And Internet Explorer and Safari. And Opera. Oh, and Maxthon too.

So it seems that when mommy told us that having fun is what mattered and everyone was a winner, she was right! Specially if you are competing in the browsing category, there will be ten winners and only six other kids are actually browsers!

Duh-factor aside, Firefox was among the top 10 voted products that amounted for about half of the 1.9 million votes, so at least it was one of the most voted browser, despite Maxthon’s tricky tactics.

Miro and Joost also got voted in the top ten in the Video category.

The list is worth looking at and you may learn about an interesting product or two. Webware 100 2008 Winners.

The non-profit Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF), makers of Miro, the open source video player and aggregator, is running a fundraising to support their efforts on providing an open alternative for Internet video distribution.

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Miro, the open source Mozilla-based video player and aggregator has been updated to version 1.2. Most notable is the update to XUL Runner 1.9 based on Mozilla 1.9, the latest and still in development version of the Mozilla platform. Apparently, the PCF found it stable enough (like Firefox 3, is it currently in Beta 4 status) to make the switch and will benefit from the solid performance improvements discussed before.

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Just like last year, Firefox is a finalist in the browsing category of Webware 100’s , a yearly award to the favorite Web 2.0 applications.

This year, two other Mozilla-based products are nominated in the video category: Miro, the open source video player and aggregator; and Joost, a proprietary Internet TV offering.

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The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) has released an update for Miro, its open source web video aggregator and video player.

Miro 1.1 features an improved bittorrent client with faster transfers and more control to both downloaders and video distributors as well as a new combined search option that uses all available search engines at once for the entered keywords.

You can get Miro 1.1 from GetMiro.com.

The US Mozilla Store is offering the brown bird Miro T-shirts ($17), available for men and women. Fans from Miro can get their Mozilla and Miro gear from a single source now.

If you’re looking for other designs, check the Miro Store for the complete catalog.

Following the recent Miro 1.0 release, PCF Executive Director and co-founder, Nicholas Reville announced in a brief post that the next version of Miro, 1.1, will feature among other improvements, better bittorrent support.

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PCF, the Participatory Culture Foundation has released the final version of Miro 1.0. Miro is an open source video player that aims to provide both, a capable video player and a platform for enabling people to create and distribute their own video content.

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Mozilla has announced that a $100K has been approved for the Participatory Culture Foundation, a Massachusetts-based non-profit that aims to make “watching internet video channels [..] as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel [...] open to everyone. Unlike traditional TV, everyone will have a voice.” Most notably, PCF is the maker of Democracy, an open source video player based on Mozilla among a variety of open source technologies. Democracy will soon be renamed Miro.

According to the announcement, “the Mozilla Board agreed to support them for the following reasons:

1. Their mission to ensure the continued rise of open source & open standards aligns with the Mozilla mission to encourage choice & innovation on the web.
2. They’re building something that can have influence on the way users browse web content, rich media, and desktop UI — and it’s based on Mozilla technology.
3. PCF is another example of that leverage we are looking for…they don’t have any venture backing, they’re running on a very lean budget, and they continue to seek creative resources to make a big difference in the way their users access content on the Web.”

You can read the full announcement here.