Firefox 3.5 Celebration Party in Hyderabad

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Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Jul 13, 2009, 7:19:28 AM7/13/09
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All Firefox fans and enthusiasts in Hyderabad are invited to Firefox 3.5 Celebration Party in Hyderabad.

Jul 19 2009 - 3:00pm
Jul 19 2009 - 5:00pm
Asia/Calcutta
Location: 
Krishnakanth Park, Yousuf Guda Basti, Hyderabad, India.

Let's gather to celebrate Firefox 3.5. (Location Map)

What would we do there:

  • Install Firefox 3.5 on laptops that anyone brings
  • Talk about or show off new features of Firefox 3.5
  • Give away CDs that contain Firefox 3.5 and other free software
  • Have fun!

If you have a laptop, please bring it to the event. If you have a wireless/data-card internet connection, bring it too.

We also have nice stickers for your laptop or mobile. And, some badges for you.

Invite on Spread Firefox: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/4408


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Manish

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Jul 13, 2009, 11:47:42 AM7/13/09
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2009/7/13 Veeven:

Congrats on organizing the party. I will definitely try and make it.

Let me know if you guys want me to bring /any/ other free software..
any software any size but one copy only. You make it multiply.

Also, may be you have already seen this video but it's an interesting
one. "What is a browser" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ
Love the guy at 1:17 :)

Cheers
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Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Jul 16, 2009, 3:12:33 AM7/16/09
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Manish <mailtoman...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Invite on Spread Firefox: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/4408

Congrats on organizing the party.  I will definitely try and make it.

Thanks.
 
Let me know if you guys want me to bring /any/ other free software..
any software any size but one copy only.  You make it multiply.

FreeBSD and OpenSolaris (both x86) for me.
 
Also, may be you have already seen this video but it's an interesting
one.   "What is a browser" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ
 Love the guy at 1:17 :)

:)

Manish

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Jul 16, 2009, 5:39:12 AM7/16/09
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On 2009/7/16 Veeven (వీవెన్) :
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Manish wrote:

[snip]

>> Let me know if you guys want me to bring /any/ other free software..
>> any software any size but one copy only.  You make it multiply.
>
> FreeBSD and OpenSolaris (both x86) for me.

Sure. 32 or 64 bit?

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Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Jul 16, 2009, 7:33:22 AM7/16/09
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32 bit.


Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Jul 20, 2009, 10:53:47 PM7/20/09
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Few photos of the event: http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv143/cbrao/Firefox_Hyderabad_Party/?albumview=slideshow

Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Jul 21, 2009, 1:03:21 AM7/21/09
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Some notes:

We put out a Firefox party banners at the park's gate and another banner inside the park where we are sitting. (Thanks Vineel for the banners.) In the meantime, more guys from MSVR Engg. College and HITAM joined us. Then, the swag was distributed, as we are sitting.

We started with everyone introducing themselves. Then went on with what are their favorite features of Firefox, and how they use Firefox, etc.

Cbrao said that he is unable to open multiple Gmail accounts at the same time in Firefox, where as he can do so in IE8, using the 'Start a new session' feature. I told him that he can use multiple profiles. (But, afterwards by Googling, I found Gmail Manager.)

I talked about the awsomebar and recent improvements like restricting the matches to bookmarks (*) and to tagged (+), etc. Manish enquired about a way to install/uninstall add-ons without restaring Firefox. I told him that I didn't know there is no way and however pointed the Jetpacks can meet that requirement.

Sireesh proposed to start a community website for Firefox users in Andhra Pradesh. Manish suggested it would be better we conduct meetups about all free software.

A gathering about Firefox without talk Add-ons? Never. People talked about their favorite add-ons. Some of those here:

  • Aardvark: you can use it to clean up (remove ads, or other things on the that you do not need on) a web page before printing
  • Tree Style Tab: organizes tabs in a tree structure. If you open multiple tabs by clicking on links on a page, all those tabs become children of the tab that you opened them from
  • S3 Firefox Organizer: Helps you manage your files on Amazon S3
  • FlashGot: use your external download manager in place of Firefox's
  • Zotero: helps you manage your research sources
  • Weave: a service from Mozilla. Sync your bookmarks, browsing history, and saved passwords.
  • Indic Input Extension: type in Indian languages
  • Window Resizer: resize your browser window to standard resolution sizes
  • Firebug: debugging tool for HTML, CSS and JavaScirpt
  • FoxyProxy: Use multiple internet connections? Make your life easy.
  • FoxClocks: Have current time of multiple locations on your status bar or toolbar.
  • DownThemAll: a download manager cum accelerator for your Firefox
  • Cooliris: browse photos and videos on the web or on your computer
  • Padma: read Indian language local newspapers in Unicode

Overall, 22 people attended the party.

This is what I can recall. There are definitely some more interesting bits. I hope other guys would post more details.


Thanks,
Veeven.

Veeven (వీవెన్)

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Aug 10, 2009, 9:34:32 PM8/10/09
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Our photo on Mozilla blog: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2009/08/10/firefox-3-5-community-parties-roundup/


cbrao

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Aug 11, 2009, 5:47:29 AM8/11/09
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Glad to see our photo in Mozilla blog.

2009/8/11 Veeven (వీవెన్) <vee...@gmail.com>

Our photo on Mozilla blog: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2009/08/10/firefox-3-5-community-parties-roundup/








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