{"id":782,"date":"2009-06-24T08:41:06","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=782"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:11:00","slug":"extend-firefox-35-make-the-next-great-web-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/extend-firefox-35-make-the-next-great-web-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend Firefox 3.5. Make the Next Great Web Experience!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This is a repost of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/extendfirefox\/2009\/06\/16\/extend-firefox-35-make-the-next-great-web-experience\/\">Mozilla Labs announcement<\/a> of the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest now underway at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extendfirefox.com\">ExtendFirefox.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Extend Firefox contest is back challenging developers to <strong>make the next great web experience<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/extendfirefox\/files\/2009\/06\/amo-mascot-250.png\" alt=\"amo-mascot-250\" title=\"amo-mascot-250\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"250\" height=\"272\">This global developer contest awards prizes for developing new Firefox Add-ons for the upcoming production release of Firefox 3.5. Last year\u2019s contest received over 100 add-on submissions of some of the coolest and most innovative add-ons to-date and with Firefox 3.5 really <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Firefox_3.5_for_developers\">raising the bar in terms of features<\/a>, you can expect this year\u2019s competition to be intense!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve worked hard to line up <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/contests\/extendfirefox3.5\/developer.php\">great documentation and resources<\/a> for contestants along with <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/contests\/extendfirefox3.5\/details.php\">awesome prizes for the winners<\/a>. Along with MacBook Pro laptops, the contest\u2019s sponsors are providing professional development tools, software and books which are sure to complement any developers toolkit &amp; library!<\/p>\n<p>All entries will be <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/contests\/extendfirefox3.5\/judges.php\">judged by a panel of experts<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.mozilla.com\/contests\/extendfirefox3.5\/details.php\">Grand Prize and Runner\u2019s Up prize packages<\/a> awarded for add-ons that take advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Firefox_3.5_for_developers\">the new capabilities being introduced in Firefox 3.5<\/a> and that demonstrate excellence in user experience, innovativeness, and use of open standards. In addition, we\u2019ve added two new categories this year for the best shopping add-on and the best gaming and entertainment add-on. Hot!<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to our sponsors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manning.com\/\">Manning Publications<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/informit.com\/\">InformIT<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/macromates.com\/\">MacroMates<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madebysofa.com\/\">Sofa<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expandrive.com\/\">ExpanDrive<\/a>, for offering up some cool prizes and for helping to promote and get the word out to the wider development community!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extendfirefox.com\/\">Extend Firefox 3.5<\/a> is open now and runs through October 2nd, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Official contest rules and information are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extendfirefox.com\/\">http:\/\/www.extendfirefox.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: This is a repost of the Mozilla Labs announcement of the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest now underway at ExtendFirefox.com. The Extend Firefox contest is back challenging developers to &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/06\/24\/extend-firefox-35-make-the-next-great-web-experience\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extend Firefox 3.5. 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