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Feb 6, 2020, 7:55:46 AM2/6/20
to community-sweden, Andreas Pettersson, droid...@gmail.com, mozilla...@gmail.com
Översättningen som Andreas gjort för nya Firefox för Android commitas på
Fredag och dyker upp i appen, samt dyker det upp en ny beta av Firefox för
Android samma dag som Firefox 73 släpps på Tisdag kväll 11:e Februari
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On Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 7:17:50 PM UTC+1, delphine wrote:
>
> Hello localizers,
>
> I have great news to communicate: the locale switcher now finally seems to
> be working across the board on Fenix!
>
> So, what does this mean?
>
> Before the end of this week, I'll be enabling all locales that have been
> active in the last 9 months on Pontoon for Firefox for Android, looking at
> https://pontoon.mozilla.org/projects/firefox-for-android/
>
> If your locale is not part of that list, and you still want to localize
> Fenix, please let me know by filing an issue here:
>
> https://github.com/mozilla-l10n/android-l10n/issues/new?assignees=delphine&labels=&template=new-localization-request.md&title=Add+%5Blocale%5D+to+%5Bproduct%5D
>
> Fenix is a small project (kind of like Focus was) - in fact this means you
> have to ability to ship this new Android browser MUCH quicker than
> Firefox
> for Android. So it's a great opportunity to see your locale launch in a
> very short time.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out directly to me
> (unless you think the entire list should benefit from such
> question/concern).
>
> Thank you! And happy localizing :)
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:32 AM Delphine L <lebedel...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello localizers,
> >
> > We have some exciting news to announce: the mobile teams at Mozilla are
> > starting to work on the transition of the current Firefox for Android
> > browser (internal name Fennec) to a brand new browser (currently Firefox
> > Preview, internal name Fenix), in order to ship a great Firefox mobile
> > browser on Android in 2020. The exact plan and timeline is still being
> > scoped out and defined, but you should expect to see this transition
> happen
> > some time in the beginning of next year.
> >
> > So, what does this mean for localization?
> >
> > This is where the second piece of good news comes in. The mobile team is
> > actively working on a locale switcher, and has committed to completing
> it
> > by the end of 2019.
> >
> > In the meantime, if you are interested in getting a head start on Fenix
> > localization, please reach out to me *directly* and I can help set you
> up
> > (locale manager requests only).
> >
> > Having said that, as soon as the locale switcher is in place I will be
> > enabling all locales in Fenix that have been active in Fennec in the
> past
> > 12 months.
> >
> > But what’s going to happen with Fennec?
> >
> > Strings will continue landing in Fennec for a little while still - but
> > they will specifically be about this transition, and will not represent
> an
> > extremely large workload for localizers. These strings will inform users
> to
> > download Fenix to use as their default Android browser. They will be
> very
> > important to helping users transition to the new browser. Once these
> have
> > landed and the transition is done, I will be disabling Fennec on
> Pontoon.
> >
> > In other words and to sum things up, Fenix is now taking the highest
> > priority in terms of localization. I’ve updated the “priority stars” in
> > Pontoon in order to reflect that.
> >
> > Please note that Android 5 at least is necessary to use and test Fenix
> on
> > an Android device. You can find Nightly builds here (until the locale
> > switcher is in place, you’ll have to change the language under Android
> > System Settings):
> >
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fenix.nightly&hl=en_US
> >
> > Once again, thanks for all your valuable contributions over the years
> with
> > the Fennec project. And now, onwards to a new beginning with the new
> Fenix
> > browser!
> >
> > Looking forwards to the best localized Android browser yet.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Delphine
> >
>
>
> --
> Delphine
>
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