FirefoxFlicks Winners Announced

prostoalex writes "The FirefoxFlicks competition has announced the winners of the Firefox video promo campaign. The winning videos are DareDevil, Wheee!, Fox Fever, This is Hot and Give me the the soap."

Comments

Re:Wonder who's paying the bills for bandwidth

[Beuno]

Well, that isn't so true:Mozilla made $72 million from Firefox

YouTube links

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-NZm_gYFU&search= %20DareDevil%20firefox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HC42Js7cWs&search= firefoxflicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W96dME1RTik&search= %20Fox%20Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CW4r5zxgDk&search= firefox%20hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj4pQ9Jx1Uc&search= firefox%20soap

Google Video links (all but 2 videos available)

[DerGeist]

Here are the Google Video links (Fox Fever and "Give me the soap" aren't available there unfortunately):

Daredevil
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-792586116 8172379089&q=daredevil&pl=true

whee
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-659548685 5266134260&q=wheee!&pl=true

Fox Fever
-couldn't find it, sorry-

This is Hot
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2466919931 565393234&q=this+is+hot+firefox&pl=true

Give me the the soap
-couldn't find it, sorry-

I looked all over for mirrors of the two missing videos. Couldn't find any working ones, sorry.

Re:bah databases

[flooey]

Specifically, when did you start needed a database to serve up five static files?

This is the site for all of the applicants, designed to serve up thousands of files and related information that have been uploaded by users. That seems like a good use of a database to me.

Re:Analysis

[fermion]

I think this is what is up with daredevil. Let's assume that form the most part, the average adult equates the internet with IE. In other words, when they want to browse, the say I need to open the internet, but what they do is open IE. These people are lost. Let's further assume that, like in most households I know, the kids are the tech support. This commercial is therefore targeted to the middle school group who has some control over the computer. These kids will respond to the little girl, as the girl does not tell anyone what to do, but merely equates the use of a product with a life style. It is how we got kids to smoke, and how we now get kids to go to McDonalds. It is how we get kids who are really to young to care about fashion to spend huge amounts of thier parents money on products they do not comprehend. It is a winning, if somewhat unethical, formula.

Oh, and I belive skateboarding was invented by surfers so they could keep in shape when they could not surf. So, for the vast majority of kids who do not surf, skateboarding a much more accessible connection.

This is hot!

[firemaker103]

I really think "This is hot!" was the best one. Professional, great ending, lits the features, the list goes on.

Too bad Daredevil won. When I first viewed that, I had to watch it again and then even look at the comments to understand it.

Working on the Flicks Site

[asa]

We're working on it. In the mean time, you can see many of the flicks here and the winners here:

First Place - "Daredevil"
Second Place - "Wheee!"
Third Place - "Fox Fever"
Honorable Mention - "This is Hot"
Honorable Mention - "Give Me the Soap"

- Asa

Re:Statistics on Firefox popularity in Russia

[swiftstream]

I don't get it. Why are you giving us statistics from over a year ago?

Recent Statistics (for the week ending Friday) show that usage is up to over 8%.