From stolenclover at yahoo.com.tw Tue Aug 3 00:48:49 2004 From: stolenclover at yahoo.com.tw (Daniel Wang) Date: Tue Aug 3 03:06:02 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] progress? Message-ID: <20040803064849.14250.qmail@web16504.mail.tpe.yahoo.com> Hi, I just noticed this project in the independent status report (thought nobody reads it, eh?). I know a few other places of Mozilla tech supports, and I'd like to collect info and submit the story to MozillaZine (after there's something on mozillaenterprise to talk about, that is). Can you tell me the progress and near-future plane of this project? From stolenclover at yahoo.com.tw Tue Aug 3 00:56:56 2004 From: stolenclover at yahoo.com.tw (Daniel Wang) Date: Tue Aug 3 03:13:51 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] documentation project Message-ID: <20040803065656.89659.qmail@web16506.mail.tpe.yahoo.com> got a few documentation projects that you might be interested in Mozilla FAQ udpate: wangrepublic.org/ mozilla_faq_beta/ (not ready, don't link yet) Mozilla Preferences Manual (work-in-progress) (was bug 178685) http://wangrepublic.org/daniel/mozilla/prefs/ (not much, but can be linked) Mozilla Guide http://wangrepublic.org/daniel/mozilla/guide/ (not much, don't link yet) If you are interested in any of these, I'll keep you guys updated on the progress. From notes at mozdev.org Tue Aug 10 16:25:32 2004 From: notes at mozdev.org (notes@mozdev.org) Date: Wed Aug 11 22:29:53 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] Mozillaenterprise: feedback from MastaBrembo Message-ID: <200408101925.i7AJPW8Q091964@localhost.mozdev.org> http://mozillaenterprise.mozdev.org/notes.html#c6 Sounds like a good idea. I work at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. A lot of our users are familiar with Netscape Messenger for mail, but IE for browsing. I like Mozilla and me and our departmental Linux guy have been pushing it around here. Especially after that CERT recommendation to use "anything but IE". :) Now if the Moz team can come up with an auto update feature or similar notifier, that would be nice (unless I overlooked it). Keep up the good work! Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707 From notes at mozdev.org Fri Aug 13 00:13:19 2004 From: notes at mozdev.org (notes@mozdev.org) Date: Sun Aug 15 21:22:45 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] Mozillaenterprise: feedback from kquiggle Message-ID: <200408130313.i7D3DJTd086558@localhost.mozdev.org> http://mozillaenterprise.mozdev.org/notes.html#c7 I agree that an auto update capability would be a great improvement. This is not currently available as far as I know, but I think we may see something soon. I'm interested to know what other features people would like to see to make Mozilla more "enterprise friendly." Suggestions, anyone? Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 From notes at mozdev.org Wed Aug 18 13:51:49 2004 From: notes at mozdev.org (notes@mozdev.org) Date: Thu Aug 19 23:22:54 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] Mozillaenterprise: feedback from Pedro Madeira Message-ID: <200408181651.i7IGpn9G043231@localhost.mozdev.org> http://mozillaenterprise.mozdev.org/notes.html#c8 There are 4 major things that need attention and actual development to aproach mozilla to enterprise world: 1- Robust backup utility integrated with the mozilla suite so that administrators can schedule backups of mails and contacts across the network to a storage device 2- Robust calendar (more robust than the actual one) with potent management of events. For example, in the same calendar file you can have private events, events only seen by some predefined groups of users, etc... 3- The autoupdate functionality mentioned above. I lose a lot of time upgrading workstations. 4- Complete set of plugins to sync moz with handheld devices like pocket pc, palm, etc... I have some problems with users that were used to sync outlook with their devices and once they begin working with mozilla they loose some features. But the bright side is that moz is already a potent suite and my company has all its users using mozilla as their default tool. Some users prefer to surf with IE despite my efforts to tell them about the benefits of using one instead the other though. Long live Open Source PM Portugal Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 From notes at mozdev.org Sun Aug 22 15:34:16 2004 From: notes at mozdev.org (notes@mozdev.org) Date: Sun Aug 22 19:21:49 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] Mozillaenterprise: feedback from Rick Beldin Message-ID: <200408221834.i7MIYG3D012614@localhost.mozdev.org> http://mozillaenterprise.mozdev.org/notes.html#c9 As someone who used to support Mozilla and Netscape on commercial (non-free) platforms, one of the most common calls from enterprise-class customers was how to do customizations that would affect a whole class of users, and how to propagate those customizations to the entire user base. Some of the customers wanted to *remove* the ability of users to customize the interface, change settings and otherwise limit the behavior of the browser. These uses are distinct from what the individual user would like to do and are often at odds with the whole intent of 'user preferences', but this is the situation that enterprise customers are in. Some of the browser environments are kiosks, and others are special-purpose 'captive' environments where the user's access needs to be limited and controlled. Examples and tools of this sort of customization would be very helpful to this user base. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 From notes at mozdev.org Sun Aug 22 21:01:33 2004 From: notes at mozdev.org (notes@mozdev.org) Date: Mon Aug 23 21:42:11 2004 Subject: [Mozillaenterprise] Mozillaenterprise: feedback from kquiggle Message-ID: <200408230001.i7N01XRC040454@localhost.mozdev.org> http://mozillaenterprise.mozdev.org/notes.html#c10 Rick - Excellent suggestion. On the information page, I have added two references on locking preferences, as well as two references on "kiosk mode." Thanks. 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