Our Internet experiences involve more and more data about us. Some of this data we create ourselves.  Sometimes our friends and acquaintances create it, and sometimes the services we use create data about us. On one hand this enables all sorts of exciting new applications. On the other hand, there are some very disconcerting aspects […]

Today we access the Internet in many ways, with phones and tablets and new devices becoming more prevalent.  These devices have new operating systems, new business models, and new opportunities.  They also bring new challenges to interoperability and user-sovereignty.  How should Mozilla respond?  Should Firefox and Gecko be our only tools?  Or should we develop […]

Last week I attended the NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in Sao Paulo. It was a 2 day event, following a multi-month process. A web search for NetMundial outcome will provide a range of evaluations, including one from fellow Mozillian Chris Riley. Here I’ll provide a (somewhat idiosyncratic) description of […]

Have you ever sat down with someone else’s computer and wondered why a particular piece of software seems to perform so much better (or worse)?  Ever wonder what people do to tune the performance of their software?  Ever wish you had more information to understand your specific experience — why something stopped working, why something […]

In January 2011 Mozilla proposed a new browser feature to help people control who tracks and logs our online activities. This feature is known as “Do Not Track.” It’s a simple way for a person to tell the advertising networks that he or she does not want to be tracked. Since Mozilla introduced DNT to […]

Mozilla is on the cusp of changing our policy about our use of video codecs and making use of a format  known as “H.264.” We have tried to avoid this for a number of years, as H.264 is encumbered by patents.  The state of video on the Web today and in mobile devices in particular is […]

Over the summer and fall I wrote a set of posts about how Mozilla’s mission is leading us to develop new offerings and new ways of bring user sovereignty and freedom to online life. My colleague David Ascher has written a piece which I find to be a nice summary of these goals. I’m planning […]

We build Firefox to build freedom and excellence into the web.  We build Firefox to make sure that each person can be sovereign over the technology he or she uses to interact with the web.   We build Firefox to combine user sovereignty and freedom with a great product experience that enriches web life. We launched […]

Today I am pleased to share with you this year’s annual State of Mozilla report.  It details our opportunities, our community and our expanding set of initiatives. Included in this post is the full text of the video from the “Ahead” section of the site.   I invite you to learn more about the Mozilla Project […]

Mozilla’s mission is to bring openness, interoperability and user sovereignty to Internet life.  We should do this in the apps world.   We should embrace some aspects of the current app model as a complement to the browser model.   We should also provide an alternative to aspects of the current app model that aren’t so open […]