Firefox 1.5 introduced two new features which drastically simplify extension development - the在Firefox 1.5推出了两项新的特点，大大简化扩展发展- greatly simplified chrome registration scheme大大简化了铬登记计划 and和 reworked Extension Manager改造扩建经理 . 。

Read this阅读这本 article文章 to get started with extensions development.若要开始使用扩展的发展。

Note: The extensions created following this article will only work on Firefox 1.5 and later.注：扩展创造了以下本文将只对Firefox 1.5及更高版本。

Mozilla Foundation has announced a Mozilla基金会已宣布 competition竞争 for Firefox extension developers.为Firefox扩展开发商。

Submit your new or upgraded Extension to the Extend Firefox contest.提交您的新的或升级扩展到扩大Firefox的竞赛。 If your Extension is judged to be one of the best by our panel of judges, you’ll win one of the prize packages listed below.如果您的延长是判断的最佳之一，我们的法官小组，您将赢得其中的奖包列在了下面。

Grand Prize category winners will get a custom designed头奖类，得奖者将获得一个自定义设计 Alienware Aurora® 7500 Alienware公司极光® 7500 Firefox Edition PC. Firefox的版的PC 。

Best in Class winners will receive最好在课堂上，得奖者将获得 Apple苹果
iPod® Nanos ®的iPod nanos , and US$250 gift certicates for books at ，和250美元的礼物certicates为书籍 O’Reilly.com奥赖利。 com的 . 。

Contest starts November 3, 2005 and entries must be received by midnight Eastern Time on January 6, 2006竞赛始于2005年11月3日和参赛作品必须由午夜十二时接获美国东部时间2006年1月6日

What are you waiting for?你还在等什么呢？