasing community members2003- 120 people, 2004- 760, 2005- 810

2006- 1,020

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2005~ mozilla.org Design

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Firefox Party (Firefox 2.0 Release)

Dec 2th, 2006

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2007~ mozilla.com Design

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Firefox Annual Party

Dec 17th , 2007

2. Who are Korean Users?

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Daum.net / UV 11 millions per day

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Tistory.com / UV 2 millions per day

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Allblog.net / UV 100,000 per day

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Daum DNA / UV 6,000 per day

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Characteristics

• Trends of user increasing“Viral marketing” amang famous bloggers since 2004 “Developer tools” among web engineers “Expert users” in general

• A number of estimates users100,000~150,000 (0.5% of Korean Internet users)40~50% of expert bloggers

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Gap

• Cultural gapBetween expert bloggers(0.2~0.3 millions) and portal bloggers (3 millions)Firefox users = Geek culture

• Usage gapResistance of install of new program (Most people think IE = Internet)IE-dependant web sites required Active X plugin.

3. Why is Small?

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• Outer FactorsLeering IE-dependant after Browser WarNot to change to standards methodology because of IE’s backward compatibilityAbsence of reeducation and self-development of web developers

• Inner FactorsRapid broadband penetration – Web has changed entertainment or service oriented.Requirement of rich functions with plug-in technologyTake a serious view of efficiency rather than accessibility

Factors

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IE dependant sites

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Problem1. Non standards

• Critical pointW3C DOM vs. MS DOM

document.all -> document.getElementByID

Microsoft JscriptCharacter code : EUC-KR vs. UTF-8

• Plug-in pointMisusages of Flash technologyWindows Media Player plug-in Non standards <object> - not to access video contents

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• The stern realities Over 30 Active X Plugins installed in general PCsHybrid development : Web page + Plug-in Top market of VeriSign Code Signing Certificate

• FactorsFast building of National PKI system : IE Active X Plug-inEasy download of Active X : High broadband network.Application based web : Enterprise Intranet Entertainment based web : Online game, Chatting

• Providers of ActiveX plug-inNPKI: Internet banking, cyber trading, insurance, credit card processing, and E-gov.Entertainment: Game, chatting and messaging, DRM

Problem 2. ActiveX

4. Web Standards Activities

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1. Standards Forum (2004~)

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2. Standards Guide (2004~)

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3. Naver Bug Day (2006)

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• Active Web Standards CommunitiesWeb Standards Korea – http://webstandards.or.krCSS Design Korea – http://forum.standardmag.orgKWAG – http://kwag.net (Accessiblity)

• OpenWeb.or.krLegal action against Active X technology in public area and fairtrading issues in other browsers.Suggestions of alternative technology instead of Active X

• Many books over 10 including translation.

Outer activities

5. The status of Community and Future

10 – Products & QA Managers

105 – Contributors in each areas

3,800 – Forum members

~100,000 – Firefox users

Mozilla Local Ecosystem

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Community Lead

• Product ManagementBrowser/mail/toolkit owner: 2 personsTranslation QA, each O/S QA : 5 personsMozillaZine translation and Forum : 3 persons

• ContributorsAddons translations – kmozup 12 personsMDC translations - mdckorea 67 persons

• Forum usershttp://forums.mozilla.or.krTotal 3,810 persons

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Mozilla Korean Communityhttp://www.mozilla.or.kr

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Mozilla Add-onshttp://addons.mozilla.org/ko

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Mozilla Developer Centerhttp://developer.mozilla.org/ko

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Mozilla Supporthttp://support.mozilla.com/ko/kb

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Local Community

• 모질라 한국 공식 홈페이지http://www.mozilla.or.kr (공식 배포)http://groups.google.com/group/mozillakorea (포럼)

• 모질라 사용자 커뮤니티http://forums.mozilla.or.kr (포럼)

• 모질라 부가 기능 (Mozilla Addons)http://addons.mozilla.org/ko/firefox/ (공식 배포)http://update.mozilla.or.kr/ (자체 운영)

• 모질라 개발자 센터 (Mozilla Developer Center)http://developer.mozilla.org/ko/http://groups.google.com/group/mdckorea (포럼)

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Firefox 3 Marketing

• Firefox 3 Party (June)• Customization Builds – Naver, Daum (July)

• Free Firefox Guide (August)• University Campus Campaign (September)

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From Mitchell Baker’s Presentation in OSCON 2007

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From Mitchell Baker’s Presentation in OSCON 2007

Thanks for Attention : Q&A

Seokchan (Channy) Yun• channy@mozilla.or.kr• http://channy.creation.net