In the framework of the initiative to diversify sources of income and reduce dependence on funds received due to contracting contracts, Mozilla Prepares to launch a new MDN Plus paid service, which will complement such commercial initiatives like Mozilla VPN and Firefox Relay Premium. The new service is planning to run on March 9. The subscription cost will be $ 10 per month or $ 100 per year.
MDN Plus is an advanced version of the site MDN (Mozilla Developer Network), on which the documentation collection is formed for Web- Developers covering supported in modern technology browsers, including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and various Web APIs. Access to the main archive of MDM will remain as soon as possible. Recall that after dismissal from Mozilla all employees who were responsible for preparing documentation for MDN, the filling of this site is funded by the joint project Open Web Docs , among whose sponsors Google, Igalia, Facebook, Jetbrains, Microsoft and Samsung. The Budget Open Web Docs is about 450 thousand dollars a year.
Among the differences MDN Plus marked an additional tape of articles in the style of hacks.mozilla.org with a deeper analysis of certain topics, providing funds for work With documentation in offline mode and personalization of work with materials (creation of personal selection of articles, subscription to notifications about changing the articles of interest and adaptation of the site design under their own preferences). At the first stage, the subscription to MDN Plus will be open to users from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.