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Mozilla Sets World Record

blog.mozilla.com — With over 8 million downloads Mozilla sets the Guinness World Record for most software downloads in 24 hours.

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  • stronglikedan, on 07/02/2008, -8/+217I DL'd. Where's my prize.
  • Daniel591992, on 07/02/2008, -0/+128http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/cer ...
  • daFilms, on 07/02/2008, -1/+107Where in the World did it all come from?!? http://www.spreadfirefox.com/worldrecord/ almost 30 million Fx3 downloads in just two weeks!!

    For those who care to party http://mozillaparty.com/ ... good times.


  • wulfstein, on 07/02/2008, -5/+97Firefox 3 blows competition away. Period.
  • aliguana, on 07/02/2008, -2/+80you're using it right now :)
  • mithrasinvictus, on 07/02/2008, -1/+72it's on your desktop.
  • mecharabbit, on 07/02/2008, -1/+66Yes, but remember to set your privacy options to accept cookies. Oh, wait did you mean...
  • blahtastic, on 07/02/2008, -5/+69I better get my name in the book.
  • mordea, on 07/02/2008, -0/+64You're still using Mozilla 3? Yikes--that came out in 1996. An upgrade to Firefox 3 might be prudent!
  • zdiddy85, on 07/02/2008, -3/+67Here's to 8 million more! Keep it up Mozilla!
  • twodimman, on 07/02/2008, -1/+52There's a little bit of me in that record! congrats to me!
  • edenseager, on 07/02/2008, -2/+48This Digg story was forseen...
  • inactive, on 07/02/2008, -1/+39I soooooo helped.
  • lolobabyy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+35firefox 4.0 :)
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/02/2008, -4/+34Okay, let us know when you make some great software that 8,002,530 download in 24 hours.
  • 1337jared, on 07/02/2008, -0/+30you showed him
  • faizal5k, on 07/02/2008, -1/+26Thanks for everyone for making this happen.

    Now let's see if we can break this record for Firefox 4 :)
  • blahtastic, on 07/02/2008, -3/+28I think you meant to write "I'm a pretentious snob and never get invited to parties because nobody wants to hear me be a fanboy attempting to argue about nerdy things for hours."

    Then again, wulfstein probably falls in there as well.
  • kprescottus, on 07/02/2008, -4/+28Firefox Rocks!!
  • smmakira, on 07/02/2008, -3/+27Man they must of had some bitchin servers for that many downloads.
  • motionblur, on 07/02/2008, -1/+24Here's some video of Mozilla Toronto's launch party when the record was on its way to being set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQHaq7OP6M
    Great job Mozilla!!!!!
  • breckinshire, on 07/02/2008, -3/+26So break it.
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/02/2008, -0/+21It's at 30 million and something now.
  • ShellShock11, on 07/02/2008, -2/+22Guess who fails at math!
  • BlaenkDenum, on 07/02/2008, -0/+19There would've been more, but impatient or people that just didn't know, resorted to mirrors (Like rapdidshare, filehippo, etc.) when the servers went down. Not saying they shouldn't have had, but maybe if those people were to have re-downloaded it when the servers were up from the true source so that the download would count, we would have gotten higher numbers.

    Still though, that's awesome!
  • erichw1504, on 07/02/2008, -1/+19actually it's at 28,672,576 as of 5:24 PM EST on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008.

    kthnxbye
  • erichw1504, on 07/02/2008, -1/+19Can't wait for Firefox 4 to trump 3's record by 16 mil!
  • sillymeganlee, on 07/02/2008, -2/+19As much as I love the "Awesome Bar," it worries me that somebody will use my computer and take note that I visit porn websites. Oh, my reputation!
  • jsaya, on 07/02/2008, -3/+19We've come a long way since Phoenix. Ah, the good old days.
  • crazycarlmar, on 07/02/2008, -0/+15I don't understand why you are being dugg down. Most of the "parties" are in Iran.
  • blahtastic, on 07/02/2008, -0/+15Ok, that was a good way to take that. Kudos.
  • vacax, on 07/02/2008, -3/+18Haha, I get invited to all the most pretentious parties!
  • flare1028us, on 07/02/2008, -0/+14Now the real question: White or black frame?
  • tiegamma7, on 07/02/2008, -0/+13***** yea! I'm going party hopping in Iran!
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/02/2008, -1/+12And -NONE- of those count.
    Automatic/Prompted Updates did not count.
    Only From-Site downloads counted.
  • Pronation, on 07/02/2008, -9/+20Firefox FTW!

    I get a cookie for downloading it that day right?
  • getmeawhopper, on 07/02/2008, -1/+11The 'thank you' certificate is fairly *****. I want an official Guinness world record certificate.
  • KaiserArny, on 07/02/2008, -0/+9These are forced downloads. the 8 million are those that were done voluntarily on their website. The 8 million doesn't even include automatic updates and downloads trough mirrors.
  • BlaqReaper, on 07/02/2008, -0/+9http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9971026-1.html

    How do disable the awesome bar ;). Also, you can delete entries from the awesome bar too. Just hover over the link that appears and press delete.
  • smmakira, on 07/02/2008, -3/+12Step up son!
  • JEWestbrookJR, on 07/02/2008, -0/+9Yeah, but those people probably just cancel out people like me that own 4 different computers that I want it on and for the sake of the record, downloaded it 4 separate times per machine rather than throw it on my flashdrive.
  • pnyphnz, on 07/02/2008, -0/+8Both are good browsers. Use whatever suits you.
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/02/2008, -0/+8...Guinness said it's an official record so yes I'd say that means it's proven.
    I think they mean for individual software downloads, not automatic downloads.
  • GregofJersey, on 07/02/2008, -2/+9Put up or shut up. ;-)
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7Then you're doing something wrong.
  • WTF69, on 07/02/2008, -1/+8North Korea 0
  • Raptor007, on 07/02/2008, -3/+10Ah, as in "Firefox 3 blows Opera away. Period."
  • MavRevMatt, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7Have you used Firefox 3?
  • kiensoy, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7Over 28 million downloads and counting as of right now. http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6That's from Updates not downloads.
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