What’s that all about, and what are the prizes that can be won?
David: Glad you asked! As I mentioned earlier, the heart of SUMO is the Knowledge Base. We are constantly thinking of new ways to improve the content to make it easier for users to understand. As part of this ongoing work, we want to make the content more interactive by including screencasts that show a user how to perform a task rather than trying to describe it strictly through text. A screencast is basically a video clip recording the actions on a computer screen — think of it as an animated screenshot — where you can actually see the mouse cursor moving across the screen, clicking a button, or changing a setting. People who can’t understand the sometimes technical language used in computer software certainly benefit from a screencast compared to an article consisting of just text and screenshots. Even people who can understand the written information often benefit from the hands-on approach of a video. The Firefox Screencast Contest is all about creating screencasts for the top 100
