[Anubad] ANN: https://www.mozilla.org/bn-IN/ is now available

[Saibal Ray]

On 12/04/2013 01:57 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Sayak Sarkar <sayak.bugsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just had a quick idea to share while reading through Sankarshan's
>> suggestions. Do you think it would be helpful if the Mozilla India
>> community runs a campaign to increase usage of localized builds of the
>> various products as well as the web properties. This can serve two purposes
>> at one shot I guess:-
>>
>>     1. Popularize localized builds towards a mass audience, who might be
>>     unaware about the existence of the localized builds.
>>     2. Campaigns to help us translate content to local languages, for
>>     example the statements that Sankarshan has already highlighted in his email.
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> Absolutely. If the existing Mozilla India framework can be used to
> make a "This month use your favorite browser in your local language"
> (I made that up; it isn't the actual proposed name) campaign, we
> should ideally see increased downloads and, user experience feedback.
> I would emphasize more on the latter than the former - we need to hear
> the stories!

Could you guys also consider the below point if applicable and/or you 
have not done yet:
1. How about uploading the localized version in various software 
download sites like: cnet.com



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>> If this model works, this can also be extended to similar projects outside
>> Mozilla as well which have seen a fall in the usage of localized builds.
>
> Couldn't agree more!
>
>> Ofcourse, there might be quite a few more aspects to this than what has
>> come to my mind until now, but I guess this is something that might work.
>
> Yes. I am hoping that you (+Biraj, Swarnava, Priyanka and others) can
> help formulate this so that we can have this right up front in the new
> year or, synchronized with a version release of Firefox.
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