It's Firefox download day... tonight

by Julian Prokaza
on Tue 17 Jun 2008 Comment

Firefox Download DayAre you ready? The hour is almost upon us, 10am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on 17th June, for Firefox Download Day when the latest release of the web browsing upstart, Firefox 3, will be ready for, er, download.

Makers, Mozilla, are aiming to set a world record for the number of downloads in one day - not actually something the chaps at Guinness have been keeping an eye on before but they're taking the number set by Firefox 2, 1.6 million, as a benchmark. Hoping to smash that, Mozilla says it wants 3.5 million downloads in the first 24 hours.

Deb Richardson, who's written a handy Field Guide to Firefox 3 says: "the new features cover the full range from huge and game-changing to ones so subtle you may not notice them until you realize that using Firefox is just somehow easier and better."

10am PDT translates as 6pm UK time (as the handy time map below shows). Head to http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/ to join the action.

Firefox Download Day world clock

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
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