Jun 26
Tags: 20 million, browser, downloads, firefox, market share
Mozilla’s Firefox 3 web browser, which was officially released one week ago, has already been downloaded over 20 million times since the official launch. This is a noteworthy achievement for the open source browser, which is rapidly eroding the dominance of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
The number of Firefox 3 downloads continues to climb, but currently represents only a portion of Firefox’s 170 million daily users. This is primarily because Mozilla has not yet rolled out the new version to existing Firefox 2 users through the update channel. In response to an inquiry, Mozilla told us that they have not finalized the schedule for when Firefox 3 will be made available to Firefox 2 users through the update channel, but they suspect that it will happen within the next two or three months.
Read the full article from arstechnica.com
Jun 17
Tags: browser, download, firefox, guinness world of records, mozilla, Open Source
“Join us in our mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!
Have you attempted to set a World Record with no luck? Well, now is your chance to change that! Help set a Guinness World Record by pledging to download Firefox 3 today. And, help spread the word!”
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See statistics here
May 29
Tags: browser, firefox, guinness world of record, mozilla, participation
Firefox community to set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.
Wanna participate? Make your pledge here.
May 20
Tags: browser, firefox, internet explorer, opera, safari
Lifehacker post an article about this new Firefox 3.
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Mozilla VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer claims that Firefox 3 is 9.3x faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 2.7x faster than Firefox 2 in terms of JavaScript performance. In terms of Gmail message load time, he claims Firefox 3 is 6.8x faster than IE7 and 3.8x faster than Firefox 2. And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple’s Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2.
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Read all here.
