Posted 08/22/08 at 08:16:37 AM by Mark Edward Soper

Mozilla's Firefox browser's biggest strength has always been customization. When Mozilla created Firefox 3, the huge improvements in its underlying architecture made Firefox 2 plugins obsolete. To help encourage a new generation of add-ons, Mozilla Labs launched the Extend Firefox 3 contest in March to create a new generation of plugins.

Entries wrapped up on July 4th, and after spending the rest of the summer judging over 100 entries, Mozilla Labs has finally announced the winners of Extend Firefox 3.

"The Envelope, Please"

Extend Firefox 3 presented grand prizes in three categories:

• Best New Add-on
• Best Updated Add-on
• Best Music Add-on

And, now, the winners (drum roll, please):

Best New Add-on

• Pencil - a GUI prototyping and diagramming application
• Tagmarks - one-click tagging for bookmarks
• HandyTag - automatic tagging for bookmarks

Best Updated Add-on

• Read it Later - offline page reading
• Tag Sifter - browse bookmarks by tags
• Bookmark Previews - adds album and thumbnail views to the bookmarks manager

Best Music Add-on

• Fire.fm - accesses last.fm music library (last.fm co-sponsored this category

What do you think about the winners? Do you have a favorite that didn't make the cut? Catch us after the jump for your chance to create your own award show.

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