Firefox sets record for most single-day software downloads

[Fellow]

In its first 24 hours, Firefox 4 was downloaded 7.1 million times, followed by a second day boost of 8.75 million, blowing away the previous Guinness World Record record for single-day software downloads.

The previous record was held by Firefox 3.0, which saw 8.1 million downloads in one-day in 2008.

After a year of development, 12 betas and two RCs, Firefox 4 launched to much fanfare last week.

The new record will be unofficial because there were no Guinness representatives on-site this time around to independently audit the number.

Mozilla also crushed Internet Explorer 9's download numbers, with Microsoft reporting 2.3 million downloads for the first 24 hours. That number may be deceiving, however, as many Internet Explorer users are in corporate environments where updates are controlled by the IT team and are normally rolled out slowly. An overwhelming majority of Firefox downloaders are personal and "power" users, not corporate, says CW.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/...tware_downloads

 

[shakirmoledina]

w3c schools may have the ratio of firefox users increasing next month. I guess it implemented many of chromes interfaces but 7 million is a great number

 

[gokujr1000]

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

 

[twiztidsinz]

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

What, exactly, do you like about Firefox 3 that you dislike about Firefox 4?
Because I bet with just a few minutes most of your 'problems' could be solved.

 

[tijntje_7]

I don't think I'll switch to FF..
The browser race is awesome atm

Even internet explorer is trying his best. And he's finally somewhat succesful at fixing a lot of bugs, crashes, slowing stuff.

But I don't mind having 3 different browsers installed on my pc O_O

Edit: Wait, wut? It has no 64-bit version?

 

[ShadowSoldier]

At first I was turned off by Firefox 4. No refresh button and what not, of course, i fixed it, now it's a great browser. I love the "paste and search" function.

I installed this update on my parents computer, and my dad was complaining about the security features that were in the old firefox, 3.6 or whatever, they're not in 4. That's not true is it?

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

I'm genuinely too lazy to install firefox 4. Meh, oh well.

 

[Sir_Voe]

I kind of wish I had stuck with my old version. On my system, pages take longer to load now.

 

[WiiUBricker]

I'm still on firefox 3.6.16. Doest like the layout of 4.0.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

I barely notice any difference to be honest. Or I just got used to the new one lol.

Also, I am not surprised

. I myself refered at least 100 people to use Firefox. lol

 

[Terminator02]

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

you may want to check this out

 

[twiztidsinz]

At first I was turned off by Firefox 4. No refresh button and what not,It's been merged with the Stop button, it will switch between Stop and Reload depending on the status of the page.
If a page isn't loaded you don't need to RE-load it, and if a page IS loaded there's nothing to stop.

I installed this update on my parents computer, and my dad was complaining about the security features that were in the old firefox, 3.6 or whatever, they're not in 4. That's not true is it?What security features? or does he mean in general?
The Security tab of Options is still there and I cannot fathom why they'd remove any security features, nor have I heard of it happening.
Now that I look at the Security tab, there was an option that got moved off (Warning Messages section) and I'm not sure where it got put. But I know the Warning Messages still show.

I'm still on firefox 3.6.16. Doest like the layout of 4.0.QUOTE(Terminator02 @ Mar 29 2011, 05:42 PM) QUOTE(gokujr1000 @ Mar 29 2011, 05:23 PM)

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

you may want to check this out

People complained about Firefox 3 being a huge change from Firefox 2 at first as well...

Though I admit I do use some of those suggestions... Status-4-Evar, Tabs on Bottom, but that's just because I think it's more functional to have the tabs above the page itself and I frequently use the statusbar, so it's easier to use for me.

 

[Donald Serrot]

At first I was turned off by Firefox 4. No refresh button and what not, of course, i fixed it, now it's a great browser. I love the "paste and search" function.

It has a refresh button.
It's to the right of the URL box, next to the star.

 

[Rydian]

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

That day is now, seeing as 3.6 is retired.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vuln.../firefox36.html

As you can see firefox (like any major product) has vulnerabilities, and future vulnerabilities will not be patched.

Just deal with the UI changes and switch to 4, your computer will thank you.

 

[RupeeClock]

I still like firefox 3 better so until the day when I absolutely NEED firefox 4 then I'm not to worried.

That day is now, seeing as 3.6 is retired.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vuln.../firefox36.html

As you can see firefox (like any major product) has vulnerabilities, and future vulnerabilities will not be patched.

Just deal with the UI changes and switch to 4, your computer will thank you.

It's not about the UI changes, but the functionality. I have a lot of extensions I depend on, some that haven't been updated in a long time.
I'm worried Firefox 4 will kill some of those extensions, ones I really can't live without.

I already have glasser making my Firefox 3.6 look transparent, which is pretty nice.

 

[Rydian]

It's not about the UI changes, but the functionality. I have a lot of extensions I depend on, some that haven't been updated in a long time.

Me too, but I got over them when I found there were alternatives that did the same things, and most likely better since they were actually being updated.

Seriously, you might be surprised at how there's like 5 plugins that all do the same thing on firefox... in addition the jobs of some plugins are no longer needed in 4 (like how personas was integrated in 3.6), such as the text area resizer.

 

[Jolan]

Is there some way I can check if 4.0 supports my old plugins? I don't want to lose any settings on ChatZilla :/ Plus, all my Greasemonkey scripts :

 

[Rydian]

Is there some way I can check if 4.0 supports my old plugins? I don't want to lose any settings on ChatZilla :/ Plus, all my Greasemonkey scripts :

 

[DeMoN]

I've been using 4 beta at work for a while now and I don't really like it compared to 3. Firefox 4 tries too hard to be Chrome, which I don't like.

 

[twiztidsinz]

It's not about the UI changes, but the functionality. I have a lot of extensions I depend on, some that haven't been updated in a long time.
I'm worried Firefox 4 will kill some of those extensions, ones I really can't live without.Many older addons still work even if they're outdated.

QUOTE(RupeeClock @ Mar 29 2011, 06:31 PM) I already have glasser making my Firefox 3.6 look transparent, which is pretty nice.

You can fully glass all of Firefox without any additional addons* now. It's all done through CSSv3:

How much or how little glass is all up to you.

*You won't need a specific addon to give glass, but you will need Stylish, which is a CSS editor much like GreaseMonkey is for Java, that can be used for many things.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/
http://userstyles.org/styles/browse/all/glass

I use slightly modified (and combined) versions of these for my glass (PM me if you want it):
http://userstyles.org/styles/39290/firefox-4-windows-7-style
http://userstyles.org/styles/19561/downloa...nsparency-ff3-5

(corrected a link)