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Mozilla Hits Its Firefox 3 Download Goal.... and then some!
blogs.chron.com — The goal was for a Guinness World Record for the most-downloaded software in a 24-hour period. All FireFox needed was 5 million copies downloaded. Not only did they meet that goal, they exceeded it by over 1 million downloads!
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- JimmyLin, on 06/19/2008, -26/+175Firefox FTW!
- haydesigner, on 06/19/2008, -30/+12Gods I hate people who use "ftw". In anything.
- guntario, on 06/19/2008, -6/+20You just used it but disguised it with quotes.
- drgmdp, on 06/19/2008, -3/+7haydesigner FTL
- Mattrofl, on 06/19/2008, -3/+3My hate for you is FTW.
- ZedoMann, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1Firefox Free Trade Wharf?
http://www.acronymfinder.com/FTW.html
- atreusk, on 06/19/2008, -3/+11North Korea has 0 downloads..
- greedz, on 06/19/2008, -4/+1they has filtered intertubes :C
- Baryn, on 06/19/2008, -5/+4For The ***** Win
- jbham184, on 06/19/2008, -2/+2Firefox FTMFW!
- johnomaz, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1That doesn't mean that 6 million people downloaded it. I am an IE fan, it has done me well. But I fianlly made the switch to Firefox 3 because the browser no longer feels clunky. Its fast, clean and all pages i view work on it just fine. But I also account for 5 of those downloads. My work computer, my work laptop, home computer, home laptop and my wife's work laptop. If they are just going for downloads, then imagine a cyber cafe with 30 computers. that one person downloaded it 30 times. Hell, someone could have setup something to download it every two minutes. Just because the link was clicked over 6 million times doesn't mean 6 million individuals run it.
- TheGuruStud, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2You're missing the point, no?
The point is that almost every download is likely to be installed on at least on one computer. Some d/ls will install onto dozens. So, true, while maybe not 6 million individuals are using it, it is being used on a minimum of 6 million machines. Does that make sense? It's quite a feat and they deserve the praise.
(and the obligatory, ***** IE hehe)
- TheGuruStud, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2You're missing the point, no?
- xatx2, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1*****
- haydesigner, on 06/19/2008, -30/+12Gods I hate people who use "ftw". In anything.
- quomen, on 06/19/2008, -45/+15Let's hope Opera can keep up!
- mathcreative, on 06/19/2008, -3/+5Why saying that you are actually praising FF3. I don't know why you got dugg down? Anways I hope the same thing too, even though I am a FF3. Competition is always good in the market is always good.
- HigherLogic, on 06/19/2008, -5/+2Well Opera has to survive, for the sake of Firefox at least. Where else would Firefox get more fresh ideas from?
- Elchem, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1so true!
- HigherLogic, on 06/19/2008, -5/+2Well Opera has to survive, for the sake of Firefox at least. Where else would Firefox get more fresh ideas from?
- mathcreative, on 06/19/2008, -3/+5Why saying that you are actually praising FF3. I don't know why you got dugg down? Anways I hope the same thing too, even though I am a FF3. Competition is always good in the market is always good.
- srt4b, on 06/19/2008, -39/+14We need 50 more Firefox 3 Record stories on the front page.
- oldcrows40, on 06/19/2008, -10/+4/sarcasm
- nowhereelse, on 06/19/2008, -5/+3No. We do. What's the record for Digg front page occupancy?
- oldcrows40, on 06/19/2008, -6/+2Getting it.
- duckyinc, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1Mac updates zomg!!!
- mathcreative, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1we do need to get more FF3 pages on the front page. I mean it's only FF3, one little program that will have a huge impact on the internet as we know it.
- nowhereelse, on 06/19/2008, -5/+3No. We do. What's the record for Digg front page occupancy?
- freeth1nker, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4It's not our fault you still haven't accepted Firefox 3 as your Personal Savior.
- oldcrows40, on 06/19/2008, -10/+4/sarcasm
- Pillage, on 06/19/2008, -23/+5Go us!
- Khemikl, on 06/19/2008, -32/+26Comand+Delete Safari
- AppleGeorge, on 06/19/2008, -15/+16Why? Safari has it's advantages, just like Firefox does. I see no reason to delete Safari.
- Heembo, on 06/19/2008, -15/+9Safari is crap. One of the most insecure browsers on the market. Delete it from your system! FireFox is all you need!
- MMaster23, on 06/19/2008, -9/+3Yarrr!!exclamationpoint1! I support Firefox .. I'm cool! yarr!
fanboys.. sigh .. just use whatever you want .. that be crapfox 3, *****, ***** explorer or opissra.
yeah and I know those were lame but so is fanboyism... - Zap2, on 06/19/2008, -2/+3are you mixing up Safari and Internet Explorer?
- MMaster23, on 06/19/2008, -9/+3Yarrr!!exclamationpoint1! I support Firefox .. I'm cool! yarr!
- Heembo, on 06/19/2008, -15/+9Safari is crap. One of the most insecure browsers on the market. Delete it from your system! FireFox is all you need!
- AppleGeorge, on 06/19/2008, -15/+16Why? Safari has it's advantages, just like Firefox does. I see no reason to delete Safari.
- Steinr, on 06/19/2008, -18/+73it's like 10+ million now!
- Steinr, on 06/19/2008, -5/+19why is this getting dugg down? I don't get it, I would think the more the better. the official counter is at 10.904.310 as of this writing.
http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/- dianebl, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5that counter is still counting. It didn't stop at the 24 hour mark.
- Grumps, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1and i downloaded only once.
- dianebl, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5that counter is still counting. It didn't stop at the 24 hour mark.
- Seth024, on 06/19/2008, -1/+16FF3 has been downloaded more than the number of inhabitants in Belgium.
- Steinr, on 06/19/2008, -5/+19why is this getting dugg down? I don't get it, I would think the more the better. the official counter is at 10.904.310 as of this writing.
- Druckles, on 06/19/2008, -5/+32The dramatic increase in market-shares can only be a boon for web developers out there. Here's hoping IE6 will really start to hit the grave.
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -1/+9With the current version being IE7 and IE8 is on its way, both being pushed to consumers through Windows Update, that will happen with or without Firefox dude ;)
- luckyguy2000, on 06/19/2008, -7/+4the IE is invincible. firefox had 100% marketshare if all of us were webdevelopers or at least interested in technology - but thats not the case. most ppl search a browser on their system and yes, there it is: the IE. why should they learn how to find, download and install a substitute?
its sad, but true. someone should push microsoft into releasing windows without bundling it with browser software.- gfunk84, on 06/19/2008, -0/+8How would that help? If a user doesn't have the capacity to download an alternative browser now, they sure as hell aren't going to be able to do so with no browser initially available.
- veriix, on 06/19/2008, -0/+10So you want microsoft to give the user no internet browser because you want them to use firefox? I swear some of you fanboys are insane.
- Zap2, on 06/19/2008, -2/+2no...first off FireFox can be installed by OEMs to increase marketshare(if I recall Google software was being preinstalled, and I'm sure they'd like to push FF.
2nd off FireFox isn't a hard download, and people who use computers can help family members get it for their home- MikeSD34, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1"2nd off FireFox isn't a hard download, and people who use computers can help family members get it for their home"
It is if you don't have a browser to go get it in the first place. I seriously doubt most people are going to be able to figure out how to get to the firefox website to download it if they don't have a browser in the first place.
Try explaining to your grandmother how to open an ftp connection to mozilla.org, and download Firefox, and then try to install it. Then realize that not everyone has a technically proficient relative that can do it for them, or explain to them how to do it themselves.
- MikeSD34, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1"2nd off FireFox isn't a hard download, and people who use computers can help family members get it for their home"
- Druckles, on 06/19/2008, -3/+2I'm actually hoping Microsoft will form some sort of co-operation with Mozilla and maybe bundle Firefox with Windows. I know it's a dream that we'll never see, but it's a dream I'm willing to hold on to.
- kaelyiesta, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1I really think the burden is on us web developers to create incentives for people to switch. Simply deprioritize any ie specific rendering issues that have to do with non compliance to standards. Don't cater to ie specific flaws. Design around browsers that are more compliant. It may hurt business in the short term but we will never see an end to this crap otherwise.
- postmodernpilot, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1ubuntu comes pre-installed with firefox, its pretty nice!
- jack12345678910, on 06/19/2008, -5/+0what will happen when firefox gain more market share is that IE will get much better. Look at tab browsing for example, IE did not have it for almost 15 years, then firefox gets it, and bam, IE has it too. also spam blocker. which I gotta say, is way better on IE than adblock plus on firefox. The reason I use firefox really is cuz it doesn't lag like a bitch the way IE does. I don't really care much for security or features, I just want simplicity. I don't need a million ways to organize my bookmarks.
- doshindude, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1*laughs hysterically*
wow man you are amazing at sarcasm...best ***** i've heard in a while.
- doshindude, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1*laughs hysterically*
- TH3W1R3D, on 06/19/2008, -4/+198Actually they got 8 million downloads in 24 hours.
- smellytim, on 06/19/2008, -5/+615+1=8
- bob12321, on 06/19/2008, -0/+12Is that the mathifacation thing I have dang on heard so much about?
- haydesigner, on 06/19/2008, -0/+12Eight is the new nine.
Errr... wait a second...- JPong01, on 06/19/2008, -1/+20Because 7 ate 9.
- FadieZ, on 06/19/2008, -3/+3^ I see what you did thar.
- freqk, on 06/19/2008, -2/+72+2=5
- weemundo, on 06/19/2008, -9/+1no surprise u failed in ever maths class.
- alpha19, on 06/19/2008, -0/+16@weemundo: And no surprise you failed at ever englishs class.
- peterjmag, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5Weemundo fails Radiohead class.
- 42Vindictive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7I see someone has read 1984.
- kevyn, on 06/19/2008, -2/+58.3 according to bbc
- Revolution101, on 06/19/2008, -1/+20about 1 million of those was me trying to help out by downloading it on every computer i got my hands on
- pauldavis, on 06/19/2008, -9/+2Thanks for doing your part, Sr. No Life.
- smellytim, on 06/19/2008, -5/+615+1=8
- Lorddias, on 06/19/2008, -13/+34Firefox 3 is definitely ftw but within a few months we will hear news of a Firefox 4, just like we did with 2.
- Slym, on 06/19/2008, -7/+46I agree. How dare they make attempts at improving their own software!
I hereby create FAFI (Federation Against Firefox Improvements), for the good of the universe. - Lihtsaltjobu, on 06/19/2008, -3/+18Actually its Firefox 3.1 ^^,
- fatdefacto, on 06/19/2008, -3/+67Unlike those guys over at microsoft who, once they release a new version of something, need to spend the next few years getting that build stable.
- Llanowar, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3And a few years more to make subtle changes so they have 12 versions of the same OS which they charge a different price for.
- IllBeBack, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3Yeah, because Mozilla never releases any updates to their software. It's perfect on Day 1.
/sarcasm
- Slym, on 06/19/2008, -7/+46I agree. How dare they make attempts at improving their own software!
- MyDiggIsBig, on 06/19/2008, -15/+3hey... do you guys think you could also do this bombardment on my blog? pretty please.
- celkin, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3The following response is very relevant to your comment:
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- celkin, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3The following response is very relevant to your comment:
- Fozefy, on 06/19/2008, -3/+27Using firefox 3 right now and its working great. FF2 used to give me random slowdowns while I had multiple tabs open. No such problems with FF3, it also seems slightly faster when loading a single page. Mozilla FTW!
- ubercow13, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6Much faster rendering pages for me.
- Grummond, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Much much faster here. Feels like i got a new Interwebs connection, for free.
- KCherman, on 06/19/2008, -3/+63Firefox 3 has two important upgrades:
It more deftly handles lots of tabs. There is no real slowdown, and loading lots of tabs from a cold start is impressively fast.
The new predictive address bar is, to say the least, a substantial upgrade. Type in anything you know about a site you ever remember visiting, and it will likely pop up as an option in the new address bar (also called The Awesome Bar, for good reason).- MickJT, on 06/19/2008, -2/+10Actually it's not called the Awesome Bar anymore, it's official name is the Smart Location Bar.
- willy1234x1, on 06/19/2008, -2/+24It's always been the "Smart Location Bar" but it got the nickname Awesome bar because it's awesome.
- kenok, on 06/19/2008, -4/+2The Awesome Bar is annoying at first. You have to get used to it, so it'll learn your sites or use an extension to bring it back to the old way of the url bar.
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6There is no objective reason to change back to the old url bar, since the Awesomebar keeps its functionality (matching URLs) and improves it (matching page title and some other page specific information). If you start typing a url that you have visited before it will still be the top match so I don't really see why you would want to revert. The URLbar had to "learn" (I don't really call it learn, it simply looks in your history) your sites as well, he can't read your mind to autocomplete an URL. Would be nice though ;)
- ryllharu, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1There is a substantial difference between FF3's "Awesome" Bar and the similar one now included in Opera 9.5.
You can "teach" FF3's bar all you want, but it still tends to prioritize two things (in this order):
1. First compares what you type against sites you frequent most often
2. The "title" of the site, not the URL.
After that, FF3's Smart Location Bar finally begins to focus on the actual URL.
As a result, you usually have to type in a lot more of the URL to get it to bring up the correct site you are searching for. Since most users tend to actually type the URL itself into the bar rather than the title of the place they'd want to go. Most people are used to pressing tab real quick and typing a title or subject matter into the Search Dialog Box.
I was able to get to the overwhelming majority of the sites I go to by typing one or two characters and pressing the down arrow a few times. Now, I have to type a lot more of the URL into the location bar until FF3 even begins to bring up relevant results. It's been getting better the more I "teach" it, but I have not found it to be an improvement.
Opera 9.5's Smart Location Bar functions differently. It first prioritizes URLs, then below it looks for the subject/title of the various sites. If you are typing a URL, the list has URLs at the top. The first space you put in, the list changes to solely searching for titles/subjects, since it recognizes that there is no possibility of the user typing in a URL anymore.
- ryllharu, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1There is a substantial difference between FF3's "Awesome" Bar and the similar one now included in Opera 9.5.
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6There is no objective reason to change back to the old url bar, since the Awesomebar keeps its functionality (matching URLs) and improves it (matching page title and some other page specific information). If you start typing a url that you have visited before it will still be the top match so I don't really see why you would want to revert. The URLbar had to "learn" (I don't really call it learn, it simply looks in your history) your sites as well, he can't read your mind to autocomplete an URL. Would be nice though ;)
- MickJT, on 06/19/2008, -2/+10Actually it's not called the Awesome Bar anymore, it's official name is the Smart Location Bar.
- GrantTLC, on 06/19/2008, -4/+42As a Linux noob on Mandriva I wasn't sure when the Repo's would be updated to include FF3, so rather than wait I went to the Mozilla site and downloaded the tar.gz file directly, then spent a happy half hour learning how to install this weird and wonderful new file type myself, including where to put it in the root directory and how to update the menu that was still pointing to FFv2. Everything went swimmingly.
Firefox as teacher - yay!- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -1/+10I can see how this can be joyful, somewhat, but do not mention this if you are promoting UNIX to relatives / friends, they generally do not exactly welcome having to spend half an hour on installing an application. Not to mention Gentoo who builds everything from source and needs like 2 hours to install Firefox, lol. Granted, the PC that runs Gentoo is a PC shared among my housemates which does not have the most advanced hardware. I still hope someone shows me (by third party review) the substantial speed increase this brings to Gentoo vs, lets say Ubuntu (1 minute to dl + install)
- GrantTLC, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Sage advice, friend, but fear not - my case is special as I'm a new-version update whore. Everyone else I recommend the *nix to can jolly well wait and use the repo's like any sane person would do.
Lol, I treid Sabayon for a while which uses the Gentoo method (although they're supposedly working to side-step the long compile times) but got fed up waiting over an hour for a new build of Firefox to materialise. Mandriva uses RPMs which are MUCH quicker. :)
Oh, and I think the next time I do that will run much faster as I now know what I'm doing. ;)
- GrantTLC, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Sage advice, friend, but fear not - my case is special as I'm a new-version update whore. Everyone else I recommend the *nix to can jolly well wait and use the repo's like any sane person would do.
- luckyguy2000, on 06/19/2008, -6/+12this is why linux isnt killing ms windows big time. such "easy" tasks aka downloading and installing a new program can be a pain in the ass, when your distribution doesnt come with it. youve to deal with rpms often on command line or even ./configure and ./make stuff - sometimes dealing with compiler errors.
and when youve installed it without packet manager you have an even harder time to remove it. you just dont know where it is.
windows setup.exe approach is way more userfriendly. you have to know how to doubleclick and you're (often) done.
i love linux, but i think linux for home users is still a long long way to go.- GrantTLC, on 06/19/2008, -2/+5Not to mention dependencies. *shudder* The Firefox install page on Mozilla talked about one that Firefox needed - I had no idea if I had that installed or not but everything seemed fine so I assumed I did.
- YourDoom123, on 06/19/2008, -4/+5you realize that its only difficult when you decide to sidestep repositories (official or not) and the normal install files for your distro, right? had Grant done a google search, I'm sure he would have found a nice .rpm file for his mandriva install that would have easily and simply installed firefox 3 onto his system. I'm not sure if Mandriva does it or not, but in most cases, double clicking the .rpm (or .deb for Ubuntu/Debian) is sufficient to install the program, not that different from an .exe. For most people, it's a non-issue.
- D4r7h3v1l, on 06/19/2008, -2/+5Sorry, still more difficult than downloading and running the .exe from the Firefox site and executing it.
- sexybobo, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2You can download and run the exe from the firefox web site if you have wine installed. But 99% of all apps you will ever want to install you just launch your repository program and double click on the applications name. It is a lot easier then windows actually.
- 4321234, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1The guy went out of his way to download from the site and install it manually so he could be counted for the record. And you guys jump all over him out of windows fanboyism. Nice. I typed " sudo smart install MozillaFirefox" (even easier than downloading an .exe) to update - during my morning coffee while you windows losers were waiting for the website to come back up.
- freqk, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5sudo apt-get install firefox, anyone?
- lynx44, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2I agree, you're at the mercy of the repos. If all the repos you have installed don't have the software you want (or the version you want), then you're stuck with whatever they have or you have to install from source.
There is essentially never any variation with Windows, its basically always done with an installer. The only real exceptions are when they can be run stand alone without even requiring an installer. I've never had a dependency problem in Windows, I've had many dependency problems in Fedora.
I know I'll probably get buried for this, but its the truth. And you can't tell me that there are no dependency problems, I get them all the time in Fedora and in fact I have the same issue on two different computers - and I don't use any shady repos (besides the fact that the average user would install any and every repo if that allows them to get the software they want).
- Zoxive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5On Ubuntu, FF3 is already in the repository.
- trougnouf, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Buried.
You didn't have to install anything. Just uncompress the archive -right click/extract here -where ever you want, open the firefox executable -left click, and it will launch. You can add a shortcut/menu shortcut with a right click/create link or edit menu, it is a lot easier than a Windows installation since there is no installation.
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -1/+10I can see how this can be joyful, somewhat, but do not mention this if you are promoting UNIX to relatives / friends, they generally do not exactly welcome having to spend half an hour on installing an application. Not to mention Gentoo who builds everything from source and needs like 2 hours to install Firefox, lol. Granted, the PC that runs Gentoo is a PC shared among my housemates which does not have the most advanced hardware. I still hope someone shows me (by third party review) the substantial speed increase this brings to Gentoo vs, lets say Ubuntu (1 minute to dl + install)
- evmi, on 06/19/2008, -11/+4Are we going to have a web-based web browser any soon?
- trumpcard, on 06/19/2008, -15/+4May be each digger used some bots and downloaded many times,so thats the reason it went upto 6 million.
- nigdef, on 06/19/2008, -13/+2it is now 2 days after the release of firefox 3 yet morzilla themselve's tell me it is'nt available yet i'm on version 2.0.0.1.4 what gives buried for being possible *****
- Ridikul, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7www.getfirefox.com
- AppleGeorge, on 06/19/2008, -1/+12The auto-update usually takes a day or two. Stop being lazy and ***** go to getfirefox.com
- smacksaw, on 06/19/2008, -4/+16I think that if Microsoft released statistics, their service packs and bug fixes probably obliterate that record on a daily basis. Not that it's a good thing...
- mazzmn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Not a good thing indeed, Reminds me of the Dibert...I'm gonna write me a new mini-van this week :-)
http://brainsnorkel.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05 ... - sexybobo, on 06/19/2008, -1/+7The record is for manually downloaded software package. Updates don't count neither does anything downloaded through automatic updates.
So if more than 8 million people go to microsoft.com and download internet explorer7 in one day. - 4321234, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1Not to mention all the viruses and malware.
- mazzmn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Not a good thing indeed, Reminds me of the Dibert...I'm gonna write me a new mini-van this week :-)
- wasincox, on 06/19/2008, -7/+23In 2011, FF4 will have 85% of the market share. Just wait and see.
- Skahara, on 06/19/2008, -5/+312011? Is it the Linux Desktop year?
- goflyers, on 06/19/2008, -1/+15In the year 2000 All dogs will be issued photo IDs, finally sparing them the humiliation of sniffing each other's butts, but will continue to do so just for the hell of it. In the year two thousand.
- WWJeffersonDo, on 06/19/2008, -10/+2I still like Maxthon (plugin for IE) better overall. I use both...just depends what I'm doing. They both have advantages and disadvantages.
- Duositex, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3Get off my Internets.
- WWJeffersonDo, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1I think your lost...this isn't MySpace
- nicktheawesome, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I liked it back when it was MyIE2, but that was a really long time ago. I tried Firefox when they brought out Maxthon, mainly because Maxthon sucks.
- WWJeffersonDo, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Yea, I didn't like the newer one either and went back to the classic version (1.6.3)
- Duositex, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3Get off my Internets.
- Ploosheeta, on 06/19/2008, -6/+142This week's firefox stories:
http://digg.com/apple/Firefox_3_and_Safari_4_in_br ...
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/200 ...
http://digg.com/software/Mozilla_Announces_Release ...
http://digg.com/software/Third_Firefox_3_Release_C ...
http://digg.com/tech_news/A_Field_Guide_to_Firefox ...
http://digg.com/software/Web_Browsers_Speed_Testin ...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Don_t_forget_to_be_part_ ...
http://digg.com/microsoft/IE8_development_Microsof ...
http://digg.com/software/15_Browser_Add_Ons_No_One ...
http://digg.com/software/Mozilla_prepares_for_Fire ...
http://digg.com/software/The_History_of_Firefox_1_ ...
http://digg.com/software/Why_You_Should_Download_F ...
http://digg.com/software/Power_User_s_Guide_to_Fir ...
http://digg.com/software/Firefox_Download_counter
http://digg.com/software/Firefox_3_exceeds_a_milli ...
http://digg.com/software/Forbes_Why_Firefox_Matter ...
http://digg.com/software/The_cake_is_a_lie_IE_team ...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Mozilla_Hits_Its_Firefox ...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Firefox_3_launch_a_succe ...- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -8/+7Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a new definition of overkill
- brownspank, on 06/19/2008, -1/+26Are you seriously telling me that this trumps iPhone coverage?
- donkevin, on 06/19/2008, -2/+12There aren't enough internet addresses in the world to trump that.
- celkin, on 06/19/2008, -4/+9If you think iPhone coverage is a lot, just wait until Obama becomes president. Digg submitters will never sleep again...
- christophe971, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1@celkin
roflmao.
- brownspank, on 06/19/2008, -1/+26Are you seriously telling me that this trumps iPhone coverage?
- legoman31245, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4That's it?
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -8/+7Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a new definition of overkill
- skymint, on 06/19/2008, -6/+27I love the new Firefox
- goflyers, on 06/19/2008, -5/+2I like cookies. (obscure reference from the tv show Stella)
- BlackPhantom, on 06/19/2008, -4/+2I like turtles. (obscure reference from the internet site Digg)
- goflyers, on 06/19/2008, -5/+2I like cookies. (obscure reference from the tv show Stella)
- kenvsryu, on 06/19/2008, -9/+48 million exceeded in 24 hrs - who's the redhead on the right please. ^_^
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/17/kicking-of ...- aladrin, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5The only picture on that page is a the author of the article. WTF are you talking about?
- captnkurt, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1Uh, which redhead? I think you must have been referring to this. You perv, you.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/MikeHu ...
- captnkurt, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1Uh, which redhead? I think you must have been referring to this. You perv, you.
- Squill, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/18/over-8-mil ...
I think he's talking about this article. - jimshady, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Here ya go:
http://flickr.com/photos/27505483@N05/2588984418/i ...
http://flickr.com/photos/27505483@N05/2590077097/
And more: http://flickr.com/photos/27505483@N05/sets/7215760 ...- mathcreative, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Every computer in the FF3 party at Mozilla Headquarters is a mac
- Ledwolf555, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2Gotta love the Piclens add on for FF2 & FF3...
- aladrin, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5The only picture on that page is a the author of the article. WTF are you talking about?
- StiGUP, on 06/19/2008, -6/+33mission accomplished.
- MoonlitMist, on 06/19/2008, -8/+2People download it even from Greenland. Wow
- larryk12308, on 06/19/2008, -7/+6Quick to load,easy to use, plus an ever expanding list of add on's and updates,
FF3 Rocks! - hamidrezan, on 06/19/2008, -9/+3we did it!!
- Zippo, on 06/19/2008, -10/+5Firefox rocks my socks.
- edwardmluk, on 06/19/2008, -6/+5Meh. I found the RC2 more stable. Ever since I got the release on Tuesday, its crashed a lot when doing web application testing. Aaaah well.
Still, I think Firefox is a brilliant application.- MWeather, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4"Ever since I got the release on Tuesday, its crashed a lot when doing web application testing"
PEBKAC - Zaneris, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Uh... for windows, RC2 is the exact same build as the RTM.
No changes... zero, zip, nada. It's all in your head.
- MWeather, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4"Ever since I got the release on Tuesday, its crashed a lot when doing web application testing"
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -12/+2Does that mean we can get these meaningless BROWSER download stories off the front page of Digg.
Honestly, GET A LIFE...what losers you must be to even care one second about this.- kamisama, on 06/19/2008, -1/+9Look around, you're on a tech news site, what do you expect people to be interested in? How about you get a life yourself and stop wasting your time posting useless comments.
- Atomic1fire, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1exactly what does he expect digg to be
A sports site?
Wrong side of the internets - LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -1/+1But it's still just an update to a BROWSER, for pete's sake. I use Firefox and will update it AFTER this silliness. But have some friggin perspective. You didn't code it. It's "features" exist in all of the other browsers now, either natively or with plugins. So....so what's the big deal?!
- Atomic1fire, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1exactly what does he expect digg to be
- d4ni, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1So true, and let's not even start about those people that care about whether or not people care!
- kamisama, on 06/19/2008, -1/+9Look around, you're on a tech news site, what do you expect people to be interested in? How about you get a life yourself and stop wasting your time posting useless comments.
- Smogtdi, on 06/19/2008, -0/+10I got it to replace Konqueror on Kubuntu 8.04 running in the 200$ walmart gPC. My god, Firefox3 is faster than Konqueror on this slow VIA processor. I have yet to try the new Opera.
anyway, congratulation to Mozzila for the world record and this fantastic product that will set the pace for browser efficiency- Dongvid, on 06/19/2008, -3/+1You have that slow machine? Opera is going to be awesome on that thing.
- MWeather, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1Try the Konqueror that comes with KDE4. It's much better.
- ickybod, on 06/19/2008, -3/+3I'm glad I participated... without even knowing it.
- iguanapunk, on 06/19/2008, -5/+95Firefox? Damn it! I downloaded Internet Explorer
- tfrans, on 06/19/2008, -5/+0n00b
- NecroDigg, on 06/19/2008, -32/+3Go suck Mozilla's dick. Opera has always pwned firefox, and it always will.
- saisumimen, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3Get a life.
- Evildudetx, on 06/19/2008, -19/+5Downloads /= Installs
Not to mention, who cares? Do you have so little of a life that this really matters? Get out of your mother's basement and go get laid........- TheKeithD, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7I'm sure tons of people download a piece of software with no intent to install it.
- sonicbliss, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I'd say its irrelevant wether they install or download and more significant if they actually Use it over other browsers after downloading/installing.
- TheKeithD, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7I'm sure tons of people download a piece of software with no intent to install it.
- skuff, on 06/19/2008, -12/+1sorry, im sticking with Safari on windows. I dont care what the stats say - Safari is noticeably quicker to me.
- saisumimen, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3"Safari is noticeably quicker to me."
(facepalm)
People see what they want to see.
- saisumimen, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3"Safari is noticeably quicker to me."
- nirvaorg, on 06/19/2008, -12/+2yeah, only by asking people to download it.
that's the nature of firefox, these "records". what a stupid things they do really. just instead fixing memory leaks.- silfiriel, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1well world record in numbers is made only by asking people to do something.
- NATEive, on 06/19/2008, -8/+3As much as I think the new firefox ROCKS, what really excites me is that soon Flock will be available built on the new firefox engine...for those of you who haven't tried Flock and who LOVE media and socializing online...get it now!
- drgmdp, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6flock? do people really use that?
- doshindude, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Flock sucks.
- phpftw, on 06/19/2008, -3/+1Is it wrong for me to be wondering what kind of server set-up they had going on to handle all that traffic? I'm guessing quite a few scaled out load balancing servers...
- SHuisman, on 06/19/2008, -0/+5The netherlands should be proud: 200K downloads, china has 230K, and australia 180K !
- maisteri, on 06/19/2008, -0/+8I think Lithuania is the winner. Over 10% of the population now has Firefox 3.
- balrog85, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Was anyone else shocked by Iran? 269k!
- SniperZero, on 06/19/2008, -1/+13Now come on own up how many people told there grandmas to download this and told them it was to protect there computer....
- exscape, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6Firefox does protect computers! At least compared to a windows box running IE.
- SniperZero, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2lol I know... the sarcasm was to get the download count up everyone told anyone they possible could to download firefox.
Also it requires the person to use firefox to gain the protection.
- SniperZero, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2lol I know... the sarcasm was to get the download count up everyone told anyone they possible could to download firefox.
- chump, on 06/19/2008, -0/+8language fail
- TubbyCat, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1*slowly raises hand*
It didn't go so well. I'd help if she could turn it on without calling me.
- exscape, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6Firefox does protect computers! At least compared to a windows box running IE.
- yojiffyskippy, on 06/19/2008, -8/+4Now if it would just quit crashing. It crashed twice on the FIRST day I was using it. Maybe we can set another record downloading V4.
- wdarling, on 06/19/2008, -6/+3Tried 3x to download but the servers were busy. I figured that was a sign I didn't really need to help set a record. I'll upgrade later.
- sonicbliss, on 06/19/2008, -2/+8I know its kinda unpopular to critique firefox, but it really was rushed to market for Mac. The skin just isn't finished. A guy called Johan actually wrote a little blog on it and a mozilla dev acknowledged that it wasn't finished. Its a lot better than ff2, but still not finished and its annoying when it could have been so sweet if more attention had been paid to detail.. I actually like the round buttons too. Though the whole top is a little big.
Some pages don't render properly like IGN, and try watching a video on the site: ad banners render in the middle of the video. I know its not a massively important site to professional users but still. Hotmail hasnt been sorted yet either and when it worked this is one of the reasons I actually used firefox over safari..though I dont know if thats a Mozilla or Microsoft fault.
Slide-out panes like when you go to quit and have multiple tabs open are clearly not how they should, not properly aligned or shaded for that matter; the theme just looks tacked-on, as if designed by a hobbyist rather than a massive corporation's design team.- vukeidorian, on 06/19/2008, -2/+3i agree it kind of looks like ***** and doesn't work amazingly..
- canyonblue, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3ok... honest question... what is unfinished about the mac skin? the grey looks just like leopard native windows and all the buttons look well finished? what exactly is the problem... that the buttons are capsule shaped instead of cloning the square look of safari? PS: i am using "small icon" mode to get rid of the large round back button.
- sonicbliss, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4I said I like the round buttons. Ok, open up a bunch of loaded tabs, then go to quit... The slide out (I dont know what you call it) pane that prompts you to 'quit' or 'save and quit' just juts out in the wrong place, it should be lower... aligned with the top of the awesome bar.
I used firefox 3 betas before the proto theme became standard and there you find that this pane i mention looks right, but thats because it worked with the old firefox 2 theme, (where they just had a thin border of metal up top) and they just havent changed its placement.
The grey isnt exactly like leopard its lighter which I like, more fresh looking. But yes much more native.
And the radio buttons on some sites get chopped off.
And another thing is that despite that they now have the window turn light grey when inactive, the scroll bar stays active; shiny blue instead of grey. I had one of the nightlies where they fixed this, the with the next one it came back and stayed till the shipping version.
As I say its not massive dealbreakers (though the sites not working is annoying) regards the skin but having used the nightlies and knowing these are bugs they just shipped with has been interesting to observe. Im sure other sites render a bit wonky at present.
It would be good if they could just go Cocoa for the next firefox as Im guessing this would solve a lot of the defaults and OS Integration like transparencies and rounded corners on menus which are also missing but I dont really care about. Its just when they say 'UI Integration' I want them to do it properly. This is OSX were talking about.. - sonicbliss, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Here is the guy's website with the response from mozilla: http://www.sanneblad.se/johan/?p=180
- Wolf04, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2I thought that article was a joke and that he was being sarcastic. The more I read it, the more I realized he was being serious, which is just sad and pathetic.
- sonicbliss, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4I said I like the round buttons. Ok, open up a bunch of loaded tabs, then go to quit... The slide out (I dont know what you call it) pane that prompts you to 'quit' or 'save and quit' just juts out in the wrong place, it should be lower... aligned with the top of the awesome bar.
- CMiYC, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2 "... as if designed by a hobbyist rather than a massive corporation's design team."
Since when is The Mozilla Foundation a massive corporation?
- leto78, on 06/19/2008, -4/+3I've downloaded as a opensuse RPM from the repositories. I hope they are also counting those downloads.
- 4321234, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I did too, but later in the day downloaded from the website too. Using opera - in case the tubes could tell the difference.
- ZachSka87, on 06/19/2008, -7/+3Yes yes...we all know. In other news, the sky was blue yesterday. It was predicted to be blue, but it was even bluer than predicted by 2 whole shades!!!!
- rapeandruin, on 06/19/2008, -8/+2hell yeah firefox rules........................................
- richthomas, on 06/19/2008, -7/+2as of this comment, more than 11 million copes have been downloaded.
- rothman857, on 06/19/2008, -2/+15why doesn't north Korea have any downloads?
- atreusk, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1Timor-leste, soloman islands,... also have 0 dls. Either the country have more than 100+ dls or none at all.
- tgunner, on 06/19/2008, -3/+3They don't have internet?
- waluigi14, on 06/19/2008, -2/+4Svalbard and Jan Mayen don't have any either. Probably because all the computers were eaten by bears.
- replikhant, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3French Guiana has 0 downloads. Communism can expain North Korea, but this?
- liquidmetalband, on 06/19/2008, -2/+5That's almost as much real money as Ron Paul raised in a day
- vawksel, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3Yeah, and look what happened to Ron, it still didn't matter.
- dunmasterkane, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3http://digg.com/software/Forbes_Why_Firefox_Matter ...
- Loornadune, on 06/19/2008, -6/+2I'm pretty sure the picture linked was just pledged downloads. either way, firefox is win.
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