As you know, Firefox is releasing their version 3 today, and that's not all...Firefox wants to break the Guinness record for software downloads in a 24 hour period.1.5 Million people have said "YES I WILL DOWNLOAD!", you can be one of them and a part of a world record.
So download away! (Starting at 10am PT and 1pm ET)
Still on the fence? You can check a pretty long list of all of the things updated in this version. It's not about flash and whizbang features, it's more about stability, speed, and security. The "3 S's" that we liked to hear about from a company like Firefox that is growing up.
Give it a shot, be a part of history! Tell us what you think about Firefox 3.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-17-2008 @ 10:10AM
Mr. Taco said...
Lame....it's still showing version 2 as of 9AM CDT.
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6-17-2008 @ 10:30AM
James said...
RTFP, my friend -- if you look closely enough you'll see an official kickoff time, and 9am CDT is not it.
6-17-2008 @ 11:09AM
Mr. Taco said...
I appreciate your cander; however, I must say that I've already downloaded it for OSX. It's still unavailable otherwise.
6-17-2008 @ 10:24AM
Will said...
well www.filehipo.com is already giving ff3
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6-17-2008 @ 11:33AM
topbar1 said...
File hippo is actually providing RC2. Look at the build date in Help About and file creation dates in the file archive.
If you download this and not Fx3 (final, gold, ...) when it is released, then you are also hurting the Fx Guinness Record goal.
6-17-2008 @ 11:34AM
Drew Olanoff said...
Good point. Wait until the official site has the download available, that's the only way to know that you're going gold.
6-17-2008 @ 10:24AM
Matt said...
has there been a google toolbar version released for FF3 yet? I got the del.icio.us beta and it works great in FF3
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6-17-2008 @ 10:25AM
Rid said...
"...you can be one of them and a part of a world record."
Really? Just this once, I can be part of a marketing campaign? Truly my prayers have been answered!
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6-17-2008 @ 10:58AM
zkam said...
I'm not downloading it until the portable version is available (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable), and even if they make it available today, will it be counted towards the total downloads?
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6-17-2008 @ 11:19AM
Todd said...
Doesn't start until 10 AM pacific time! Wait until then spazoids.
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6-17-2008 @ 12:13PM
Ian said...
Right 10am pacific June 17 = June 18 in much of Asia.
Really think Mozilla marketing is poor here; they've been hyping June 17 as "download day" but it isn't, unless you happen to be on the west coast of the US. This is no way to set a record.
Why aren't they either using the international dateline or gmt/utc?
6-17-2008 @ 12:26PM
cowboy_k said...
10:00 PT = 13:00 ET = 15:00 UTC/GMT. I wish more times were announced this way - I happen to live in one of the few spots in North America that doesn't do daylight savings, so I've pretty much given up on remembering time zone conversions. Being a sysadmin, though, I remember my GMT offset quite easily (GMT-0600 FTW!)
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6-17-2008 @ 12:28PM
cowboy_k said...
arrrgh... I must be sleep deprived... or stupid... or something... that should be 17:00 UTC/GMT, not 15:00. Time for some caffeine...
6-17-2008 @ 12:56PM
Stijn said...
I believe I'm in GMT+1 and it's not till 1900 here.
So I think GMT is 1800.
6-17-2008 @ 12:44PM
Chris Proudlove said...
Can anyone tell me if it's ok to simply download FF3 over the top of FF2? Or is not that easy?
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6-17-2008 @ 1:29PM
brookPT said...
FF3 Final version already available on Softpedia,http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mozilla-Firefox-Final.shtml
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