Firefox Guinness World Record

Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.

From on June 17, 2008 to June 18, 2008... 8,002,530 million people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web.

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

 

[Chappy]

WOW!!!!

That is truly an ASTOUNDING NUMBER of downloads in one 24 hour period!

8 million plus in one day, and I wasn't even aware that V3 was out of Beta build yet. In fact last time I looked, like 2 weeks ago, they were still recommending V2 for all but the most ardent FF users. Apparently there were allot of people that were watching for the V3 Public Release Candidate very closely.

Tell the truth, I only started using FF about a month ago. Up till then I had been using Avant Browser for like...well, forever really. It comes with everything FF has as plug-ins but Avant has it as standard fare so you never have to go looking for them or worry about all those seperate upgrades. But Avant never really had any "Flair" when it came to skins and since I Love color & Style on my computer, I changed to FF mainly for that.

Avant still has features that are better than FF, and in many ways it's allot easier and a better tabbed browser system. Many of it's tab features I would really like to see FF try and impliment some day.

Anyway, I guess it's time to go check V3 out...Thanx dmex!!

 

[johngalt]

You will be amazed.

FWIW, you should check out Opera too.

 

[Chappy]

Hiya John

Yah, I know everyone and their pet rat uses FF these days, either that or IE cause they simply don't know any better (yet), but that is a BIG number of d'loads for a single day isn't it. I wonder what the previous record was and what program held it, besides a Win Update that is. I guess a quick search is in order soon..

I've also tried em all John, or the major ones anyway. I used Opera side by side with Avant for awhile a few years back but I always seemed to find more usefulness in Avant than the others I was trying, so it's stayed my main browser for ages now. I've gone Opera, Slim Browser, Amaya, Phoenix, Dillo, and some others I forget the names of now...probably just as well because they were pretty forgettable.

I Love Avant still and if I had the time (or the talent) I'd make my own skin and stick with it but I wanted to give FF another shot. I may still go back to Avant, I'm not sure yet because I think it still has more usability features than FF does ATM and you don't have to search thru 25 pages of plug-ins to get them either.
One thing that does get annoying with it tho is that the developer seems to release a minor build update a week and sometimes more, so you always get prompted to get the new build, but it installs fast and easy and it imports all your settings reliably so it's just a minor annoyance really.

 

[Axon]

8 million... That's almost the whole population of Belgium!

 

[joel406]

You guts should check out Mine feild. Its x64 FF3

I use all 3 browsers regularly. FF3 X86, minefeild and IE7.

I got to admit I used FF before V3 and was not that trilled. But with version 3 I am coming around.

But I still like IE7. Looking foward to 8.

I did hear a rumor that Microsoft was scraping IE8 and was going to use FireFox as the default browser in Windows 7.

That is an unconfirmed "rumor"! Dont belive it untile its verified by Microsoft.

The future is looking stranger everyday.

 

[hatehereyes]

now if only the plug in developers would catch up and update the add ons for FF3

 

[killerpanda]

wow... well im using FF3 and its awesome..

 

[johngalt]

A good number of plugins have caught up - as well as add-ons.

Some will probably be abandoned, and some have been incorporated into other add-ons....but that always happens...there are 1.0 specific addons gone, 1.5 left in the dust, and now 2.0 specific ones that are crying mournfully on the shoulder of the road as the Fx 3 behemoth thunders down the highway.

 

[ArtG818]

Best web browser ever.

 

[locoeng]

I did hear a rumor that Microsoft was scraping IE8 and was going to use FireFox as the default browser in Windows 7.

I sure hope not. I'd like to see firefox to stay firefox.

 

[johngalt]

I doubt Microsoft would ever use a competitor's product in their own OS - at least not without mucking things up and / or disabling a majority of features (a la Diskeeper versus Microsoft Disk Defragmenter).

Even if they do, I'll continue to use my own personal preference and use my special builds.

 

[locoeng]

I doubt Microsoft would ever use a competitor's product in their own OS - at least not without mucking things up and / or disabling a majority of features (a la Diskeeper versus Microsoft Disk Defragmenter).

LOL...my point exactly.

 

[andaluciat]

Best web browser ever.

Amen to that.

 

[Dreammaker182]

This is my first post to the forum... I was one of those downloads. I downloaded it the morning it went online and I have been using it since. I love the new look of it and the endless addons. It's a lot better than Fire Fox 2 (drag and drop highlighted text and pics, etc.); tons more customizable than IE.

 

[joel406]

First of all I gotta say FireFox is the best alternative browser there is PERIOD!

And congrats to Mozilla for the new record. I like the features in the x86 mozilla version and the x64 version in the minefeild build.

But I constantly find myself using IE again and again.

I dont really know why. I just seem to like it more. I can hit any function with my eyes closed. I find it easier to customise just the way I like.

Regardless of the fact that I have freinds at MS, I tried like hell to find true love with FF. I cant find real fault with it.

To coin a phrase...Its not you, its me.

Maybe I just try to keep things to clean, one av and one browser.

Its time for a 6 month re-format. All my data is backed up and all my new software versions and latest drivers are ready.

I will be leaveing firefox behind but will always watch and look for a day when it can come back and change my mind forever about IE.

But even though I will not be reinstalling it I will never bash it. I really did like a lot of the features.

I hope everone understands, I have been useing IE since Win3.0. I just like it better.

 

[johngalt]

Anyone who doesn't understand is an idiot. Browser choice is just that choice. As in personal choice.

I am not going to harangue you for using IE. I will only say this - keep yourself protected - but that holds true regardless which browser you use, so again, that is not a dig at you *because* you're using IE - that is a dig at you because you use the Internet. :P

 

[Dreammaker182]

Personally, I just made the big switch from IE to FF when FF 3 came out... I liked FF2, but it didn't look as smooth or have the same "feel" as IE, especially with the new tabbed browsing. I like FF now because of the vast array of plugins that make it really look different from the base model. I love the ad blocker and spell check as you type capability of FF. I still have to use IE for certain websites that only have plugins for IE... IE 7 is a major improvement from IE 6 still.

 

[joel406]

I like ad-block in FF and spell-checker as well. I can spell but sometimes I go faster on the keyboard then I should.

My re-format is finished and Vista and all my apps and data are back in place. All clean and running noticeably faster.

No surprises either. Installed perfectly despite 5 internal and 2 external drives. I dont use RAID its pointless if your not doing Steven Speilber type video editing.

So I'm glad to here that everyone is cool with me not useing FF. And dont worry I'm safe. FF really could not make things any safer. I'm behind 3 routers and use NOD32 as well as software firewall and spyware protection. Theres nowhere I cant go.

Thanks.

 

[FrozenEclipse]

Firefox 3 seemed really slow for me in Vista x64, but I tried the x64 compiled build of FF3 called Minefield, and it's MUCH faster now.