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Firefox aims for download record

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Wide take-up of the new version would further boost the market share of the browser which is currently used by about 15% of net users. With the release, Firefox developer Mozilla is attempting to set a record for the most downloads over 24 hours. "It's a global effort to make history," said Paul Kim, head of marketing at Mozilla.

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Comments (7)

Steven_Rosenber ·
This kind of thing is pretty stupid. Especially when millions of users find out that their extension suddenly don't work.
herzeleid ·
What extensions would those be? All my extensions have been working with the ff3 betas and rcs, and they work now with the ff3 release.

Nightly tester tools are your friend.
NoDough ·
It was pretty stupid. The download link wasn't up this morning. This afternoon, the download link was finally available, but downloaded 2.0.0.14 rather than FF3. What's more, by the time the link appeared the deadline had passed.

Pretty lame.
vainrveenr ·
Also, this confusing bit in the BBC piece:
Quoting:Net gains

The attempt to break the record will begin at 1800 BST.


Which day at 1800 hours was this to start -- the evening BST-time just BEFORE June 17th or the evening BST-time OF June 17th itself ??

Also, not entirely clear of the use of BST?? Is it British Summer Time (BST) - UK Daylight Saving Time --- the most likely time? -or- Could this possibly be Bangladesh Standard Time --- much closer to the hours of Mozilla devs in Northern India?

The UTC reference timezone, a.k.a. GMT, might have been slightly clearer here.

jezuch ·
I will get it from my distro anyway.
hkwint ·
BST just means BullSh*tTime.

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