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Comment on Foxes by Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:03:40 +0000

I think he is getting confused with Coyotes, and the only reason they do those things is probably because we build houses where they used to live, and we get upset at the fact that they are one of the few animals who could adapt. The foxes look great, and I hope they have long, healthy lives.

Comment on Foxes by admin

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:05:27 +0000

I think that’s a bit of an over-reaction there Pablo.

In Australia foxes are feral vermin and are problematic because of people keeping sheep and chickens (of which they will eat both). Around here they are pretty well supplied with field mice, squirrels, voles, and so on. They have also been seen sneaking into the feed room to snack on sweet horse feed (makes their coats nice and shiny).

As another side note, around here “fox hunting” is often referred to as “fox chasing” as (in this part of the US at least) hunts don’t kill foxes.

Comment on Foxes by pablo montoya

pablo montoya — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:48:18 +0000

Careful, those will eat dogs and kill human babies.

Comment on About me by admin

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:27:32 +0000

Yes, sorry

I’m married to Luke Welling.

Comment on About me by Evan

Evan — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:56 +0000

One question… are you spoken for?

Thanks for all you have done for FOSS.

Comment on Why Open Source rocks by admin

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:26:01 +0000

Hey Paul, thanks - I had a link in there but I think the link color was too hard to see in this theme. I have now cranked up the blue

Comment on Why Open Source rocks by Paul Kim

Paul Kim — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:40:00 +0000

Really great interview Laura - direct link for anyone interested: http://www.linux.com/feature/133560

Comment on Firefox 3 Beta 3 Add-ons Manager and Add-ons API by blausand

blausand — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:59:01 +0000

Hi Laura,
nice to see you are still busy with Mozilla.
Months ago i suggested to the community some sort of loadtime and RAM-footprint details for each Add-On, not just the download-size. I’d like to know how much code is added or replaced by an add-on and how much it prolongs the loadtime of firefox/thunderbird on a standard system. Unfortunately, i never received a reaction,
maybe you could post here or tell me of a site more relevant for making that suggestion?
thanks a lot,
blausand

Comment on Firefox 3 Beta 3 Add-ons Manager and Add-ons API by Seth Wagoner

Seth Wagoner — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:56:58 +0000

I think search should probably place greater emphasis on the title of an add-on than the description text. At the moment, in FF3b3, searching for Interclue (for instance) pops up a theme that happens to support Interclue, and one must click through to the site to get the actual addon.

Comment on Firefox 3 Beta 3 Add-ons Manager and Add-ons API by funTomas

funTomas — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:14:34 +0000

G’Day Laura. I just wonder, is it necessary to search across all the languages? When looking up for a name, the search should IMO occur only in the user-selected language.