Get ready Developers for Firefox Mobile Add-on Challenge

Mozilla has launched a contest to speed up the add-ons development for the newly released Firefox for Mobile Browser. Add-on developers all around the world are challenged to use their innovation and skills to come up with some great add-ons for the Mobile browser keeping in mind the mobile context (small screen size, touch screen, etc.). Top 10 winners will be awarded a N900 + some great mobile merchandise.

The challenge has already started on 11th March and the last date to come up with your addon is 12th April. This is actually a second competition of this type, with the first one resulted in some fantastic addons. Here is a list of the winners of the previous competition, held last year. But there is still a lot that can be done to enhance the look and functionality of firefox for mobile.

Mozilla mobile team has shown some interest in the following themes.

• Using device APIs: js-ctypes (Fennec 1.0) might be used to hook into the device (addressbook or camera) and add functionality to a Web app by making a pagemod (jetpack- or greasemonkey-like add-on)
  
• Photo, media, social and sharing tools: Create a social aggregator for quickly viewing streams from Twitter, Facebook, etc; Create a tool for sharing images, links and text
• Saving files and Session Restore: Save as PDF, Save Image, Remember last open tabs, etc.

So developers, buckle up for the challenge. Start building your add-on today and you can win a N900 along with some cool mobile merchandise and ofcourse the honour to see your creation used by people worldwide. You can find more information regarding the challenge here.