Firefox 3 downloads record official

Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized

Hurrah! The world record aimed for has been validated. Firefox 3 now holds the first ever Guinness world record for the most software downloads -8,002,530-  in 24 hours. I’ve got my own certificate. Yeah!

There were some detractors across the blogosphere who didn’t understand the purpose for a push for records. It’s not the records they are aiming for: it’s  the publicity. Up until Firefox 2, the browser was almost entirely spread by word-of-mouth and recommendations. In essence it has nothing to lose - its users are those who took it not by force but by choice in the face of challenges the other browser(s) they were faced with - a solid base of unwavering fans.

I recognise the main attraction in Firefox is its ability to be mould into any shape - much like a colouring book, on which you can apply any colour - and not use anything you don’t like.

One of the reasons I love to hate the BBC is that in their quest to be ‘balanced’(read b u l l s h i t), they try to scavenge for that crumb of information which can be used against anything their users aren’t aware of. I am referring to their refernce to a supposed security flaw - they had mentioned this on June 17 too, the first article on the quest for the download. Which, I agree, may be true, but is not warranted considering the security it offers versus other browsers. I can bet anyone who read their entire article and did not know a bit about Firefox would have been put off. Screw them.

Firefox is slowly increasing its market share at the expense of IE in what is being billed as the Second Browser War, which by the way is not one on one but more of a 4 way slow showdown - IE with everything to lose Vs Firefox, Safari and Opera - the latter set offer increasingly better features - will be one to follow closely in the coming days.

I’ve tried with some success to circumnavigate the crashes I mentioned in my earlier posts - by not closing the tabs, but reusing them by typing into the Gmail and G Reader address bars.

Do give Mozilla Japan’s too-cute-to-miss mascot, Foxkeh a visit.

And so I pitch to you, the wonderful phoenix risen from the ashes of the vanquished Netscape of the First Browser War, ready in full battle glory for the Second Browser War with its third incarnation, against the mighty IE, Mozilla Firefox.

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July 3, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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