Extend Firefox 2 Winners

This event was already announced a week ago, but since I prefer not to post more than 1 entry per day and there were other interesting things to write about, I am doing it now with a little delay. But I don't think it would be a big problem - the results remain still the same.

Very well, what results? Since BrainKing recommends to use Firefox for browsing its pages (and the rest of the web as well), I keep watching the site of Firefox Add-ons and, from time to time, an interesting extension appears and it is worth mentioning at out Firefox Add-ons category. And because Mozilla obviously wants talented developers to make good add-ons for their web browser, they created a public contest called Extend Firefox. The contest is over now and the results (along with the winners) can be found here: Announcing the Extend Firefox 2 Winners.

I have installed and checked all 3 winner add-ons and 12 "runners up" as well. All of them are of a high quality and deserve their final positions. And this is my personal Top Three List:

• Shareaholic by Jay Meattle - this extension makes it easy for you to submit the web page you're on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service, including: digg, del.icio.us, facebook etc. I always liked "one click solutions" and this one is one of my favorites. Besides, a direct outcome of my experiments with this add-on is an addition of a "Bookmark This" toolbar at the end of each BrainKing.info article.


• qtl by Gilad Kutiel - I was already writing about this great add-on a month ago and I am glad that it made it to the runners up list. I use it at least 20 times a day and not just for quick translations, its functions make typical tasks (like copy and paste, go to selected non-clickable URL, search on Google, etc.) extremely easy and mouse only, without a need to look for a keyboard.


• Update Scanner by Pete Burgers - if you don't like RSS feeds or want to monitor any changes to a site which does not support RSS, this add-on is the best solution for you. I have tested it with BrainKing.info site and each time the main page is changed (a new article or a new comment is posted), a small notification appears at the Firefox bottom bar. Simple and very useful.

The page of results also says that Extend Firefox 3 contest should be launched in early March. If you plan to make a nice Firefox add-on for BrainKing, this is your chance to become famous.