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hi,
i am availlable for translation in french if u need.

I can do translation to spanish, and also write some stuff i have done some marketing materals evaluation.

Although I only signed up today, I would love to help. My first language is Dutch and I speak English too (as you might have noticed). My German and French are okay, but I doubt it's enough to help you in those two languages. But Dutch and English is no problem.

Regards,

nXXt

Hi all,

Firefox has totally intrigued me, both as a product and as a marketing case. I would love to volunteer to help out with any PR, media contacts, writing, editing or marketing projects that can help spread Firefox.

Over the last decade or so, I've been involved with a number of successful Web product launches and Web promotions. You can learn more about my past projects at http://resume.susanheywood.com/. If I can help out in any way, please let me know.

Susan F. Heywood
sheywood@gmail.com
www.DirectMarketingMBA.com

I posted this letter to "learndirect", a national IT training and skills body in the UK, and a couple of people encouraged me to post it here. Feel free to use and adapt this letter to send to your own college / company people etc:

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I recently observed lots of people browsing away with Internet Explorer
at some learndirect terminals in my local sports centre. It prompted me
to contact you to enquire about the possibility of using the excellent
new open source Firefox web browser in your centres. As an IT systems
administrator, I feel very strongly against people learning computing
who are only taught the Microsoft monoculture, and I believe that
this goes against the very principle of a rounded and mind-opening education.

It's widely known - and lamented - that Microsoft abandoned Internet
Explorer some years ago. Firefox is universally regarded as a superior,
more secure, and more productive web browser. It protects against the
very real problems of spyware and adware on Windows computers - most of
which exploit IE vulnerabilities - and offers a much richer web experience
to users. Firefox is being downloaded by 1 million people per week, and
it being very publicly recommended by many leading technical journalists.

Whilst I accept that Microsoft Office is a necessary skill for many people
to learn in the workplace, the web is a universal medium, and informing
people about the rich diversity of non-Microsoft software is absolutely vital. Many of the people you teach will be wanting to
create web sites and play their part in the future of the online world,
and Internet Explorer's infamous disregard for open web standards can only be to their detriment in this respect.

Schools and universities across the country are beginning to use Firefox
as their preferred browser - on all platforms, not just Windows - and
I sincerely hope that learndirect will set a great example by doing the same thing! For full information, see:

http://www.getfirefox.com

I'd be more than happy to discuss any of these issues with you at any time.

Regards
Johnny Firefox User

Hi!

I would love to help with any proofreading, documentation or writing that needs to be done. I am a Technical Writer for a software company with a background in English and experience as an assistant editor for an international magazine.

I am very flexible, time-wise, and would love to see firefox become the most popular browser in the world!

Let me know how I can help!

Get Firefox!

Count me in - I'm quite the pedantic soul, and have a pretty good tendency to catch stuff that shouldn't be around, and clean up sentence structure. The only time this isn't true is when I'm writing about it, as evidenced in the prior sentence ;).

Cheers,
John

I'm willing to pitch in. Experience in writing technical manuals aimed at introductory level computing. Always wanting to help the cause.

I am also able to help. Can provide samples of writing on request. Email or IM.

Hello Sir. I have received word from my internet browser technology that you require assistance in spreading the love of the browser known popularly as FireFox. I am indeed intrigued by your proposition! I could form elaborate sentences and phrases to spread the fire. I am also quite good at using italics and bolds to stress a point. And one point which needs stressing is the fact that FireFox, the fox which certainly 'lights my fire', is the browser for you.

"Why should I use this crazy old Firefox?", you may ask. Ah, a good question indeed, as you may have your ways with IE. Perhaps you often like to open links in new windows and have learned to hold shift and click the link instead of using the tired and inefficient "Right Click> Open Link in New Window" method. Well I have a solution for you! Do you possess a scroll wheel? Have you ever thought it would be nice to middle click a link and it would instantly open in a new window? Firefox has a better way!

Tabbed browsing! Yes, with Firefox you can middle click a link and it shall open in a new window. (or, to open a new empty tab, CTRL + T shortcut) This fantastic technology also features plugins such as tab browser extensions which add even more functionality (such as bookmarked sets of tabs), as well as a wide array of others.

Are you a fan of skinning your technologies, such as Winamp? Firefox features this too! Right on Mozilla Update, there's the Firefox Themes section! Most, if not all, include a preview, or a link to the theme's homepage which contains screenshots.

But I have been diluding you with images of grandeur, as I have saved the best for last! With Firefox, you don't get popups unless you say so! Unlike popup blockers, which often block wanted popups, such as items which open in a new window after you click on them, Firefox determines if you have requested the popup first. You can also set "Allowed Sites", which are exempt from any blocking. This, combined with lack of the security flaw which Microsoft calls "ActiveX", ensures you will not accidentally receive spyware.

To ensure you don't get viruses in your Electronic Mail either, try out Thunderbird, a free e-mail client from the same organization which created Firefox. You'll find Thunderbird also features a intelligent, adaptive spam blocker, and all spam is either kept, moved to a spam folder, or deleted, depending on the settings you set.

Thank you for your time.

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Yes I got into a long letter and phrased it like I was a door to door salesman in the late 19th century, heh. i can do better :'(

I'm also available to proofread anything.

Dan

I'm also available for writing/editing/proofing...

I'm available for writing/editing.

I've never been much of a writer, but I am a pretty good proofreader. If you need someone to proofread a press release or something like that, I would be more than happy to do so. Just PM me.

Hi. Not sure if this is what this forum's for, but I'm happy to do some copy writing / editing / proofreading etc if it's needed. Contact me by private message or reply here if interested.

Sorry but I don't understand "wordsmiths", english is not my mother tongue (I'm french).