{"id":2364,"date":"2011-03-05T03:54:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2011-03-05T03:54:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:54:24","slug":"get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/05\/get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your add-ons ready, Firefox 4 is almost here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve started to build our first Release Candidate!  This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/02\/22\/update-your-add-on-in-time-for-firefox-4-2\/\">reminder<\/a> to make sure your add-on is compatible with Firefox 4, as we&#8217;re getting close to launch.   To have a chance of having your add-on promoted after Firefox 4 has launched, make sure you have submitted your add-on to the Firefox 4 Add-on collection competition.<\/p>\n<p>To enter the competition, email us at <a href=\"mailto:fx4-compatibility@mozilla.com?subject=Add-on%20Competition\">fx4-compatibility@mozilla.com<\/a> with &#8220;Add-on competition&#8221; in the subject line, a link to your add-on, your name, and a brief description of your add-on&#8217;s functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Get your entries in by 11:59pm PST on March 6th 2011. If you win, we&#8217;ll reach out to you to let you know shortly before the launch of Firefox 4. Download the contest rules <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2011\/03\/Fx4_Contest-Rules_final_updated.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are also getting close to releasing Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo. When we launch our mobile Release Candidate, we&#8217;d like everyone to take the time to make their add-on compatible for Firefox 4 for mobile final release. We&#8217;re planning to see millions of installs of Firefox on mobile devices and we&#8217;d like your add-ons to get the exposure and recognition they deserve by making them available and compatible for installation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about building and maintaining mobile add-ons for Firefox, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Mobile\/Fennec\/Extensions\">Mobile Extensions Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve started to build our first Release Candidate! This is a reminder to make sure your add-on is compatible with Firefox 4, as we&#8217;re getting close to launch. To have &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/05\/get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get your add-ons ready, Firefox 4 is almost here! - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/05\/get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Horner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/05\/get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/03\/05\/get-your-add-ons-ready-firefox-4-is-almost-here\/\",\"name\":\"Get your add-ons ready, Firefox 4 is almost here! 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