{"id":8951,"date":"2020-10-29T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=8951"},"modified":"2020-10-29T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:32:12","slug":"contribute-to-selecting-new-recommended-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2020\/10\/29\/contribute-to-selecting-new-recommended-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribute to selecting new Recommended extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2020\/06\/RecEx_badge-252x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"127\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2020\/06\/RecEx_badge-252x127.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2020\/06\/RecEx_badge-600x302.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2020\/06\/RecEx_badge-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2020\/06\/RecEx_badge.png 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/extensionworkshop.com\/documentation\/publish\/recommended-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recommended extensions<\/a>\u2014a curated list of extensions that meet Mozilla\u2019s highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience\u2014are in part selected with input from a rotating editorial board of community contributors. Each board runs for six consecutive months and evaluates a small batch of new Recommended candidates each month. The board\u2019s evaluation plays a critical role in helping identify new potential Recommended additions. <\/p>\n<p>We are now accepting applications for community board members through <strong>18 November<\/strong>. If you would like to nominate yourself for consideration on the board, please email us at <strong>amo-featured [at] mozilla [dot] org<\/strong> and provide a brief explanation why you feel you\u2019d make a keen evaluator of Firefox extensions. We\u2019d love to hear about how you use extensions and what you find so remarkable about browser customization. You don\u2019t have to be an extension developer to effectively evaluate Recommended candidates (though indeed many past board members have been developers themselves), however you should have a strong familiarity with extensions and be comfortable assessing the strengths and flaws of their functionality and user experience. <\/p>\n<p>Selected contributors will participate in a six-month project that runs from December &#8211; May. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/search\/?promoted=recommended&#038;sort=random&#038;type=extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entire collection of Recommended extensions<\/a>, if curious to explore what\u2019s currently curated. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you and we look forward to hearing from interested contributors by the <strong>18 November<\/strong> application deadline! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended extensions\u2014a curated list of extensions that meet Mozilla\u2019s highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience\u2014are in part selected with input from a rotating editorial board of community contributors. &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2020\/10\/29\/contribute-to-selecting-new-recommended-extensions\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176604,278884],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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