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    Firefox 3 Download Record Now Official!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by stewie, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    Firefox 3 Download Record Now Official

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    03.07.2008

    Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. “The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen” said Marketing head Paul Kim. Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it “an extremely impressive accomplishment”. The official figure was confirmed after logs from download servers were audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were not counted. Marketing manager Mary Colvig said no party is planned to celebrate the record until the actual certificate is presented by Guinness World Records in London next week.

    The company said while IE reached a record low last month, it predicted Firefox will break the 20% share bar sometime this month. Mr Kim said “We offer the best browsing experience and this shows people are getting the message and voting with their browser choice.” Meanwhile Mozilla has shipped a high priority update for Firefox 2.0, warning that there are at least five serious vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution attacks. Mr Kim said Mozilla will continue to support Firefox 2.0 until the middle of December. After that users will be expected to switch over to Firefox 3.0 which since its launch over two weeks ago boasts 28 million downloads and counting.

    Source: BBC
     
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  2. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    :laugh: FIREFOX FTW !!!
     
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  3. prophetofsin

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    wow, i didnt know it was official yet. yeah firefox 3 isnt that bad. i noticed it loads a little faster than firefox 2; probably cause my computer is as slow as ____. ^ ^
     
    prophetofsin, Jul 3, 2008
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  4. Gintoki

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    Thanks for the info.
     
    Gintoki, Jul 3, 2008
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  5. Prasad

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    WOW nice! :D Too bad it didn't hit 10 mil though :( :)
     
    Prasad, Jul 3, 2008
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  6. purplegreendave

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    There was no initial record - 100 downloads would've done it!
     
    purplegreendave, Jul 3, 2008
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  7. Nocturnal310

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    well u can claim your Certificate if u had participated...i got mine :D
     
    Nocturnal310, Jul 3, 2008
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  8. Carrot Muncher

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    I got an email from firefox about the world record. :p
     
    Carrot Muncher, Jul 3, 2008
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  9. Wirelessman

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    Got my certificate already, and now what, will my name be on the Guinness record? :D
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 3, 2008
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    Damn that certificate had everything about Firefox in it... was hoping it would be all by Guinness :D

    haha I'm sure if Guinness was to incorporate all our names in the world record, they'd probably have to publish a whole separate book just for this one single record !! :D
     
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  11. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    And that would be another record :D
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 3, 2008
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  12. Bowlerguy92

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    Wooo! Congrats Mozilla.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Jul 3, 2008
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  13. crash

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    How do you claim your certificate?
     
    crash, Jul 3, 2008
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  14. INEEDMONEY

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    I didnt get an email or certificate :(

    But wow...8 million downloads in 24hrs
     
    INEEDMONEY, Jul 3, 2008
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  15. THAANSA3

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    Wow, Firefox by a landslide.
     
    THAANSA3, Jul 3, 2008
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  16. Wirelessman

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    The day of big commotion they had a sort of resolution page where they wanted you to commit to download FF3, then you would sign and register your e-mail. Then I got the e-mail with a link two days ago I believe and you would enter your name and FF opened a pdf with the certificate.
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 3, 2008
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    Oh I didn't give them my email, I just downloaded FF. Whatever.
     
    crash, Jul 3, 2008
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  18. pixelot

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    Oh, sweet!!! Firefox rule!!! I took part in a Guinness record!!! :yes:
     
    pixelot, Jul 3, 2008
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  19. atbnet

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    Pretty awesome. They have gotten over 20 million since then now.
     
    atbnet, Jul 3, 2008
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