There were over 100 entries which were submitted. Most of the extensions are in the early stages of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). From what I read from various resources the winners were chosen on the basis of ease of use and functionality. This means how easy are the extensions to use and what functionality they bring to Firefox.

Let’s take a look at the winners.

Best New Addon Category

Pencil

This is a tool for GUI Protoyping and making diagrams. It uses SVG to render the shapes and scripts. The extension is developed by D??ng Th

Mozilla recently introduced concept series on Mozilla Labs and calls for participation. This initiative is aimed at knowing what a common man or a geek or anyone using Internet, would like to see in the coming years in terms of on-line technologies.

Its an interesting initiative, the series does not promise to collate ideas and launch a product the conclude the series but they are certainly banking on discussing, brainstorming and so on.. which will influence the upcoming versions of Firefox and Mozilla products.

No Idea is stupid or invalid, the crazier the better. Think out of the box and suggest whatever comes to your mind be futuristic, you are not expected to be logical but creative! This is an excellent way to peak ahead of times and see what future holds or at least what we think about the future of the technologies we interact with.

Following videos is posted as inaugural concepts on Mozilla labs, watch the video and you will get an Idea of what the whole concept series is all about.

1. Our offline lives will be much more transparent, visible, accessible and operable online. Gadgets and technologies that we use offline will be merged with the technologies online so that they can be accessed and operated from anywhere in the world. 

    

2. We see online services merging with each other. One application will let you read the news and also blog, call your blogger friends and talk to them and chat with others at the same time, maintain your calendar, upload your pictures or share your HD videos with family or watch videos together sitting in two different parts of the world. One application does it all.