Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Open Source, Browsers
Handful of users re-download Firefox 3.5 for the billionth time
It looks like the folks over at Mozilla are quite proud of their flagship product's odometer reading. After all, some time between 10:46 AM and 11:00 AM (our time) this morning, Firefox was downloaded for the billionth time.Of course, if you're anything like us here at Download Squad, you can probably account for more than simply one download. Lee admits to having downloaded just the latest version 30+ times himself (some day he'll remember to save it to a flash drive), and if I counted all the times I downloaded Firefox... well, I would most likely be counting through my retirement years.
Now, reaching one billion downloads is certainly nothing to shake a stick at! I did a quick news scan for "billion downloads," and only managed to turn up articles on Firefox (of course) and Apple's App Store, which has a total download count of over a billion and a half; however, this count is split up over the tens of thousands of applications served by the store.
So, whether you're a proud Firefox user saying "awesome!" or a proud Opera user saying "another Download Squad post about Firefox?," you should check out their celebratory page. Oh, and apparently something cool is supposed to show up at "onebillionplusyou.com" on Monday, so keep an eye on it.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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ezra said 7:15PM on 8-01-2009
Or an IE user saying "meh!"
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Donald B.Everson said 4:46PM on 7-31-2009
I have also had to download it more then 5 times. Seems when i use complete junk files cleaner and total temp files cleaner it does something to it so i have to download it again...lol So far having better luck just sticking to ccleaner.
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Saint Seminole said 4:53PM on 7-31-2009
And a few dozen of those downloads are probably mine... I assume they're counting each successive version? Besides the fact that I have to download it for two computers at home and several at work.
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sitruc said 6:12PM on 7-31-2009
Those pesky time zones actually have names now, Adam Maras.
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Adam Maras said 6:15PM on 7-31-2009
But what fun would it be if I didn't make the readers practice their math skills?
ktomilson said 7:40AM on 9-09-2009
Create a folder on C Drive called Zipped Things , direct all downloads there .
If one gets corrupted or you want to uninstall it but change your mind you have it and can install it at any time . It works for me for years .
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