“Will You Be The Brain Behind The Next Great Web Innovation?”

“Will you be the brain behind the next great Web innovation? Do you have the drive to take your Firefox Add-on idea to the masses? Are you ready to affect everyday life for millions of people around the world?”

These are the words that welcome you on Extend Firefox 2 Contest Official Web. Despite the fact that you just missed the deadline for submission (December 31st, 2007), it is worth looking at, because next year it just might be you who will be the winner of this contest. Winners of this contest will be announced on or about January 15th, 2008.

What was this contest all about? Basically, if you entered you were supposed to ‘Extend Firefox’ to encourage development and innovation in Web experience through add-ons to Firefox 2. If you have something in mind, keep it for next year contest, or try to submit it apart from the contest, but no valuable prices shall wait for you then, until you get lucky and your project gets chosen.

In the meantime, while we wait for the winner of this contest, I suggest you checking out Mozzila Labs Experiments .

My favorite is Firefox Personas which are lightweight add-on themes for your Firefox which do not require any software update or need to discover, select, download or install a separate bit of software or code, while still using dynamic menus. You can add, remove, update or simply change your current theme instantly.

And why was this all necessary? Here are the answers from Mozilla Labs:

• themes today are too hard to find, install and use
• graphic designers should be able to style the browser without having to code
• browsers can be more than just desktop software, they can include online components
• people just want their computer to be a little more fun and personal

…and I just cannot agree more.

Firefox Re-Defined

So here is my confession: Yes, I hate Internet Explorer /not too cool with Opera and others either/ but I love Firefox. The reasons are pretty obvious. Whether it is its security or personalization, it makes my browser experience richer than any other browser ever could.

Nevertheless, Mozilla labs have introduced new Beta testing version of Firefox 3 which should exceed our expectations and overcome the previous versions. Over the years, I have managed to tweak-out my Firefox so vastly, that surfing the internet is no longer pain in the ass for me. Frankly, my browser does it all for me. Whether it is doing my bank account transfers, saving information, remembering all the login information /which comes in very handy since I own multiple internet identities/.

For those who cannot wait until the official final release, here is the link to Beta testing version of Firefox 3. What is new with this version? About anything- its more secure, easier to use, higher performance, and my favorite- more personal. For more info follow here. Enjoy! and let us know your feedback because that is the reason why this version was released.