You can help set a Guinness world record!

Mozilla is gearing up for their 'Download Day', which is when they'll officially release version 3 of their Firefox web browser (currently available as a beta). At the same time, they've also decided to go for a Guinness world record for the 'most software downloads in 24 hours'. While they haven't announced when the 'Download Day' will actually be, they have a website up where you can pledge to download it on day 1 and they can keep you updated on when it will actually happen.

Check out the site for extra details and to check out the pledges made.

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

Bermuda was at 7 pledges when I found this earlier today. It's up to 12 as of this posting...though they still don't show us on the map.

Cool! I wonder how many downloads there will be?:mog:

can I download it more than once?

Firefox is for chumps.

lol, browser fanboys

(And yes, I am a Firefox user.)

hopefully the automatic update service will help me participate unwittingly!

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

If you use firefox (and maybe even if you don't!) consider participating on the 17th

Is this the official launch/version of Firefox 3?

Yessir.

I will do if I remember, but I have an exam on that day! :(

I can download it on the 17th.

And I thought this was going to be a thread asking if you ever had any aspirations of becoming a record breaker in any category.

University of Guelph once broke the world record for most simultaneous soap bubbles blown out of those plastic wands. Guess how I know about this?

As for the topic, I will probably participate, if i can remember to. Make another poast on that day Rubahs!

I won;t participate. I just got Opera 9.5 today. So stick that in your firefox and smoke it!

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Originally Posted by Balzac

I won;t participate. I just got Opera 9.5 today. So stick that in your firefox and smoke it!

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Told.

Yeah, I use Firefox so I'll probably take part.

i think a box or cd rack does a better job than me at holding records

Pledged :D I'll be downloading it at work and at home.

If I get the next version, will I have to re-download all of my add-ons?

Uh, firefox has had a 'check for updates' feature forever so you don't have to do it by hand xD There are probably some that will break because no one has updated them, but the ones that are updated have been updated to work with ff3.
(forecastfox, adblock plus, gmail notifier, firebug for example)

I've been excited all day. One hour left!
The Fixed Time World Clock

I've already got a record under my belt, largest amount of saxophonists playing the same song at the same time at the same place.

I just tried to go to the spreadfirefox.com link and it's bogged down. I'll be happy to take part in this if the tubes aren't clogged from everyone downloading it.

I think they count p2p, mullet

I can't imagine they'd have any official counting method other than their own servers, so that rules out p2p or mirrors.

There's a 24 hour window though - once the initial rush is over (a few hours?) I reckon it'll respond fine.

When was the official kick-off for the 24 hour period?

About an hour and a half ago, mulley. 10am pacific daylight time.
Index of /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0

This mirror had a page up saying 'WAIT do not download yet!' so I think it must be good now.

When I looked earlier (before it got swamped), the spreadfirefox site had a table that listed different torrents and p2p, so I can only imagine they are tracking those somehow.

Quoted from slashdot:

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Originally Posted by an.echte.trilingue

Since not all of us use windows and want their system in english, let's decompose that link a bit:

http://download.mozilla.org/?product...win&lang=en-US [mozilla.org]

You select your version with the GET variables. So, for other OS's:

* Linux: change os=win to os=linux
* Mac: change os=win to os=osx

For other languages, you can substitute the language variable such as en-GB for British English, de for German and fr for French. Not all of them are up right now, but they will be soon.

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This is the link from the e-mail I just got for having pledged: Firefox web browser | Faster, more secure, & customizable

Bump. This thing is today.
Firefox web browser | Faster, more secure, & customizable

Huh, it took less than two weeks for me and the rest of the forums except for JKTrix to forget this thread existed. that's gotta be a record.

Well you can tell I don't come 'round these parts much, I'd have bumped that thread :P

Downloaded it, hated it, went back to the previous version. :monster:

I downloaded a couple hours ago. No different than RC3 or whatever I was on, unless there are some bugfixes or something. Still, it's awesome it's finally done.

Also, everyone should try out PicLens. Not the most practical extension, but really cool.

Thought you could already help by joining that silly group on Facebook that I keep getting invited to *glares* :p

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Well you can tell I don't come 'round these parts much, I'd have bumped that thread :P

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I should've bumped yours, except I was oblivious. It's okay, mozilla deserves two threads!

that's funny, dan; I downloaded the beta in like january and loved it! I guess they cancel out!

anyways, azar, there's not really any difference from the RC3; I've heard they're the exact same, which is kinda lame for us who have been faithfully betaing, but good for everyone else because that means that this is pretty stable, unlike how some websites are suggesting xD

I signed up for the email reminder so I downloaded it today. :P The only differences I've noticed are that it's not compatible with a bunch of my extensions and there's no little "go" butten next to the address bar. Oh, and it looks different, but I usually use a custom theme anyway.

My furigana injector doesn't work anymore. This blows.

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I signed up for the email reminder so I downloaded it today. :P The only differences I've noticed are that it's not compatible with a bunch of my extensions and there's no little "go" butten next to the address bar. Oh, and it looks different, but I usually use a custom theme anyway.

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The go button is like IE and only shows up when you need it, usually where the bookmark star is.

Also the lack of a "home" button sucks ass still.

I have a home button. Now that I think about it, you have to do something weird to get it, but I don't remember what xD It obviously wasn't difficult though!

Yeah, there's definitely a Home button. Plus you can add/remove any of those buttons by right-clicking the area and going to "Customize."

Google Toolbar works again! Awesome :D That's the one thing I really missed in the betas and RCs.

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It's okay, mozilla deserves two threads!

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No it doesn't you fangirl!

I don't want to switch. I am happy with the Firefox that I have, thank you very much!

>:[ if you hate switching, then why aren't you using IE6 still!

or Netscape 4!

or mosaic!

don't want to != hate

I meant I don't want to switch from whatever Firefox I have now, not I don't want to switch in general.

The "Check for updates..." keeps timing out on me. I'll keep trying that but I'm too lazy to do any more work to update my Firefox.

According to something of theirs (the email or FAQ, can't remember), they disabled the Update mechanism for today to force people to download the full thing so that it counts towards the record.

Yes, I do hate Firefox. When I downloaded it in its early days it basically broke a lot, and I refused to trust it ever since.

Well I lie, I've since tried it again but it was still slower than every other browser I was running (hello Opera).

I like Opera because unlike a certain other browser it doesn't compel me to be a pompous wanker who thinks he's better than everyone else for using Opera, and I don't come out with pretentious like "my browsing experience is better". smurf your Firefox fan community, it's a piece of smurfing software, not the presidential candidate. In fact I only started using it because this site stopped working on Internet Explorer AND Firefox all of a sudden, and I couldn't post, so I had to try an alternative. It's since started working again, but I'm so used to Opera now that I just click it instinctively instead of IE.

Oh, and speed dials own everything.

Anyway, any word on how the record attempt actually went?

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I meant I don't want to switch from whatever Firefox I have now, not I don't want to switch in general.

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I know what you meant. I was kinda like when I refused to use winamp5 and kept using winamp3 despite the bugginess, lack of features, etc. You'll have to switch sometime though, because suddenly your websites won't work on that 15 year old firefox2!

ooh :D numbers!
http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/

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Any particular reason you posted other than to troll a fan thread with anti-fan flamebait? BTW you sound as much of an Opera fanboy as us lot may sound like Firefox fanboys so... pot/kettle/black.

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Anyway, any word on how the record attempt actually went?

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7.5m downloads so far.... it's almost over I think, not a shabby number!

there's not quite so many opera fanboys, so you might as well let him say his piece xD

Also, more firefox 3 news (IE fans can read this too!)
The cake is a lie: IE team bakes a treat for Mozilla

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Well I lie, I've since tried it again but it was still slower than every other browser I was running (hello Opera).

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Well I'm using Opera to make this post (I'm using Opera for my main account and Firefox for my Mafia stuff because I usually have to be more active with that) and it's taking freaking forever for stuff to load.

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I like Opera because unlike a certain other browser it doesn't compel me to be a pompous wanker who thinks he's better than everyone else for using Opera, and I don't come out with pretentious like "my browsing experience is better".

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That's what you're doing right now, despite the fact that you're using an inferior browser. :monster:

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Oh, and speed dials own everything.

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You mean like this speed dial?

I had to replace a lot of my add ons and stuff...and it looks like this theme that's supposed to be compatible with Firefox 3 doesn't work on the actual browser! I do like how the previews for the threads are as big as they are in IE now. They were so tiny before :(

YAY:
Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

I got a certificate :P

Bermuda had 1,338 downloads, w00t. You still have to zoom in all the way on the map in order to even see the dot where we are, and it doesn't even get highlighted when you mouse-over :P