Mozilla Firefox's, Mozilla Thunderbird's and Mozilla Sunbird's language packs on U3 Smart flash drives
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Valeria Zysman
Aug 29, 2009, 11:46:49 AM8/29/09
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Hello, world! 
This week a friend of mine, Carolina Giselle, bought a 16 GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium U3 Smart flash drive because she really liked the idea of take some excellent applications on the go, altogether with all her personal data. She has seen all this time how I have used my programs anywhere: here, at home, at her home and at the internet café. She understood how useful is to have got an U3 Smart flash drive and was convinced to buy one. And she did.
Since some years ago she has been used Mozilla Firefox thanks to my suggestions and she envied me because I have had all my bookmarks, all my favourite extensions and themes in an always automatically-updated Mozilla Firefox. She uses Mozilla Firefox 3.5's Yahoo! Repack at home (also known as YFF3, visit this web-page and select your locale version below if you want to download it and install it on your computer). Mozilla Firefox 3.5's Yahoo! Repack comes with the Yahoo! Toolbar but she already knew she could download this extension from AMO or from Yahoo! itself anyway.
However, she had a question (an interesting question, I have to say) that many people may not know that there is a workaround. She asked me:
WHY THIS MOZILLA FIREFOX FOR U3 IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH?
And that is a great question, because there is a lot of people that is not an English-speaker person but has no more choice that use an American English Mozilla Firefox.
WELL, IF YOUR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH BUT YOU HAVE TO USE AN U.S. ENGLISH-LOCALIZED MOZILLA FIREFOX FOR U3 JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE WEB BROWSER'S DEFAULT LANGUAGE, YOU ARE LUCKY TODAY THEN. :)
Yes, there is a simple way to change your Mozilla Firefox's chrome UI text strings (menus, windows, alerts, some add-ons descriptions, and so on...) on your U3 Smart flash drive. This workaround is not new but most people do not know about this yet, so it is a good idea to share this and explain how this works.
THIS WORKAROUND IS FOR MOZILLA FIREFOX 2 AND LATER. You have got to got the latest Firefox 2 installed (2.0.0.20), or the currently latest Firefox 3.0 installed (which right now is 3.0.13), or the currently latest Firefox 3.5 installed (which right now is 3.5.2). I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO HAS MOZILLA FIREFOX INSTALLED ON AN U3 SMART FLASH DRIVE TO UPDATE THIS WEB BROWSER TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE VERSION (3.5.2 right now, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 will be released on September 9th). If you use Mozilla Firefox 2 or 3 from your U3 Smart flash drive, my suggestion is to update to Mozilla Firefox 3.5, which is really faster.
Okay, once you have got your Mozilla Firefox up-to-date, follow one of the next links:
■ If you are still using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 for U3, go here.
■ If you are using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 for U3, go here.
■ If you are using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 for U3, go here.
These links will take you to a Mozilla's FTP server where you can see all the localized language packs.
In case you did not know: Mozilla uses the ISO 639-1 norm for the language codes, and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 norm for country codes, in all their programs and web-sites. It means any available language is tagged with the ISO 639-1 two-small-letters code, e.g. de stands for Deutsch [German], it stands for Italiano [Italian], fr stands for Français [French], fi stands for Suomi [Finnish], hu stands for Magyar [Hungarian] and so on.... And when there are language variations, Mozilla uses a combination of the ISO 639-1 code with two small letters for the language, and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code with two capital letters for the country. The structure is something like: en-US [English (US)], en-GB [English (British)], pt-BR [Portuguese (Brazilian)], pt-PO [Portuguese (Portugal)], es-AR [Spanish (Argentina)], es-ES [Spanish (Spain)], es-CL [Spanish (Chile)], es-MX [Spanish (Mexico)], etc. You can see all the localization versions on this Mozilla Firefox's International Versions download page (the es-AR localization is highlighted in that web-page because I shall use this locale version as an example in this tutorial).
Well, let us get back: you are now in the Mozilla's FTP server and by now you will know what is your wanted locale version. Look for the locale you want to install. My friend Carolina Giselle wanted the es-AR localization, so she clicked on the es-AR.xpi file. Then she downloaded it and installed it on Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2. Once this is installed, she had to restart the browser, just like any add-on you installed.
When Mozilla Firefox restarts, should be using the new locale version, but if the English (US) interface is still there, there is not any problem, just keep reading.
I told her to go to Tools > Add-ons and she could see a new item appeared: Languages, so this means the language pack installation was successful.
Now, how to change the en-US language to the language pack recently installed?
It is just that easy:
■ 1. At the URL bar, type: about:config and hit Enter. You may see a warning. That is fine as you long do not change anything without knowledge. If you do not modify anything you do not understand, there shall be no risk at all. Click on the I'll be careful, I promise! button.
■ 2. Now you will see a long, long list of any single configuration on Mozilla Firefox. There are lots of great cheats to do here, but do not touch anything randomly. If you are curious, first search and read some info on the web about tweaking Firefox from the about:config page. Well, you will see the cursor is blinking into the Search form. Start typing: general.useragent.locale and in a few seconds you will only see this string.
■ 3. Double-click on it to change the default's value (en-US) to the locale you just downloaded and installed. In this case, it is es-AR. Click on the OK button. Now, close ALL THE WEB BROWSER'S WINDOWS and restart it again. You should be able to see all the menus in the new language.
You can install all the language packs you want.
Hope this helps. :)
■ Extra tip 1: Do not forget to install one or more dictionaries! They are very useful!
■ Extra tip 2: Do not forget to configure your languages of preference when visiting web-sites (go to Tools > Options... > Content > Languages > click on the Choose... button). If available, some web-sites will be displayed in any of your languages of choice.
You can also install language packs on Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 for U3 and on Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 for U3. Remember you have got to got the latest versions of each program in order to install an updated language pack.
These two programs have not got an add-on self-installer built-in function, so you have to download the language pack manually, using your web browser, and then install the XPI file also manually.
How to install a language pack on Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 for U3
■ 1. If you have not got this, download Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 from here and install it on your U3 Smart flash drive. Then update this e-mail client to the 2.0.0.23 (20090812) version.
■ 2. Finally, download the language pack for Thunderbird using your web browser. Go to this web-page, and look for the language pack you want to download. When you find it, DO NOT CLICK ON IT, right-click on it instead and choose Save Link As... and select a location on your computer to save the XPI file.
■ 3. Once you have got all the languages pack you want, it is time to install them. Run Thunderbird, go to Tools > Add-ons > click on the Install... button and search the files you just downloaded. Install them one by one. When ready, restart Thunderbird.
■ 4. If nothing changed, go to Tools > Options... > Advanced > General > click on the Config Editor... button and do the same steps you did it in the installation of language packs on Mozilla Firefox.
How to install a language pack on Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 for U3
■ 1. If you have not got this, download Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 from here and install it on your U3 Smart flash drive.
■ 2. Finally, download the language pack for Sunbird using your web browser. Go to this web-page, and look for the language pack you want to download. When you find it, DO NOT CLICK ON IT, right-click on it instead and choose Save Link As... and select a location on your computer to save the XPI file.
■ 3. Once you have got all the languages pack you want, it is time to install them. Run Sunbird, go to Tools > Add-ons > click on the Install... button and search the files you just downloaded. Install them one by one. When ready, restart Sunbird.
■ 4. If nothing changed, go to Tools > Options... > Advanced > General > click on the Config Editor... button and do the same steps you did it in the installation of language packs on Mozilla Firefox.
If you need help, just yelp! :)
--
► Valeria Zysman
Congratulations on making a profit from war.
Sent from Puerto Madero, Argentina
This week a friend of mine, Carolina Giselle, bought a 16 GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium U3 Smart flash drive because she really liked the idea of take some excellent applications on the go, altogether with all her personal data. She has seen all this time how I have used my programs anywhere: here, at home, at her home and at the internet café. She understood how useful is to have got an U3 Smart flash drive and was convinced to buy one. And she did.
Since some years ago she has been used Mozilla Firefox thanks to my suggestions and she envied me because I have had all my bookmarks, all my favourite extensions and themes in an always automatically-updated Mozilla Firefox. She uses Mozilla Firefox 3.5's Yahoo! Repack at home (also known as YFF3, visit this web-page and select your locale version below if you want to download it and install it on your computer). Mozilla Firefox 3.5's Yahoo! Repack comes with the Yahoo! Toolbar but she already knew she could download this extension from AMO or from Yahoo! itself anyway.
However, she had a question (an interesting question, I have to say) that many people may not know that there is a workaround. She asked me:
WHY THIS MOZILLA FIREFOX FOR U3 IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH?
And that is a great question, because there is a lot of people that is not an English-speaker person but has no more choice that use an American English Mozilla Firefox.
WELL, IF YOUR PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH BUT YOU HAVE TO USE AN U.S. ENGLISH-LOCALIZED MOZILLA FIREFOX FOR U3 JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE WEB BROWSER'S DEFAULT LANGUAGE, YOU ARE LUCKY TODAY THEN. :)
Yes, there is a simple way to change your Mozilla Firefox's chrome UI text strings (menus, windows, alerts, some add-ons descriptions, and so on...) on your U3 Smart flash drive. This workaround is not new but most people do not know about this yet, so it is a good idea to share this and explain how this works.
THIS WORKAROUND IS FOR MOZILLA FIREFOX 2 AND LATER. You have got to got the latest Firefox 2 installed (2.0.0.20), or the currently latest Firefox 3.0 installed (which right now is 3.0.13), or the currently latest Firefox 3.5 installed (which right now is 3.5.2). I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO HAS MOZILLA FIREFOX INSTALLED ON AN U3 SMART FLASH DRIVE TO UPDATE THIS WEB BROWSER TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE VERSION (3.5.2 right now, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 will be released on September 9th). If you use Mozilla Firefox 2 or 3 from your U3 Smart flash drive, my suggestion is to update to Mozilla Firefox 3.5, which is really faster.
Okay, once you have got your Mozilla Firefox up-to-date, follow one of the next links:
■ If you are still using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 for U3, go here.
■ If you are using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 for U3, go here.
■ If you are using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 for U3, go here.
These links will take you to a Mozilla's FTP server where you can see all the localized language packs.
In case you did not know: Mozilla uses the ISO 639-1 norm for the language codes, and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 norm for country codes, in all their programs and web-sites. It means any available language is tagged with the ISO 639-1 two-small-letters code, e.g. de stands for Deutsch [German], it stands for Italiano [Italian], fr stands for Français [French], fi stands for Suomi [Finnish], hu stands for Magyar [Hungarian] and so on.... And when there are language variations, Mozilla uses a combination of the ISO 639-1 code with two small letters for the language, and the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code with two capital letters for the country. The structure is something like: en-US [English (US)], en-GB [English (British)], pt-BR [Portuguese (Brazilian)], pt-PO [Portuguese (Portugal)], es-AR [Spanish (Argentina)], es-ES [Spanish (Spain)], es-CL [Spanish (Chile)], es-MX [Spanish (Mexico)], etc. You can see all the localization versions on this Mozilla Firefox's International Versions download page (the es-AR localization is highlighted in that web-page because I shall use this locale version as an example in this tutorial).
Well, let us get back: you are now in the Mozilla's FTP server and by now you will know what is your wanted locale version. Look for the locale you want to install. My friend Carolina Giselle wanted the es-AR localization, so she clicked on the es-AR.xpi file. Then she downloaded it and installed it on Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2. Once this is installed, she had to restart the browser, just like any add-on you installed.
When Mozilla Firefox restarts, should be using the new locale version, but if the English (US) interface is still there, there is not any problem, just keep reading.
I told her to go to Tools > Add-ons and she could see a new item appeared: Languages, so this means the language pack installation was successful.
Now, how to change the en-US language to the language pack recently installed?
It is just that easy:
■ 1. At the URL bar, type: about:config and hit Enter. You may see a warning. That is fine as you long do not change anything without knowledge. If you do not modify anything you do not understand, there shall be no risk at all. Click on the I'll be careful, I promise! button.
■ 2. Now you will see a long, long list of any single configuration on Mozilla Firefox. There are lots of great cheats to do here, but do not touch anything randomly. If you are curious, first search and read some info on the web about tweaking Firefox from the about:config page. Well, you will see the cursor is blinking into the Search form. Start typing: general.useragent.locale and in a few seconds you will only see this string.
■ 3. Double-click on it to change the default's value (en-US) to the locale you just downloaded and installed. In this case, it is es-AR. Click on the OK button. Now, close ALL THE WEB BROWSER'S WINDOWS and restart it again. You should be able to see all the menus in the new language.
You can install all the language packs you want.
Hope this helps. :)
■ Extra tip 1: Do not forget to install one or more dictionaries! They are very useful!
■ Extra tip 2: Do not forget to configure your languages of preference when visiting web-sites (go to Tools > Options... > Content > Languages > click on the Choose... button). If available, some web-sites will be displayed in any of your languages of choice.
You can also install language packs on Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 for U3 and on Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 for U3. Remember you have got to got the latest versions of each program in order to install an updated language pack.
These two programs have not got an add-on self-installer built-in function, so you have to download the language pack manually, using your web browser, and then install the XPI file also manually.
How to install a language pack on Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 for U3
■ 1. If you have not got this, download Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 from here and install it on your U3 Smart flash drive. Then update this e-mail client to the 2.0.0.23 (20090812) version.
■ 2. Finally, download the language pack for Thunderbird using your web browser. Go to this web-page, and look for the language pack you want to download. When you find it, DO NOT CLICK ON IT, right-click on it instead and choose Save Link As... and select a location on your computer to save the XPI file.
■ 3. Once you have got all the languages pack you want, it is time to install them. Run Thunderbird, go to Tools > Add-ons > click on the Install... button and search the files you just downloaded. Install them one by one. When ready, restart Thunderbird.
■ 4. If nothing changed, go to Tools > Options... > Advanced > General > click on the Config Editor... button and do the same steps you did it in the installation of language packs on Mozilla Firefox.
How to install a language pack on Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 for U3
■ 1. If you have not got this, download Mozilla Sunbird 0.9 from here and install it on your U3 Smart flash drive.
■ 2. Finally, download the language pack for Sunbird using your web browser. Go to this web-page, and look for the language pack you want to download. When you find it, DO NOT CLICK ON IT, right-click on it instead and choose Save Link As... and select a location on your computer to save the XPI file.
■ 3. Once you have got all the languages pack you want, it is time to install them. Run Sunbird, go to Tools > Add-ons > click on the Install... button and search the files you just downloaded. Install them one by one. When ready, restart Sunbird.
■ 4. If nothing changed, go to Tools > Options... > Advanced > General > click on the Config Editor... button and do the same steps you did it in the installation of language packs on Mozilla Firefox.
If you need help, just yelp! :)
--
► Valeria Zysman
Congratulations on making a profit from war.
Sent from Puerto Madero, Argentina
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