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''This page needs to be beaten, savagely, [http://www.senecac.on.ca Seneca College] is working on many joint research and development projects with [http://www.mozilla.com Mozilla] and [http://fedoraproject.org Fedora]. These projects are listed below. Many of the projects below are part of the link-to-relevant-stuff stick[[DPS909]] or [[OSD600]] courses or the [[LUX Program]]. Please help yourself!''

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=Introduction = This page lists many of the research and coursework projects that are being done between Seneca faculty, students, and various Open Source communities, including Mozilla, Fedora, and OpenOffice.org. All of these projects are open source, and you can get involved with any of the current ones, or look at the list of [[Potential Projects]]. To claim a project, move it from the [[Potential Projects]] page to Active Project table below and create a link to a new project page based on the [[Sample Project]] ==page.

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Related tech and skills: server config, LDAP, scripting, web interface/app development == XULRunner Guide == The XULRunner project provides an "application runner" for building apps -- like Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird -- atop the Mozilla toolkit framework. It needs a guide outlined, high-priority parts written, and examples created to help people get started. Related tech and skills: XUL, documentation, cross-platform testing == Updating and migrating of MDC content == The Mozilla Developer Center has rights to a bunch of content that's still hosted on various strange corners of mozilla.org and the old DevEdge archives. There are some gems in there that need dusting off and updating to reflect the realities of the modern web. Related tech and skills: web authoring, documentation, scripting, technology domains of chosen articles. == Updating JS guide and JS reference == The current JavaScript guide and reference are valuable, but in serious need of updating in both structure and content (new language features, more relevant compatibility information, improved examples). Related tech and skills: documentation, JavaScript == Test framework development == We have a number of promising prototype or proof-of-concept test frameworks for exercising Mozilla code from different directions. They need varying amounts of work to make them more robust and general, document them, and integrate them into different kinds of automation. Related tech and skills: Python, Perl, Makefiles, shell scripting, JavaScript == OpenDarwin tinderbox image == We would love to have a tinderbox image for testing and building on the Mac, based on the freely-available OS X source. Would you love that too? (Also, we'd like to get it wired into Ben Hearsum's buildbot system.) Related tech and skills: system configuration, scripting, light C/C++, Makefile See http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ == FAQ mining for extension developers == Literally every day, there are informal exchanges on IRC and newsgroups that are fantastic fodder for small, focused documents. Collecting these exchanges, fleshing them out as recipes for extension authors, and writing sample code -- what better way to spend your afternoons? == Bugzilla component-watching == It's common for a developer to wish to "watch" all the bugs that are filed in a certain Bugzilla component. Mozilla uses a convoluted and painful system of synthetic accounts to simulate this capability, and we'd all really prefer to be able to do it more directly and with less opportunity for error. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76794 Bug 76794[Historical Projects] == Applescript support for Firefox == Lots of people would like to script Firefox from AppleScript (or, more generally, from the OSA), and extension authors would like to be able to call out to AppleScript/OSA from their code as well. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125419 Bug 125419] == Airbag development and server operation == The Airbag project is developing an open source crash reporting and analysis system, analogous to Talkback. There's lots of work to do on wiring it into the build system, operating servers page for collecting and analyzing data, and extending Firefox's use of it to collect additional helpful information (like installed extensions, memory usage, etc.) [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216827 Bug 216827] == Calendar stuff == The [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Calendar project] has lots of stuff for people to do, from [http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/default.mspx Exchange] connectors to off-line caching to bug fixes and minor features galore. A good place to start is the #calendar IRC channel on moznet. == OS X Keychain integration == It would be great to store Firefox's saved passwords in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keychain OS X keychain], for consistency and ease of use. Reference: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106400 Bug 106400] == CSS guide == The [http://developer.mozilla.org Mozilla Developer Center] would like to add a CSS guide to its set of major documents, covering at least the top 100 CSS properties in use on the web today. This data can be obtained through tools . It should include numerous examples, and a fair number of small tutorial/how-to sections for different common tasks or requests from web authors.  Reference: [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS_Reference CSS Reference] == Delta debugging framework == [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Debugging Delta debugging] is an automated approach to debugging that isolates failures systematically. Given a failing test that can be mechanically verified (including a browser crash), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Debugging delta debugging] is a way of automatically isolating the change that introduced the failure. Having a framework in place to pull builds from CVS, bisect by date and change set (using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_CVS_code_management_system bonsai ] data -- remember, CVS doesn't have changesets!), and report results would let computers make developers more productive. == D-Bus and other Linux desktop integration improvements == Various Linux distributors have patches in their Firefox packages that add bits and pieces of Linux integration, and we'd like to see even more available. One particular area of interest is controlling the browser via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-BUS d-bus], and exposing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-BUS dbus] events to the application and extensions. == "Avoid loading the same page twice" Extension == Create an extension to Firefox so that when a bookmark is clicked, and that site is already open in any tab in any window, that tab/window is brought to the front rather than loading the page againwhich were previously active. Related tech and skills: XUL, JavaScript