The Mozilla Labs Design Challenge based around redesigning the home tab is just about over.  This contest was put together by the Mozilla Labs team to inspire some new discussion and creativity on how a new home tab might look and feel in future versions of Firefox, such as Firefox 4. 
Now that the contest is coming close to the conclusion, we can all check out the top 10 designs that were voted on the most by the Mozilla [...]

I know I have a lot of creative and opinionated readers here, so I thought this challenge would be right up your alley.  Last week, Mozilla Labs announced the Winter ‘09 Design Challenge.  What is at stake?  You might get to help design how Firefox 4’s home tab looks.

Coming back after a one year hiatus, the Extend Firefox contest is ready to make you into the next great Firefox extender?  A personal favorite of mine, the global developer contest for Firefox always brings in a lot of cool, unique and fun extensions for people like me to use and review.  
What are the prizes this time around?  Here are just a few:

Development gear, including a brand new 15" MacBook Pro
A license for the TextMate IDE by MacroMates
A [...]

The Extend Firefox 3 contest is all wrapped up, and they have announced some great extensions as the winners.  Out of well over 100 entries, here are the best of the best.
Best New Firefox Add-ons

Pencil
Tagmarks
HandyTag

Have a hidden talent of being able to walk people through something?  Coming from the web hosting world, screencast tutorials are nothing new to me – see them used every day.  Now there is a new contest from Mozilla that will get you involved with sharing knowledge via your own desktop tutorial.
Here are a few more details about the contest:
Get ready to participate in the Firefox Screencasts contest! This is your chance to use your talents and passion for Firefox [...]

Big congratulations to Tracie Andrews, the winner of the Firefox 3 t-shirt design contest!  I have to say this wasn’t on my radar much (the contest that is) but this design is really awesome.  I would wear it, that is for sure!  If you want to see the other t-shirt designs – check them out at Flickr.  You have to join the group (yes, that even confused me) but there were a lot of cool designs to choose from.

I love how the Mozilla peeps can come up with and idea for a contest, and it does really just seem cooler because they are doing it.  The latest from Spread Firefox is a Firefox 3 T-Shirt Contest.  You can show your creativity and help promote Firefox 3 all at the same time. 
The winner of the contest will get:

Worldwide recognition for designing the official Firefox 3 T-Shirt featured in the Mozilla Store.
A free Firefox 3 T-Shirt to show [...]

Have what it take to create the next great Firefox addon? Well put on your developer’s hat and enter the Extend Firefox 2 Contest.
Here is an overview of how the contest is laid out:
This edition of the Extend Firefox contest runs until December 31st, 2007. A panel of judges will award three Grand Prizes and twelve Runner-up Prizes based upon excellence in user experience, innovativeness, and use of open standards.
What do you get if you win? Well – [...]

Here is something you don’t get to do everyday. The folks at Mozilla are asking for you to name their mascot that will be used in Japan. Will you name him Frank? Maria? Sparky? The choice is up to you. He is pretty darn cute though, I must say.
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The winners for the Firefox Flicks contest have been announced. While my favorite of the bunch (Wheee!) didn’t take the number one spot, I am happy to see it got second place. It seems like there is some controversy brewing as well with a couple of people mad about the choice of winners.
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