Firefox Nears 1 Billion Downloads

Mozilla preps new site for the milestone

By Jeremy Muncy · July 31, 2009 · 16 Comments

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Update: Firefox has now passed 1 billion total downloads.

Original Article: Lookout Microsoft! Mozilla’s Firefox is closing the gap a bit, as they’re about to pass 1 billion total downloads, and some think they might even pass the mark as early as Friday.

When do you think Firefox will pass the 1 billion mark? Tell us.

Mozilla is prepping for the occasion with a new site, OneBillionPlusYou.com. Little is currently known about the site, but we assume it will feature information about Firefox’s success along with various download statistics.

At the beginning of the month Chris Crum wrote about how Firefox’s newest release, version 3.5, had more than 1 million downloads in its first day of launch. Instead of just sitting around revealing in their success, Mozilla is currently hard at work on version 4.0.

It should be noted that the one billion total downloads is in reference to ALL versions of Firefox, which dates back to 2002.

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Immigration News
July 31, 2009 at 3:33 am

Fire fox is the most famous browser and no wonder that it is been used by so many webmasters too.

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James
July 31, 2009 at 3:44 am

Yeah that’s right Mozilla is one of the famous ultra famous browsers and the add ons it gives is amazing being a SEO webmaster i know the importance and i have been using the browser from long time.. LIked it waiting for its new launch..

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Adrian
July 31, 2009 at 4:22 am

Yes that is good news! Firefox is Number 1! After using IE for over 10 years its a breath of fresh air. IE is simply just not as stable – always wanted to close down the Browser! Well done Morzilla!!

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  Electric Vibrators
  July 31, 2009 at 5:43 pm
  
  I agree – foxfire rules the roost.
  
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    Large Dildos
    July 31, 2009 at 5:44 pm
    
    Here here
    
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Noel
July 31, 2009 at 6:12 am

Great new, Firefox is the best and I have benn using it for years. Flock is good also.

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Solar Power systems
July 31, 2009 at 10:13 am

Wow that is a great news. I have been using Mozilla for a very long time. I am eagerly waiting to see what the new version has to offer.
With all the hard work it truly deserves its success. Kudos to Mozilla!!

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MaxBuwaya
August 1, 2009 at 5:38 am

FIrefox is the best browser i’ve used. really

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sara.p
August 2, 2009 at 9:45 am

firefox is the best one and the top of all of them also had high secuirty the only bad thing i think in firefox is the much memory he token .

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Cynthia Thomas
August 2, 2009 at 10:48 am

I love the look of my website using Mozilla, I use a lot of photographs on my site. The only problem I experience is that I cannot save pictures from the web as jpeg, I have to convert them, I will use internet explorer to save my pictures.

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mik
August 2, 2009 at 8:59 pm

While I use and prefer FF over IE, who gives a s***.

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vitamin
August 3, 2009 at 7:45 am

i’ve noticed the latest version of firefox to be the fastest yet, that’s impressive

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Collection agencies
August 3, 2009 at 10:20 am

I have heard nothing but good thing about Firefox. I do however wonder how much safer it is compared to IE.

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Park
August 4, 2009 at 5:39 am

I really like firefox too, and believe they are ruling the world.

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hersolution
September 6, 2009 at 9:25 pm

impressive web browser of the century!

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breastactives
September 6, 2009 at 9:30 pm

i prefer use firefox all the time, i like chrome as well but to bad it’s not available for mac.

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