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- Peaco19, on 07/10/2008, -4/+109There wasn't one.
- tmyprod, on 07/10/2008, -15/+113What was the previous record?
- daFilms, on 07/10/2008, -22/+96Redmond's reaction... Firefox sets World Record, Microsoft implodes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f6e3EJqySpc - antizycler, on 07/10/2008, -13/+82Well done Firefoxers of this world! Congratulations - that's an impressive number of downloads.
Now let me install Firefox on my parents machine... ;) - MattBot5000, on 07/10/2008, -2/+47we can already see your name. you don't have to add it at the end of your post
- thebza451, on 07/10/2008, -5/+46first it was "mozilla attempts world record" then "mozilla acheives world record" now it's "mozilla receives world record certificate"... what's next, "mozilla frames cert and hangs on wall"? geez we get it...
- BlockedUser, on 07/10/2008, -5/+4528,340,281 downloads as of 7/10/08 12:37PM PST
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord - Harbinger1080, on 07/10/2008, -1/+32Why are you being dug down? I think this is a valid point that doesn't really detract from how impressive the download count was...
- leetneko, on 07/10/2008, -1/+26I have no idea why you're voted down so much, i found that video very entertaining.
- norle, on 07/10/2008, -16/+41Actually, "8,002,530 PEOPLE downloaded Firefox 3" is inaccurate.
I downloaded it six times: Once from work, four times for desktop PCs at home, once for my laptop. I'm guessing many others have done the same.
Still Dugg for amazingness... - BlockedUser, on 07/10/2008, -0/+22I before E except after C
- CAisBacK, on 07/11/2008, -1/+14 WOW Bill Gates looks a lot like Hitler!!!
- MattQC, on 07/10/2008, -0/+12So they are both small?
- sibernetik, on 07/10/2008, -0/+11great video
- 3amboo, on 07/11/2008, -0/+10Some people don't like you, but I don't hear them complaining...
- codyr, on 07/10/2008, -8/+17I don't want to be a hater... I love Firefox... good job on beating your own record, however, I'm subscribed to Ben Forta's (Adobe's Coldfusion Evangelist) daily newsletter and he pointed out this World Record attempt on May 29. Adobe has average 6 million downloads a day (this year alone) of their Flash Player 9 software, with some days publicly stated by Adobe at 10 million, but "Largest number of software downloads in 24 hours," this is not.. Well, without further ado, here is the email entry I received:
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Ben Forta's Blog
Sorry Firefox, Download Day Won't Set Any Records
Posted: 29 May 2008 12:32 PM CDT
Download Day 2008 is a planned attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in a single day. As per the FAQ, they'll need over 1.6 million downloads, but want to shoot for 5 million. Which is nice, but sorry Firefox, that'll be no record. Flash Player blows that number away daily, not the 1.6 number, I mean the 5 million number. There have been over a billion downloads of Flash Player this year alone (less than 5 months), which averages out to over 6 million a day. And we've actually publicly stated that we've had days where downloads exceeded 10 million in a day. Don't get me wrong, I love Firefox, use it almost exclusively, and will definitely be downloading Firefox 3. But a Guinness World Record? Sorry, that's quite unlikely. (http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/29/Sorr ... - Table16, on 07/10/2008, -1/+10Haha, that would be a Microsoft move.
- twiztidsinz, on 07/10/2008, -0/+9Probably being buried because it's been asked in every story about the Mozilla record, and the answer is still "there wasn't one".
- BlockedUser, on 07/10/2008, -2/+10:/
- themusk, on 07/10/2008, -1/+8Get it the same place I got mine (now pinned to my cubicle wall):
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/cer ... - BAMAToNE, on 07/10/2008, -3/+10I don't know why you're being dugg down. I was going to point out the same thing. There were, perhaps, 8,002,530 unique downloads, but my three (from home, work, and laptop) would have been counted separately. So no, over 8 million people didn't download Firefox.
- howdareyou, on 07/10/2008, -0/+7FF before IE.
- BroodofEvil, on 07/10/2008, -9/+15Well deserved!
- MrTulip, on 07/10/2008, -4/+10***** THE RIAA!! RON PAUL '08!! CHANGE!! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!
- scheibs14, on 07/10/2008, -0/+6Maybe they will add "voluntary" download vs. "automatic" download
- mojoel, on 07/10/2008, -1/+7Are you reading this in Firefox 3?
There ya go. - twiztidsinz, on 07/10/2008, -3/+9Are you people not bothering to read all the other "wait till -other software developer- releases a patch/update! i bet the record will be broken then!!!" comments?
For it to count to the record, it cant be an automated download (which INCLUDES Patches and Updates!!!!!) It's been posted on just about every response to the SAME comment ever since Mozilla came out and announced it in their World Record FAQ. - chuckflip53, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6Don't post a comment unless it's witty or people will digg you down
- kukote, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5"send them a cake." lulz!
- planksconstant, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5yeah... microsoft is not even close to being third-reich evil. sorry.
- MrTulip, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5one for kubuntu, one for xp, one for work.
that and for sure there were thousands of fanbois who just downloaded till their mousefingers broke - tfrans, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5Firefox 3.0
- CAisBacK, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5It Should have been "8,002,530 Downloads"
- madeingermany, on 07/10/2008, -1/+6*sing*
You're one in 8 million
Yeah, that's what you are
You're one in 8 million, babe
You're a shooting star - CAisBacK, on 07/11/2008, -1/+6You Forgot "FireFox 3 Boosts Browsers Market Share"
- sockpuppets, on 07/10/2008, -18/+22Microsoft will get it next week by releasing some trivial service patch via windows to 1 billion computers at the same time.
- Incomp3tnt, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4Dugg for the pirate. Only for the pirate.
- EricDraven, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4I guess you're correct.
Lifted from the Firefox Download Day FAQ. (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/faq ...
"Can we download more than one copy of Firefox per computer?"
No, please play nice and only download one copy of Firefox per computer. We ask that you refrain from creating download bots or any other mechanism that would be cheating. In order for our attempt to be legitimate, each download must be human initiated. - Br3ach, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Are you high?
- brkhobowriter, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4(whispers) I think he was kidding (/whispers)
- Wartz, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4I dugg you up because im such a rebel
- inactive, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3not in Europe they don't. EU FTW........
- mister711, on 07/10/2008, -5/+8i before e, except after c
Receives - codyr, on 07/10/2008, -1/+4Flash isn't required by any means, I'd agree it's preferred, but not required. The Internets don't _break_ without Flash, they're just less engaging and not quite so fancy. Many businesses don't install Flash. My iPhone doesn't have flash, yet I browse the nets daily on it. Besides, no bending the rules after the fact... it was "Most Downloads in 24 hours"... not, "Most Downloads of Something Not Required in 24 Hours"....
I'd just like Adobe to submit their numbers to GWR. - Puppetfunk, on 07/10/2008, -4/+7Flash is pretty much required though. I don't think something that you need to do most things on the internet. Firefox 3 was something that people figured out how to do on their owns.
- flaxx, on 07/10/2008, -2/+5you forget that there are families, like my own, where 6 different people have 6 different computers all behind one router (i.e. a single external IP address). So we get counted as 1. Even if they just count downloads (not unique IPs) we only downloaded it 3 times because the Mozilla web server was so unreliable that day. So it was just distributed in our network via file sharing.
- inactive, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4Who the ***** is Paul C. -_-? What's with all the signatures.
-Frank L. - silvyn, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3I can't wait to see it on the front page of MSN...
- linuxpenguin, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4Well that's weird. . . your rule doesn't always apply.
- Peaco19, on 07/10/2008, -1/+3Automatic updates didn't count.
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