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Firefox localisation in Uganda
There has been quite some activity in Uganda with regard to localising Firefox.
The Lugandan teams had a Firefox launch last week (29 September 2011). I sent them a video congratulating them on their work.
The same team is behind Acholi which went from zero to hero is little over 4 weeks. Following the Lugandan launch we've been joined by people translating Lusoga. A great day for the languages of Uganda.
Bringing more languages to Firefox via Pootle
With the addition of Lusoga we're now translating 13 Firefox languages on Pootle. Some of these are official Firefox translations and some are yet to move out of Aurora into the normal Mozilla process. We started with 4 a little over a year ago, so a growth to 13 is really encouraging.
The languages hosted on Pootle were initially only African but now we have included non-African languages, Urdu and Sakha. We now accept anyone who wishes to translate Firefox into their language.
If your language isn't covered by Firefox and you need some help and assistance in getting up to speed then this community can help you.
Firefox (dalk) nou gewildste in Afrika
Volgens Statcounter was Firefox die gewildste webblaaier in Afrika in September 2011. Hier is die grafiek met hulle statistiek:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-af-monthly-201109-201109-bar
Dit is ook maar net-net, maar die tendense is duidelik: Internet Explorer neem af in gewildheid, terwyl Firefox en Chrome steeds toeneem in gewildheid en saam nou al amper op 60% staan. Natuurlik is dit moeilik om te sê hoe akkuraat StatCounter se statistiek is of hoe verteenwoordigend dit is van die werklikheid, maar dit is steeds interessant om te sien.
Alhoewel Firefox se gewildheid nie oral styg nie, glo ek dat Firefox 7 wat laas week vrygestel is dinge toenemend in Firefox se guns kan laat swaai. Die komende weergawes sal natuurlik nog verdere verbeteringe bring, maar die kompetisie sal seker nie net staan en toekyk nie.
Firefox is beskikbaar in al hoe meer tale van Afrika, en dit mag dalk net toenemend 'n invloed hê in Afrika in die toekoms.
