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Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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This animated SVG is dope! Really cute, seems to be done only with SVGs and CSS animations as far as I can tell.

Yup, had to get it out quick so I went simple! Just a single SVG that I shift elements back and forth on, and rotated so it looks like it's floating!

Do you mind estimating exactly how quickly something like that could be produced? Great job!

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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"For Mozilla folks looking for a landing spot, Safari and WebKit teams have a number of openings. DM if interested in any of the below: - HTTP stack - Web dev tools - 3D/AR/VR - Mac app - iOS app - Web Extensions - Any web platform area (layout, web APIs, ...) "

https://twitter.com/othermaciej/status/1293252487021916161

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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post #7

Thank you to the MDN and Servo teams for all their hard work. I wish you well for the future and hope you find a new gig soon.

If this is true about MDN then it is more awful than we thought. MDN is one of the go to resources for anyone building anything on the Web. I hope the community can pick it up like the ArchWiki...

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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post #40

This animated SVG is dope! Really cute, seems to be done only with SVGs and CSS animations as far as I can tell.

Yup, had to get it out quick so I went simple! Just a single SVG that I shift elements back and forth on, and rotated so it looks like it's floating!

Curious what tool/tools you used for that if any.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#66

It's very weird that Mozilla is laying off 25% of its workforce while at the same time spending oodles of cash on its Fix The Internet incubator. I'm not a business major; maybe this is normal.

I encourage you to learn more about business! I have found that process to be interesting for someone on the technical side. More tech people need to consider it and respect it, in my opinion.

Basically, part of situation analysis is that you have to evaluate the future potential of your projects and where your investment dollars go. Businesses are always thinking of the future, and that includes non-profits.

The Boston Consulting Group matrix is one tool that might fit this scenario: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/st...

The scenario you describe might be analogous to this hypothetical example: let’s say Microsoft laid off its entire Microsoft Surface team, and simultaneously invested $10 billion into Microsoft Azure. You might think, what the heck, the Surface lineup are good products that seem to be profitable (I actually have no clue if they are).

But, perhaps the Surface product line is a dog. It’s a low-market share product in a low-growth market. Azure might be a star: it has a large portion of a fast-growing market, and deserves more investment.

Even though Mozilla is a non-profit, I think it’s clear that they are looking to diversify their income stream. The “fix the internet” incubator can probably come up with services in high-growth markets that are less costly to implement and more easily monetized than a web browser (and fit their organizational goal of improving the Internet).

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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post #40

This animated SVG is dope! Really cute, seems to be done only with SVGs and CSS animations as far as I can tell.

Yup, had to get it out quick so I went simple! Just a single SVG that I shift elements back and forth on, and rotated so it looks like it's floating!

So it's not actually 3-D, you shift, scale, and rotate the 2-D elements so it appears 3-D? Or are you rotating it along Z in some way. It's a really good effect. That's some skill!

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Seeing this list makes me wonder: is Mozilla the only major software development nonprofit? (Feel free to interpret "major" however you want if you answer the question.) Regardless of one's feelings about Mozilla, the layoffs are really disheartening.

And - sorry for the spicy take - I'm bummed to see Facebook and Amazon on this list. It would be nice to see other nonprofits on the list, but it's doubly disappointing to not see any and to also see the worst of tech's forprofits here. To go from Mozilla to Facebook would be quite the swing. (Of course, if people need jobs and Facebook/Amazon are what are most immediately available to them, I can't blame them. But I certainly hope that many that are looking for a new job are in a position to be picky.)

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, had to get it out quick so I went simple! Just a single SVG that I shift elements back and forth on, and rotated so it looks like it's floating!

Curious what tool/tools you used for that if any.

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