Firefox's distribution in China to bundle a localized adaptation of Juice
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Mark Tong
For Chinese users eager to see a more comprehensive, seamless integration of Firefox and Linkool’s technology, here’s some good news: a localized adaptation of Juice is now bundled in the latest Chinese-language Firefox distribution, to be publicly released by Mozilla Online today. This Firefox release marks the first time that third-party extensions are bundled into an official Firefox release, and we at Linkool are proud to be a part of this historic milestone in Mozilla’s history!
This localized adaptation of Juice, branded “Live Margins”, is the result of nearly half a year of tireless collaboration between the folks at Mozilla Online, the China subsidiary of the Mountain View, CA-based Mozilla Corporation, and Linkool Labs. Live Margins’ backend is fully supported by Linkool’s proprietary intelligent discovery engine and keyword management system. At the UI-level, Live Margins offers many of Juice’s exciting features, including Magic results, drag & drop ease of use and intuitive media storage.
Live Margins is specially localized for the China market with different content sources, a different UI language (in Chinese), and tailored applications. To cater to the China market, Live Margins takes full advantage of Mozilla Online’s local partnerships and culls rich content from popular Chinese language sources, including Baidu (search), Youku (online video), Yobo (music sampling), Dianping (restaurant review), Sina (stock and music) and many others.
The partnership between Linkool and Mozilla Online aims to be a shining example of innovation in the China market, fostering the development of a vibrant Firefox developer community and encouraging Chinese web properties to open their content to a wider audience through public API access and increased platform interoperability.
To check out Live Margins, please go to: g-fox.cn.
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