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If your browser isn't up to date, grab a '''nightly''' build of Firefox [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ here]. This latest version of the browser can be downloaded, unzipped, and run form from a temp directory in the lab, or you can install the newest [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ official release] directly from Mozilla.org. '''NOTE:''' If you do download a second browser, and wish to run it at the same time as Firefox 2, you'll need to run your newly download browser in a special way (i.e., normally, only one version of Firefox can run at a time): ''navigate to your new browser's directory, maybe C:\Program Files\Minefield firefox.exe -no-remote -profilemanager After running this command, you'll be able to create a new profile. Do this, and then you can run both your existing browser and the new one at the same time.
* Check-out [http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/ Introducing Ubiquity] and watch the the video:
This lab encompasses many things, and is meant to be a fast and furious introduction to developing software in an open source project on the scale of Mozilla. You are expected to complete it, but not in isolation. Make use of your classmates, and the Mozilla and Ubiquity communities.
You are encouraged to work using online collaborative tools, and to work on the lab throughout the week. You will be expected to have complete completed the lab by the end of the day '''Friday Sept 12'''.
==Resources==
* [http://labs.toolness.com/trac/report/1 Issue Tracker] - Used to report/discuss bugs and submit patches for Ubiquity.
* [http://hg.toolness.com/ubiquity-firefox/ Ubiquity HG Repository] - The Mercurial source code repository for Ubiquity.
* [http://ejohn.org/blog/bulk-vote-for-reddit-digg-and-hacker-news/ Mozilla/jquery's John Resig tries his hand at Ubiquity]