The Mozilla Blog » Rhian Baker http://blog.mozilla.com News, notes and ramblings from the Mozilla project Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:57:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Announcing the Extend Firefox 2 Winners http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/02/12/announcing-the-extend-firefox-2-winners/ http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/02/12/announcing-the-extend-firefox-2-winners/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:50:50 +0000 Rhian Baker http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/02/12/announcing-the-extend-firefox-2-winners/ Read more]]>
Extend Firefox 2 has wrapped up and we’re super excited to announce the winners! We received well over 100 entries, representing hundreds of hours of hard work from people around the world.

A big thanks to all who participated! And special thanks to our panel of judges, including Garrett Camp (StumbleUpon), Brendan Eich (Mozilla), Jesse James Garrett (Adaptive Path), Tariq Krim (NetVibes), and Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us) and our sponsors, including ActiveState, O’Reilly, and VMware.

Congratulations to our awesome winners! And thanks again to all who contributed add-ons and ideas. Stay tuned for details of Extend Firefox 3, which will kick off within the next month.

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Extend Firefox 2 is a developer contest with prizes awarded for creating new Firefox Add-ons. All entries will be judged by a panel of experts, with three Grand Prizes and 12 Runner-up Prizes awarded for entries that demonstrate excellence in user experience, innovativeness, and use of open standards. Need inspiration or want to share ideas? Check out our Idea Wiki!

Our panel of judges includes:

* Garrett Camp – Founder & Chief Product Officer of StumbleUpon
* Brendan Eich – CTO of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript
* Tariq Krim – Founder and CEO of Netvibes
* Jesse James Garrett – President of Adaptive Path
* Joshua Schachter – Founder of del.icio.us, Director of Engineering, Yahoo!

So what are you waiting for? Start creating! This contest runs through December 31, 2007. Get more info and stay on top of contest news at the Extend Firefox 2 site.

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The response has been enormous — with reps from 50 schools signing on, all passionate about our mission and eager to help spread the word. Our debut event was a worldwide Kick-Off held the week of February 19th, with students in the US, Canada, UK, and Ghana hosting creative info booths, contests, raffles, give-a-ways, and install parties. The week was a huge success at the University of Southern California, Appalachian State University, and many others.

One of the most exciting efforts was an announcement by UNLV to offer technical support for Firefox. The IT office hosted a week-long open house to provide install help, recommend Firefox Add-ons and give out swag. That’s dedication! It was such a success that we’d like to use their campaign to roll out a campus rep “starter kit” to other campuses.

We’re now working with reps at over 150 schools, and our ranks are growing every week due to their support and enthusiasm. Send me a note to rbaker at mozilla dot com if you have ideas, want to share feedback or learn more. Let’s get campuses all over the world installing and supporting Firefox!

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