Firefox version 3 is launched-Sets Record

This article I came across from the BBC. It is pretty interesting as Firefox is looking to dominate in the internet brower business.

Among Consumers, the top browsers are Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari. As the roll out of version 3 hits, it should be interesting.

I personally love my Firefox, but I am a little concerned as I am hearing that the new version is buggy.

See more about the security flaw below.

But one thing for sure, the browsers popularity continues to grow, and market share continues to increase.

I happened to download IE the otherday, and it is interesting how the new IE mirrors Firefox very closely.

This confirms who is dominating, and who is following. So where does it leave the others? and what does the browser competition hold?

Mozilla Firefox has officially set a record for most downloads in a 24 hour period.

The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries.

"The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen" said Marketing head Paul Kim.

Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it "an extremely impressive accomplishment".

The official figure was confirmed after logs from download servers were audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were not counted.

Mr Kim told the BBC: "The notion of going for a world record, as gooky and nutty as it may have sounded, was a really sticky idea.

"It was an idea that translated really well across national borders and to all different kinds of people around the world."

Marketing manager Mary Colvig said no party is planned to celebrate the record until the actual certificate is presented by Guinness World Records in London next week.

"Here at Mozilla headquarters (in Mountain View) I think most of us are just going to try and get to bed early now that we have the confirmation. We are all tired."

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