IxDA is pleased to announce it has again partnered with Mozilla Labs<http://labs.mozilla.com/> and Johnny Holland <http://johnnyholland.org/> for this Winter's Mozilla Design Challenge <http://bit.ly/82wOyk>: * * *"The Home Tab — What are some interesting uses of a Firefox-hosted start page?"* * * >From the site:
In the upcoming releases of Firefox, we'll move the Home button to be a > "Home tab" instead. We will keep the existing functionality where you can > display a web page of your choice — or disable it altogether — but since > we're moving this page to live in Firefox instead of on the web, there are > some interesting opportunities. > This page will have access to a lot more of the user's information since it > never leaves the browser — history, add-ons, bookmarks, and pretty much > anything you can see in Firefox at the moment. This opens up a lot of > possibilities, and we'd like to see what you can do with this new-found > superpower. > An explicit non-goal of this challenge is to design something like My > Yahoo, iGoogle or similar start pages that let you put widgets/gadgets. This > is not because we don't think this use case is valuable, but we're much more > interested in what a browser start page can do with full access to the > browser. An interesting example is something like the about:me > extension<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13681>, > which shows you trends in your browsing habits. Unlike mainstream portals > like Yahoo and MSN, the locally hosted Firefox home tab can potentially > offer users an experience that is innately personal, and tailored to each > user's incredibly unique personalities and interests. How it works: To participate in this Design Challenge you need to create a short video explaining your idea(s), presenting the mockup and showing how your idea works. Your video can contain anything from a napkin drawing, a wireframe, to a polished graphic/prototype. *Please note that your video should not be longer than 3 minutes.* * * *Get all the details on participation: http://bit.ly/82wOyk* * * *Important dates:* * - December 2009 - Launch of The Home Tab - Winter '09 Design Challenge - February 14th, 2010 - Submission Deadline - February 15th, 2010 - People's Choice Voting starts - March 1st, 2010 - People's Choice Voting ends - March 15th, 2010 - Best in Class honors are announced Please make sure you follow the @mozconcept Twitter account<http://twitter.com/mozconcept> for last-minute updates. We look forward to seeing how the IxDA community participates! Share back and let us know! Janna DeVylder President, IxDA* ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
