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Firefox 3 launches on June 17, 2008
by Dragon on 2008-06-13 01:31:21 UTC
The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Pledge to get Firefox 3 during Download Day to set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.
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by dragon on 2008-06-16 18:09:08 UTC
Anyone else here planning to download Firefox 3 tomorrow?
by ragingwookie on 2008-06-16 21:40:23 UTC
Yeah I'll do it.
by dragon on 2008-06-17 13:05:33 UTC
I just found out that Download Day starts at 1:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) today.
(For local times see: http://tinyurl.com/4e7fv5)
by dragon on 2008-06-17 17:44:25 UTC
LOL... apparently their servers probably weren't ready to handle this many requests, since the site is down right now.
by dragon on 2008-06-17 19:23:57 UTC
spreadfirefox.com is up and down sporadically, but in my email about this even there was a link to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday which appears to be working properly at the moment. This site is now being viewed through FireFox 3. ;D
by ragingwookie on 2008-06-17 19:49:18 UTC
Any problems yet? I'm going to download it when I get off work tonight.
by dragon on 2008-06-17 21:32:10 UTC
No problems that I've noticed yet. I had previously installed one of the beta versions on my computer at work and it was fine for the most part there too. However there was some reason that I uninstalled it before and I can't remember why that was right now. Anyway, I like the new look (I use small icons... I don't like the back button "key" when using the large icons) and features (especially additional information in address bar when typing) and it does appear to load faster than FF2.
by Wyldwing on 2008-06-24 00:53:03 UTC
I am using it now! Thanks for the tip.
Any time for gaming between 7/1 and 7/7?
by dragon on 2008-07-03 02:38:04 UTC
Firefox 3 was downloaded 8,002,530 within 24 hours starting on June 17th, 2008 for a new Guinness World Record!
With Bill Gates leaving the company, I wonder how Microsoft is feeling now. :P