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FriendMobilizer
Are you scared to leave the house because you're worried that someone might poke you, turn you into a zombie or ask you to compare your taste in books while you're out and you'll miss it? FriendMobilizer is a Facebook application for Windows Mobile that gives you access to some of the most frequently used portions of Facebook when you're away from a computer.

You can use the app to:
  • Receive and respond to notifications and inbox messages
  • Browse photo albums
  • Write on walls
  • Update your status
FriendMobilizer is free but it won't work on all Windows Mobile devices. You need to have Windows Mobile 6 or higher and you need to install the program to your device's main memory, not to a storage card. You also need to provide a phone number to register, which rules out classice PDA-style devices.

[via the::unwired]
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]]>facebookfriendmobilizerwindows-mobile-6Brad Linder2008-07-04T13:00:00+00:00The Really Slow Download Squad: 62% of dialup users don't want high-speedhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/the-really-slow-download-squad-62-of-dialup-users-dont-want-h/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/the-really-slow-download-squad-62-of-dialup-users-dont-want-h/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/the-really-slow-download-squad-62-of-dialup-users-dont-want-h/#commentsFiled under: ,

As you might guess from the name of our blog, we download a LOT of software, and it's a little scary to contemplate how much bandwidth we collectively use every day. So, trying to imagine a time when we felt like a dial-up connection would suit our needs is pretty difficult. But that's exactly how 62% of U.S. dialup users feel, according to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life project.

The economy isn't doing so hot these days, so you'd think that the additional cost of a high-speed connection would be the deciding factor for these folks, but it turns out that only a third of them cited cost as their reason for sticking with dial-up. 19% gave the mystifying answer that nothing -- not even a huge decrease in the cost -- would make them give up their dial-up. The study posited that they just don't spend enough time online to need it.

[via Slashdot]
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]]>broadbanddial-updialupinternet accessInternetAccessisptrendsJay Hathaway2008-07-04T09:00:00+00:00Googleholic for July 4, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix for everything Google, the July 4th column! Happy 4th everyone!

In this edition:

  • Google C++ testing framework
  • Google Talk for iPhone
  • Google Maps voice search for BlackBerry Pearl
  • Use Spotlight to find online Google Docs
  • More ways to earn revenue from YouTube

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]]>adsenseblackberryc googlegoogle talkgoogleholicGoogleTalkspotlightyoutubeChristina Warren2008-07-04T00:04:00+00:00Flipping the Linux switch: Linux web tools, Pt.4 - HTML editors for every moodhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/flipping-the-linux-switch-linux-web-tools-pt-4-html-editors/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/flipping-the-linux-switch-linux-web-tools-pt-4-html-editors/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/flipping-the-linux-switch-linux-web-tools-pt-4-html-editors/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Amaya split view smallMaybe you've taken some time and fooled around a bit with Quanta Plus and Bluefish and decided that they weren't for you. Maybe you just looked at the features, and the GUIs and thought, "I'd rather pluck my nose hairs out than use those."

That's okay. We're not about to pass judgment on your taste in HTML editors, or your strange penchant for self-inflicted pain. And while we may never use the tweezers in your house, we will gladly point you in the direction of alternative HTML editors.

This week we'll take a look at Screem and Amaya in brief. These two editors are frequently found in distribution repositories (and are also, of course, available as source code). Both of these editors have a very different take on what their users hope to accomplish with them. We hope at least a few have earned your badges of dorkdom, and are presently happily pondering the irony of applications that do the same thing to reach different ends.

Whether you like the idea of handcoding growing the hair on your chest (as opposed to your nostrils), the moral highground of browsing and coding with standards compliance, we've got you covered.

Next week, we'll take a closer look at our final two editors, suggested by our noble readers at the beginning of the series.

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]]>amayahtmlhtml editorsHtmlEditorslinuxscreemwebKristin Shoemaker2008-07-03T18:00:00+00:00Swurl brings all of your social networking activity together http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/swurl-brings-all-of-your-social-networking-activity-together/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/swurl-brings-all-of-your-social-networking-activity-together/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/swurl-brings-all-of-your-social-networking-activity-together/#commentsFiled under: ,

Swurl
Once upon a time, letting people know what you were up to online was simple. You'd just point your friends toward your blog, LiveJournal page, or MySpace where you posted all of your latest musing on life. But if you're an active netizen, odds are your social activity is spread out across a half dozen or more sites, ranging from YouTube to del.icio.us. Swurl is a new service that helps bring all of your status updates, bookmarks, watched videos and other activity together.

If Swurl sounds a bit like FriendFeed, it kind of is. Both services let you gather all of your social networking activity in one place. But Swurl is a lot prettier and more customizable. You can think of it almost as a meta-blog. If you have a blog on Blogger or WordPress, you can configure Swurl to display all of your latest posts in blog-like format. But it will also show your Twitter and Facebook status updates and other activity in chronological order. Or you can hit the search box to search all of your sites.

Anyone can comment on an item that shows up on your Swurl page just by hovering their mouse near the bottom of an update. And you can use Swurl as something of a start page by hitting the Friends tab to see what your contacts have been up to. There's also a nifty timeline view that shows your updates plotted out on a calendar.

Swurl was developed by Ryan Sit, the same guy who brought us Listpic, an awesome interface for browsing online classified sites.
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]]>friendfeedlistpicswurltimelineBrad Linder2008-07-03T16:00:00+00:00Time Waster: Launch your hog over the hedgeshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/time-waster-launch-your-hog-over-the-hedges/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/time-waster-launch-your-hog-over-the-hedges/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/time-waster-launch-your-hog-over-the-hedges/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Hedgehog LaunchLaunching stuff is cool, and doing so in a flash game online is even cooler.

VivaLaGames brings us a new Time Waster with "HedgeHog Launch".

The premise is simple, you go through a series of days and launch HedgeHogs with a nice launcher gear, much like you would water balloons. Except these aren't balloons, these are dangerous little beasts called HedgeHogs. it's not quite Sonic, but we think it's way more fun.

The name of the game is to only get distance, but to grab money in the air while your HedgeHog flies.

The controls are quite easy, and you can play in fullscreen mode too. Just don't do it at work, because we can't be held responsible for having "HedgeHog Screwoff" on your permanent record. But that would be pretty schweet though.

You can dig in and tweak your thrusts left or right, and as you go through the days, your skills will get better and the stakes will get higher. Collect money, buy better rockets, some stylish goggles, and even a parachute to get better scores.

The music is addictive too.

So launch your hog and share your scores in the comments.
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]]>flashgameshedgehoglaunchvivalagamesDrew Olanoff2008-07-03T15:30:00+00:00Memeo makes it easy to send photos to grandmahttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/memeo-makes-it-easy-to-send-photos-to-grandma/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/memeo-makes-it-easy-to-send-photos-to-grandma/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/03/memeo-makes-it-easy-to-send-photos-to-grandma/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Memeo's new Share application is designed to make the process of sending high-resolution photos a little easier, by sending them directly to another users desktop or putting them in an RSS feed they can look at in iPhoto.

The application, which is currently in beta, isn't meant to be a substitute for any photo sharing application you might currently be using, although photos shared using Memeo Share can also automatically upload photos to your Facebook account. Share is instead designed for sharing high-resolution photos and video with small groups or family and friends without having to send individual emails containing each item due to their size. Those who receive your photos can then decide what photos they want, and print out pictures they like at a quality resolution.

Memeo Share is offering a free lifetime use for the first 1,000 people to sign up for the beta with the public preview limited to 10,000 total sign ups. Get yours here.
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]]>photo sharingPhotoSharingpicturesEmily Price2008-07-03T10:30:00+00:00Mozilla Firefox breaks non-existent world record - nobody careshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/mozilla-firefox-breaks-non-existent-world-record-nobody-cares/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/mozilla-firefox-breaks-non-existent-world-record-nobody-cares/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/mozilla-firefox-breaks-non-existent-world-record-nobody-cares/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Remember, that whole Firefox download day thing that we got so amped up about? Us too.

Remember when their servers screwed the pooch for most of "Download Day"? Us too.

How about that vulnerability that affected all 8 zillion of us who downloaded version 3? Yep, we remember that too.

Now you can put all those rough memories behind and sleep easy. Today, Mozilla "officially" announced setting the record, with 8,002,530 downloads on the release day of Firefox 3. It's fair to point out that, nothing was broken here... this was a new record, hence "setting" and not "breaking".

Will you remember Mozilla set the Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours on June 18th, 2008? Neither will we.

But congrats on still being #2 Firefox. Let us know when that changes and we'll jump around and party like it's 2035!
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]]>boringbrowserfirefoxguinness book of wor...GuinnessBookOfWor...mozillavulnerabilityDrew Olanoff2008-07-02T20:00:00+00:00Fake Name Generator Creates Your Alter Agohttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/fake-name-generator-creates-your-alter-ago/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/fake-name-generator-creates-your-alter-ago/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/fake-name-generator-creates-your-alter-ago/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Anyone who has gained super powers through radiation exposure, cosmic rays, or scientific experimentation gone wrong knows how painfully difficult it can be to conceal your identity after the fact. Fortunately, there's a web site that will help you make the process much, much simpler.

Fake Name Generator does so much more than what its moniker implies. Not only will it create a (usually) convincing new name, but it'll also give you a corresponding address, phone number, mother's maiden name, phone number - even a social security and visa number. Though we're not entirely sure it's a good idea to go passing those around.

The clever engine will even piece together an email address and domain name for you AND check to see if they're available. Now that's useful. If you're going for a safe, secondary online identity you may as well have a convincing email to go along with it.

At last we're safe to use our powers for good without fear of being discovered by our nemeses!
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]]>anonymityfunprivacyweb2.0websiteLee Mathews2008-07-02T16:30:00+00:00Visualize your Last.fm listening habits with LastGraphhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/visualize-your-last-fm-listening-habits-with-lastgraph/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/visualize-your-last-fm-listening-habits-with-lastgraph/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/02/visualize-your-last-fm-listening-habits-with-lastgraph/#commentsFiled under: , ,



If you listen to a ton of music and the word "scrobble" is part of your vocabulary, you'll get a kick out of Lastgraph. It's a service that generates interesting visual representations of your Last.fm listening history. You can view a sweet line graph of your listening to a given artist, or you can generate some snazzy posters of your overall listening.

The posters are pretty huge and take quite a while to render, but you can actually print them out as some stylish, informative wall art. If you don't need something that huge, there's also a smaller version available through the quick timeline feature. You can also export your data as an Excel file, a CSV or JSON.
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]]>audioscrobblergraphLast.fmLastgraphlisteningmusicvisualizerJay Hathaway2008-07-02T14:30:00+00:00Googleholic for July 1, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/01/googleholic-for-july-1-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/01/googleholic-for-july-1-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/01/googleholic-for-july-1-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix for everything Google!

In this edition:

  • Google crawls Flash
  • AdSense Referrals and AdWords pay-per-action retired
  • Is Picasa being rebranded?
  • Google teams up with Seth MacFarlane
  • Google Mac Playground
  • Farewell, Googlified

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]]>adsenseadwordsfamily guyFamilyGuyflashgooglegoogleholicpicasaseth macfarlaneSethMacfarlaneChristina Warren2008-07-01T12:00:00+00:00Put Wikipedia In Your Pockethttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/put-wikipedia-in-your-pocket/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/put-wikipedia-in-your-pocket/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/put-wikipedia-in-your-pocket/#commentsFiled under: ,

Pocket WikipediaSure, Wikipedia may be one of the best places on the internet to find information on just about anything in a hurry, but what about when you're stuck in an elevator during a blackout and you can't remember who wrote The Republic? Relax! Pocket Wikipedia provides quick access to important articles offline - and on just about any kind of device.

The download includes about 24,000 images and over 14 million words covering about 5,000 articles. Each one has been carefully hand-picked from Wikipedia's massive repository of community-assembled knowledge to avoid some of the more important omissions from Wikipedia's own Cd-Rom version Pocket Wikipedia is currently available for Windows, Linux, and PocketPC only.

Want it? Keep in mind the old adage "All good things come to those who wait." None of the mirrors we found were all that fast, but it's too good a download to ignore.

[via Best Freeware and Lifehacker]
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]]>freewarepocket pcPocketPcreferencewikipediawindows mobileWindowsMobileLee Mathews2008-06-30T17:00:00+00:00Cocoalicious: Browser for Del.icio.us bookmarkshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/cocoalicious-browser-for-del-icio-us-bookmarks/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/cocoalicious-browser-for-del-icio-us-bookmarks/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/cocoalicious-browser-for-del-icio-us-bookmarks/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Cocoalicious is a really slick -- but, unfortunately, Mac-only -- dedicated browser for your Del.icio.us bookmarks. If you're a bookmarking junkie, and you have way more sites saved to Del.icio.us than you could ever hope to keep track of, this could be an ideal solution for you. It's laid out a bit like Apple Mail, with your tags running down the left side, your bookmarks on top, and a browser pane at the bottom.

You can put bookmarks directly into Cocoalicious -- it syncs with your Del.icio.us account -- or use the bookmarklet to add stuff to Cocoalicious straight from your browser. This way you can take advantage of autocompletion, tagging by dragging, and other features that make Del.icio.us easier. Cocoalicious also supports Spotlight, so you can search for your bookmarks straight from the Finder!


[via Lifehacker]
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]]>bookmarksCocoaliciousdel.icio.usdeliciousfolksonomyos xOsXtaggingJay Hathaway2008-06-30T14:00:00+00:00Search YouTube for music by artist, album with Joglihttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/search-youtube-for-music-by-artist-album-with-jogli/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/search-youtube-for-music-by-artist-album-with-jogli/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/search-youtube-for-music-by-artist-album-with-jogli/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Jogli
We'll let you in on a little secret: There are a ton of music videos and live performances on YouTube. What? You knew that? Well, then you also probably know how hard it can be to find every song on an album and play it in order. YouTube is really designed for searching for videos one at a time. But Jogli helps organize the mess.

Jogli is basically a search engine and music video player. Search for an artist and Jogli will bring up a list of possible results. Click an artist name and you'll find a list of albums. Click an album and you'll be presented with a list of songs. In many cases not each song is clickable, but many are.

When you hit the play button, a YouTube video will start playing in the corner. But you can also queue up additional songs and even search for new songs without stopping your recording. Jogli is a lot like MyStrands, another site we covered earlier this year. But the way Jogli organizes songs by artist and album sets it apart from the competition.

Thanks Chen!
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]]>joglimusic-videosyoutubeBrad Linder2008-06-30T13:00:00+00:00Making pretty squiggles all day longhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/making-pretty-squiggles-all-day-long/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/making-pretty-squiggles-all-day-long/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/making-pretty-squiggles-all-day-long/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Imagine you had a drawing program in which you couldn't draw what you wanted because each tool had a mind of its own. Also imagine you couldn't select the colors to use as it would decide it for you. If this is your idea for a drawing program then you should definitely check out bomomo.

In all fairness, bomomo never claimed to replace any drawing program you may be already be using. Actually, it never claims to be anything really. Maybe its just a web based application that just draws shapes in pastel like colors.

Using bomomo is pretty self explanatory. Select an available brush/tool and start moving your mouse around while holding your button to draw. Shapes are random so don't expect to be able to draw right angles or parallel lines, just think organic.

Bomomo might be used more for the creation of abstract art instead of drafting up plans for a multi story building so that may explain the hours of frustration we had while trying to use the program. Then again we're not really art experts as we think the velvet picture of dogs playing poker is a classic.

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]]>designdrawingJoey Celis2008-06-30T10:00:00+00:00RealNetworks launches DRM-free Rhapsody music storehttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/realnetworks-launches-drm-free-rhapsody-music-store/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/realnetworks-launches-drm-free-rhapsody-music-store/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/30/realnetworks-launches-drm-free-rhapsody-music-store/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Rhapsody MP3 store
RealNetworks has launched a DRM-free MP3 music store. The Rhapsody MP3 store has music from all four major labels, with over 5 million tracks available for download. Most songs are priced at 99 cents, and most albums cost $9.99. That's about the same price that Apple charges for DRM-free AAC audio files, but a bit more than Amazon MP3 charges for many songs and albums.

All songs will be encoded at 256kbps, and will be playable on any device that can handle MP3 audio. RealNetworks isn't killing off its DRM-restricted music service, but rather, plans to have the two services peacefully coexist. You can pay $12.99 a month to stream unlimited music to your computer, or you can pay per download to save songs that you can play forever.

RealNetworks is also rolling out a service that will let Verizon Wireless customers download music for their handsets. For $15 a month, users will be able to download an unlimited number of songs (with DRM) on a Windows PC and sync those songs with their cellphone. Currently seven handsets are supported, with several more coming soon.

The Rhapsody MP3 store is offering a $10 credit to the first 100,000 customers who purchase an album by July 4th. You need to sign up for an account and fork over your credit card information to qualify. But hey, free music, right?

[via CNet]
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]]>drmmp3musicrealnetworksrhapsodyBrad Linder2008-06-30T08:00:00+00:00I heart it, you heart it, we all heart it!http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/29/i-heart-it-you-heart-it-we-all-heart-it/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/29/i-heart-it-you-heart-it-we-all-heart-it/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/29/i-heart-it-you-heart-it-we-all-heart-it/#commentsFiled under: ,

Weheartit is a fun way to share photos or videos you've seen while browsing the Internet. Others can see what you find interesting and also comment on them as well.

Weheartit works by bookmarking their I heart it bookmarklet and as you visit websites, images and videos are outlined in pink with an "add to my heart" text above it. Clicking on this link adds the image to your heart page where you can add tags, mark it NSFW or unheart the image. From there the image becomes viewable to all Weheartit members so that everyone can see what's hearting you.

The only issue we had while using the service is that it outlines all the potential images in pink and makes everything look like its February 14.

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]]>bookmarkssocialweb2.0Joey Celis2008-06-29T14:00:00+00:00Zenbe webmail client adds Twitter, GTalk integrationhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/zenbe-webmail-client-adds-twitter-gtalk-integration/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/zenbe-webmail-client-adds-twitter-gtalk-integration/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/zenbe-webmail-client-adds-twitter-gtalk-integration/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Zenbe
When we first looked at Zenbe two months ago, the service was still in private beta. Now anyone can sign up for Zenbe. The company has also added several new features that help transform the service from a simple webmail client to a personalized start page.

For example, you can now sign into Google Talk and Twitter in the Quick View area on the right side of the page. This lets you chat with your contacts without leaving the email/calendar client. You can update your twitter status or read updates from your contacts.

Zenbe has also created a new email notification script for Firefox, redesigned the task list, and added buttons for easily deleting all items in your deleted and spam folders. Zenbe also says it's working on adding a Gmail-style conversation e-mail view, and is working to add IMAP support.

On July 11th, Zenbe will also be launching an iPhone list application. This is described as the company's first foray into bringing Zenbe to a mobile platform, so we expect we'll see a full Zenbe client for the iPhone and other mobile devices in the future.
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]]>google-talkgtalkiphonetwitterwebmailzenbeBrad Linder2008-06-28T12:00:00+00:00NFReader: Light weight RSS reader, perfect for flash driveshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/nfreader-light-weight-rss-reader-perfect-for-flash-drives/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/nfreader-light-weight-rss-reader-perfect-for-flash-drives/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/nfreader-light-weight-rss-reader-perfect-for-flash-drives/#commentsFiled under: , ,

NFReader
Remember back when the only software worth having was the kind that fit on a single floppy disk? NFReader would have fit right in. You know, if RSS and floppy disks had coexisted a bit longer. NFReader is an RSS reader for Windows that weighs in at less than 1MB. It also doesn't require installation, which makes it a perfect candidate for throwing on a USB flash drive.

You won't find a ton of features in NFReader. There's no way to tag, star, or share items. You can just mark articles as read or unread. But you do to choose whether you want to use HTML or just read the plain text versions of each article.

Like any good RSS Reader, NFReader will let you import or export OPML files. So if you typically use an online RSS reader like Google Reader or Bloglines, but want to test out a desktop reader, you can export your web-based feed list and import it in a matter of moments.

[via Lux.Et.Umbra]
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]]>nfreaderrssrss-readerBrad Linder2008-06-28T10:00:00+00:00Firefox 3 download day made possible by Windowshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/firefox-3-download-day-made-possible-by-windows/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/firefox-3-download-day-made-possible-by-windows/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/firefox-3-download-day-made-possible-by-windows/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

On June 17, 2008 Mozilla attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a 24 hour period. According to Mozilla over 8 million downloads were recorded. Currently they are awaiting word from Guinness if they were successful.

But there was one thing we wanted to know about this number. Out of the 3 major operating systems in use today which one blazed away with the most downloads. So we decided to ask and a Mozilla spokesperson gave us the following numbers:

  • Windows 79%
  • Linux 13%
  • OS X 8%

Now the number 1 spot didn't surprise us at all since Windows leads in overall computer operating systems it's almost a given that most of the downloads would come from Windows. But what was a bit surprising was that Linux bested OS X in the numbers of downloads.

One could say that Ubuntu, which is a very popular Linux distro comes packaged with Firefox so it's only natural that more downloads would come from Linux users. But according to w3counter, OS X accounts for 4.95% of the operating systems in use while Linux is barely half of this at 2.01%

So this strikes us as odd. What would cause OS X to slip to 3rd place in the number of downloads? Do these numbers suggested that Apple users only like to use Apple apps? Or did a large group of Mac users not get invited to the download party?

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]]>firefoxlinuxos xOsXubuntuwindowsJoey Celis2008-06-28T09:00:00+00:00