Firefox 1.5 introduced two new features which drastically simplify extension development - the在Firefox 1.5推出了兩項新的特點，大大簡化擴展發展- greatly simplified chrome registration scheme大大簡化了鉻登記計劃 and和 reworked Extension Manager改造擴建經理 . 。

Read this閱讀這本 article文章 to get started with extensions development.若要開始使用擴展的發展。

Note: The extensions created following this article will only work on Firefox 1.5 and later.注：擴展創造了以下本文將只對Firefox 1.5及更高版本。

Mozilla Foundation has announced a Mozilla基金會已宣布 competition競爭 for Firefox extension developers.為Firefox擴展開發商。

Submit your new or upgraded Extension to the Extend Firefox contest.提交您的新的或升級擴展到擴大Firefox的競賽。 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.如果您的延長是判斷的最佳之一，我們的法官小組，您將贏得其中的獎包列在了下面。

Grand Prize category winners will get a custom designed頭獎類，得獎者將獲得一個自定義設計 Alienware Aurora® 7500 Alienware公司極光® 7500 Firefox Edition PC. Firefox的版的PC 。

Best in Class winners will receive最好在課堂上，得獎者將獲得 Apple蘋果
iPod® Nanos ®的iPod nanos , and US$250 gift certicates for books at ，和250美元的禮物certicates為書籍 O’Reilly.com奧賴利。 com的 . 。

Contest starts November 3, 2005 and entries must be received by midnight Eastern Time on January 6, 2006競賽始於2005年11月3日和參賽作品必須由午夜十二時接獲美國東部時間2006年1月6日

What are you waiting for?你還在等什麼呢？