Firefox record breaker sets the date
Mozilla has finally set a date for the official launch of Firefox 3
- which open sourcers hope will set a world record for most ever
downloads in a day.
Firefox 3.0 will be ready for download from next Tuesday - 17 June.
But the big day, dubbed Download Day, could be delayed if a serious bug
is uncovered at the last minute. The browser claims to be quicker, more
stable and to make it easier to set bookmarks.
Mozilla hopes to get at least 1.6 million downloads within 24 hours
and set a new Guinness world record. It hopes Firefox fanboys and girls
will organise parties and get people to sign pledges to download the
browser. Mozilla claims to have received over 40,000 pledges from the
UK and more than 180,000 from the US.
Release Candidates of the software have been tested over the last few weeks.
Firefox accounts for some 20 to 30 per cent of browser market share,
depending on whose figures you believe. It is the most popular of the
alternative browsers - those that are not pre-installed on PCs.
There's more on the record attempt here.
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