What can I do for Mozilla? • Hacker News Board

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by tlrobinson » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 3:50 PM UTC

It took me way longer than it should have to figure out what the hell this site does. Why not present a list of languages the user can pick from? Also, "Tell me more" and "Keep going" are too similar in meaning.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by tangue » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 3:54 PM UTC

gawker wrote: post #28

loso wrote: post #7

I actually really like the idea of this type of site. More open source projects should have one. The entry point into getting a project that you want to help with can be a little tricky. On a personal note, this probably was the wrong time for me to see this site and want to help since the latest Firefox update this morning was a serious dud on my computer.

I agree. I definitely the guidance it provides - it helps me to align my interests with open source. Kinda like online dating with an open source project. I was enthusiastic to contribute to the Django project but had no clue what to do.

Yes that's the problem. The landing page is pretty good, but when you click you're send in the usual Mozilla's maze. What makes me sad is that they're not looking for content strategists, UI designers or UX specialists.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by bhughes » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 4:04 PM UTC

Is there something along these lines that has data for multiple open source projects? I think a lot of folks (myself included) would benefit from something that could provide some guidance, rather than randomly clicking around Github.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by lathamcity » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 4:06 PM UTC

The line at the top of the page, for me, says "Undefined". Firefox 10.0.7, Windows 7.

I debugged it for you - the outerHTML property isn't supported in Firefox function outerHTML(node){ return node.outerHTML || ( function(n){ var div = document.createElement('div'), h; div.appendChild( n.cloneNode(true) ); h = div.innerHTML; div = null; return h; })(node); }

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by kibwen » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 4:21 PM UTC

tangue wrote: post #42

gawker wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. I definitely the guidance it provides - it helps me to align my interests with open source. Kinda like online dating with an open source project. I was enthusiastic to contribute to the Django project but had no clue what to do.

Yes that's the problem. The landing page is pretty good, but when you click you're send in the usual Mozilla's maze. What makes me sad is that they're not looking for content strategists, UI designers or UX specialists.

They do seem to be looking for those, but as paid employees rather than volunteers.[1] Those roles are probably harder to outsource to the community.

[1] https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by pnathan » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

xentronium wrote: post #24

pdw wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except for Rust :)

Everyone using Rust professionally seems to be already employed by mozilla.

for now

I'm still waiting for it to stabilize, but I plan to experiment with Rust in my next systems-level project.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by tedmielczarek » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 4:34 PM UTC

ippa wrote: post #34

I miss ruby :)

We don't have any projects in Ruby at Mozilla that I'm aware of. Sorry, can't be all things to all people.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by wolfgke » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 5:00 PM UTC

kibwen wrote: post #45

tangue wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes that's the problem. The landing page is pretty good, but when you click you're send in the usual Mozilla's maze. What makes me sad is that they're not looking for content strategists, UI designers or UX specialists.

They do seem to be looking for those, but as paid employees rather than volunteers.[1] Those roles are probably harder to outsource to the community. [1] https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/

Can somebody tell me reasons why UI designers or UX specialists are more difficult to outsource?

I know that many open source projects have difficulties attracting them, but I really don't know the reasons (any reason designers working in this field gave me also should apply to programmers - thus they also couldn't answer this question).

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by gawker » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

wolfgke wrote: post #48

kibwen wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do seem to be looking for those, but as paid employees rather than volunteers.[1] Those roles are probably harder to outsource to the community. [1] https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/

Can somebody tell me reasons why UI designers or UX specialists are more difficult to outsource? I know that many open source projects have difficulties attracting them, but I really don't know the reasons (any reason designers working in this field gave me also should apply to programmers - thus they also couldn't answer this question).

I'm also curious to know. I think it's a really good opportunity for showcasing work and giving back to the community.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by sneak » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 5:30 PM UTC

lincolnwebs wrote: post #8

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

What's the difference between a joke and two dicks?

YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.