Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-12-01 Contest Edition

Firefox hosts a great contest with every major release of Firefox versions for extension developers.

Now, Mozilla has announced the winners for the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest!

Best New Add-on

Grand Prize Winners (3)

1. FireFound by Chris Finke
   Find lost or stolen laptops and phones with a simple and secure Firefox extension
   FireFound is an extension for Firefox and Firefox for Mobile that uses the Geolocation API to send your machine’s location to a secure server. If your laptop or phone is lost or stolen, you can simply log into a server and see where it was last powered on. All data is encrypted, so only you can see this information.
2. Multifox by Jeferson Hultmann
   Easy identity management
   Ever had to deal with logging in and out of websites to use multiple user id’s? Multifox provides a streamlined interface for managing your logins within a single Firefox session.
3. Voyage by Hsiao-Ting Yu
   Visually explore your browsing history
   The aptly named Voyage lets you travel through your browsing history in an innovative and fun way. You can integrate Voyage with your Twitter login to see how your browsing history relates to your tweets.

Runners up (6)

• Boomtango by Will Wagner and Alan Lee – View your history in a whole new way
• Tab Flick by Taiga Gomibuchi – Flick your tabs to the windows of your choice
• History Tree by Norman Solomon – Traverse a tree of your web history
• WikiSubs by Felipe Sanches – Collaborative subtitling of open video
• Customize Your Web by Rudolf Noe – Use a WYSIWYG editor to customize web pages
• QuickFox Notes by Amin E – Take notes with Firefox, store them as bookmarks

Best Updated Add-on

Grand Prize Winners (3)

1. Smart Find by Antonio Gomes
   Find words in a page, even if you don’t know the spelling
   Smart Find enhances the default “Find” feature of Firefox by matching words phonetically. So if you don’t know how to spell “Schwarzenegger”, you won’t have to.
2. Book Burro by Jesse Andrews
   Find great deals on books
   If you shop online for books, Book Burro helps you find the best deals. It even searches libraries so you might not even have to buy!
3. Speed Dial by Josep Del Rio
   Quickly dial up your favorite websites
   Create presets for your favorite webpages and keep them at your fingertips with Speed Dial.

Best Game & Entertainment Add-on

Grand Prize Winner (1)

1. Destroy the Web by Jose Enrique Bolaños
   Turn any webpage into an arcade game
   With Destroy the Web, an innocent looking toolbar button turns any webpage into a shoot-em-up video game. With a pulse pounding soundtrack and high scores for every web page, Destroy the Web is a fun way to take a little break during the day.

Best Shopping Add-on

Grand Prize Winner (1)

1. Grocery List Generator by Captain Caveman
   Keep track of which items you need from the grocery
   Ever had to substitute coriander for parsley in a recipe? With Grocery List Generator, you’ll never forget an essential again. With an online database of recipes and an easy to use interface, you’ll have a plan next time you go shopping for food.

Congratulations to the winners of the Extend Firefox 3.5 contest! Now, I have plenty of new add-ons to try and experience.

What a great way to start December, eh?

[via Mozilla blog]