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Update: Nine Million Firefox Downloads

JR — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:23:39 +0000

The latest Mozilla tally shows a total of just over nine million downloads of the new Firefox 3 program within its first 24 hours of release.

Mozilla had only hoped to hit five to seven million to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for most downloads of a single program in one day. Guinness is now reviewing the data, according to Mozilla, and should have a final answer within a few days.

Firefox Hits Finish Line Early

JR — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:01:49 +0000

Mozilla has achieved its record-setting download goal for the new Firefox 3.

Nearly 7.3 million people have downloaded the software so far, with more than two hours still left on the clock. Mozilla had only hoped to hit five to seven million total within this first day.

The U.S. appears to have the most downloads thus far, with about 2.4 million as of noon Eastern time. The tally will keep climbing until 2:16 p.m. Eastern, when the 24 hours will have elapsed.

Engineers report they broke their old first day total for Firefox 2 — 1.6 million downloads — within the first five hours of version 3’s release. Looks like the Guinness Book of World Records has its new entry.

Firefox 3 Averaging 14,000 Downloads Per Minute

JR — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:23:52 +0000

After a server glitch caused an unexpected delay, Firefox 3′s Download Day is roaring off to an impressive start.

Mozilla now says it’s averaging 14,000 downloads per minute of the new revamped browser, which comes out to 13 gigs a second — whew! Engineers predict a download total in the tens of millions by the end of the first 24 hours.

The hope is to score enough total transfers to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads of a single program in a single day — a task that looked unlikely for a while this morning. The record attempt ends at 2:16 p.m. Eastern Wednesday.

Download Day: Denied?

JR — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:28 +0000

Mozilla’s attempt at a world download record may have backfired.

The release of Firefox 3 — scheduled to occur at precisely 1 p.m. Eastern today — has been delayed for an unspecified amount of time due to technical problems on the Mozilla site. In the Mozilla Blog, engineers say the “outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!)” and has caused servers to “feel the burn.”

Mozilla says the official record attempt for the most downloads of a single program in a 24-hour period will start once the site goes live. Currently, trying to access the site will get you nowhere — about an hour and a half after the original release time.

Engineers haven’t gone as far as calling the day off. As of now, they’re still saying the servers will be back to normal soon and the launch will go as planned — well, almost.