Firefox Goes for World Download Record

Kelson writes "For the upcoming release of Firefox, Mozilla is preparing Download Day 2008: a campaign to set a world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Participants are asked to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it's launched. The exact date hasn't been scheduled yet, but everything seems on track for June."

big deal.

[Anonymous Coward]

... these are the same idiots that thought that a beta of windows vista was the single largest software download: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/06/windows-vista-for-guinness-world.html [blogspot.com]

show of hands: who downloaded a linux dvd iso larger than 3.5 gigabytes before vista beta was released? ... and apparently there is no "world record" to break anyway: http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/mozillas-latest-firefox-launch.html [internetnews.com]

and, are they not going to consider the millions of copies of, say, internet explorer 7, downloaded the first day it was forced through as an automatic update? or how many downloads of itunes are there in a day when apple _requires_ an update?

Re:Patch Tuesday

[manwal]

Anything goes; there is currently no world record in this category.

Re:I pledge not to download it

[Fallus Shempus]

Weird, I have the release candidate, you know you can still actually use as a location bar and ignore the search, it still drops down and give suggestions of previously typed in URLs

Don't see the problem

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[thetoadwarrior]

I would say that's untrue at this point. del.icio.us released their updated version, Web Developer, noscript, adblock and firebug is on FF3. In fact, I'd say most popular plugins have made the move.

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[at_slashdot]

Who cares about "popular" plugins, the point is that the plugins that _I_ need don't work. For example Google Sync.

Re:I pledge not to download it

[netsharc]

And something Opera [opera.com] invented first! (Among other things like tabbed browsing, mouse gestures in a browser, a zoom feature that also resizes images, etc, etc.). And Opera 9.50 even searches the contents of pages you have visited for more WIN.

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[giant_toaster]

Have you tried the Mozilla Weave project? It offers bookmark syncing among other synching features. It will likely be integrated into the browser at somepoint. http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/ [mozilla.com]

Re:100% turn out from north Korea

[mollymoo]

Yeah, it's amazing how Mark Shuttleworth made billions in IT and started the most popular Linux distribution without even having a computer.

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[hansamurai]

Then use the Nightly Tester Tool plugin to force it to work. Plugins will only work natively in Firefox 3 if the developer specifically typed that version in. I'm running Firefox RC1 at the moment and every plugin I need, large and small, works. Not all out of the box, but with Nightly Tester Tools, I can enable them and force them to work. As long as they're not dependent on an API that changed, which could be likely depending on the plugin, they will work.

Re:Patch Tuesday

[pablomme]

Yup. They say they're going for 5M downloads. Firefox 2 got 1.6M on its first day. Says so here [spreadfirefox.com]

Re:Patch Tuesday

[JavaBear]

WoW clients download the majority of the larger updates weeks in advance of them being applied, and Wowwiki have a very popular patch mirror page.

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[Bombria]

Most plugins do work in 3.0. You just have to disable version checking in FF.

Release Canidate 2?

[EnOne]

I thought there was going to be a FF RC2 as well. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-3-0-Release-Candidate-2-RC2-Gets-the-Green-Light-86752.shtml [softpedia.com]

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[Qalthos]

As long as they're not dependent on an API that changed

Such as, for example, Google Sync...

Re:Patch Tuesday

[compro01]

And the slashdot parser eats your alligator, which is why we were using those phrases.

Re:Why would I have to "pledge" anything?

[gnick]

Main Entry: trow [merriam-webster.com]
Pronunciation: \'tro\ [long o improperly copypasta'ed]
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trowan; akin to Old English trowe faithful, true
Date: before 12th century

1) obsolete: believe
2) archaic: think

Re:I pledge not to download it

[harry666t]

You know, I've actually made up this shit. Whoever even looked at about:config, saw that there is no such key. And even when you add it, it doesn't work.

The person who modded me informative... Has done something stupid. It only shows how stupid people are to not think for themselves... Tell them something that sounds remotely reasonable, something that they might agree with, and they'll believe, they'll follow.

Right. Into. A. Trap.

(I know I'm risking getting modded down to the hell. But who cares. Even only one awaken mind is worth /me losing some of my /. karma.)

Re:followed by most rollbacks to version 2...

[Anonymous Coward]

Google Browser Sync is dependent on an API that changed. Nightly Tester Tools can't make it work. Sadly, this is a showstopper for me.

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Re:more than just publicity

[Laebshade]

#3 isn't wrong. It doesn't have an addon/extension system. Built-in customization features do not count. Opera has no where near the extensibility of Firefox.

Don't get me wrong, I like Opera. I use it at work because it has the most compatibility with the websites I have to use without being IE. It's very fast and has a small footprint, CPU and memory-wise, but I just can't use it for my everyday surfing, simply because it lacks the ability to extend/support addons. The main addon I can't live without is adblock plus. Yes, I know Opera can do ad blocking, but who wants to add them by editing a file? And don't forget, adblock plus has pre-defined adblock list sources, so you don't even have to build your own just to get a decent amount of ads blocked; the list does it automatically.

Living without something like Adblock Plus is a deal breaker when using a browser.