Mozilla Seeks World Record Firefox Downloads

Firefox 3 should arrive in June

By WebProNews Staff · May 29, 2008 · 6 Comments

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The browser maker wants to set a Guinness World Record when the next version of Firefox becomes available for users.

It doesn’t seem like Firefox 2 arrived from Mozilla all that long ago. Now that we’ve got to know it a little bit, the time for change will be here soon. That could include a record-setting level of download activity, tool.

Mozilla certainly hopes it does. To promote Firefox 3, and perhaps earn a spot alongside some high achievers, they are seeking participants in their Firefox 3 Download Day.

On a date to be determined, Mozilla will try to pull in a world record number of downloaders for the newest browser, in a 24-hour period. The Download Day website shows how many people have pledged to do a download per country.

Speedier, safer performance along with new features will be part of the Firefox 3 browser. Barring any late changes, the Download Day event should happen in June, with record verification by Guinness requiring about a week of time, Mozilla said.

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Evan
May 29, 2008 at 12:37 pm

I’m beta-testing the new Firefox 3 and it has bugs galore.

It freezes every 30 minutes and the only way to re-access the program is to completely restart the system. Major bummer! I also has some font issues that are merely aesthetic, but still …

Anyone else experience this???

The new version does offer a really cool click-and-drag feature that copies the image you selected. This helps me out a lot as I am constantly dragging watermarked images into my designs before shelling out Getty prices.

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James
June 1, 2008 at 6:54 am

Firefox 2 was so horrible that I deleted it and went back to Netscape. If Firefox 3 is as terrible as Firefox 2; who in their mind would want to download it?

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Guest
June 17, 2008 at 4:14 pm

I’ve been using Firefox 3 since february. It works great for me, but I have had some problems with extensions being incorrectly labeled as being compatible. This shouldn’t be an issue now that Firefox is out of Beta.

The interface is a little different. For the first couple of weeks I hated the "Awesome bar", but now that I’m used to it, I find it slightly preferable to the older one.

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December 28, 2008 at 1:23 pm

Very nice browser is a leap in quality that characterized much of the design unique? But I is not too early to adopt instead of Explorer ??

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