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Firefox almost to 100,000,000 downloads
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Oct 18th 2005 at 10:00AM
Hopefully by this time next week that number will be reading the big 100m, but for now we're still a few thousand back... Some digg'er seems to have a math problem... The Spread Firefox page indicates the number is heading ever upwards, twirling towards freedom from bug-ridden browsers. The big question remains: will the next version, 1.5, which promises things like faster performance on Macs (thankfully), and kickin' XML tools be the one to push them over the edge? Here's hoping. For me, Firefox is a great blend of functionality and features. Unfortunately it has been feeling a little long in the tooth as of late, and I cannot wait for a stable 1.5 release. Now we need a mini version for handhelds, and maybe a stripped-down version for older machines? And if you're wondering why FF is better than IE, I present for your disapproval this. Of course, let's remember, some of us have downloaded Firefox more than once...
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Ryan Waddell said 10:42AM on 10-18-2005
I've been using 1.5 since the announcement of beta 1 (I'm using beta 2 now), and it works like a charm. The only times it has ever crashed on me has been when trying to close Firefox, and realistically, what do I care if it crashes as I'm trying to close it? :)
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Quick Online Tips said 12:51PM on 10-18-2005
Add a firefox download counter to your site. Let readers keep track of the 100,000,000 downloads
http://pchere.blogspot.com/2005/05/add-firefox-download-counter-on-your.html
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Zelidar said 2:23AM on 10-19-2005
The good and now free Opera should slow down this.
http://www.opera.com/free/
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joe the FF users said 1:29PM on 10-20-2005
I'm sure the number of downloads is a little exaggerated only by the fact that I love Firefox and I have downloaded it onto my own PCs at least 10 times for reinstalls...but then again, I downloaded it once for 10 computers in my department since I do the IT work here.
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