I have to say, whoever came up with the idea to hold a contest for the best screencasts for Firefox support, deserves a big, fat, raise. It’s really an interesting idea and it gets people who love Firefox a chance to have their work out there to help other Firefox users. Why do I think the brains behind this operation deserves a raise? Well, because they just saved their company a bunch of time and money. To top it all off, contestants have to use Firefox 3, so they just got that many more people to download the newest version of Firefox.
As for the contest details, there are few requirements. You need to use Firefox 3, it must be flash based, and you can’t include audio. They have a list of the top 100 support articles that you need to choose from, and from there you just need to be creative and stay on topic. The top submissions will win a T-shirt designed especially for this contest (I want one) and the grand prize winner will receive a shiny new flip video camera. So bust out your favorite screencasting software and start making those screencasts!
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Tags: contest, Firefox, screencast
you can’t include audio?
that person should be fired.
Peter, I think the reason is that these will probably be used as actual help for Firefox 3. If people don’t have access to good recording equipment or speak a different language then people needing support, audio just won’t work. I do know that it says be creative and most screencast software allows you to add text spots to the screencast, so that can replace audio. I’m not sure about the whole language barrier factor there, but it’s an idea of how to get your point across without using audio.
I’m so happy to hear that.