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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.

Time for Mozilla’s World Record Attempt

JR — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:35:59 +0000

Today’s the day Firefox is hoping to set a world download record.

The new Firefox 3 will be released for download at 1 p.m. Eastern in what Mozilla has dubbed “Download Day.” Engineers are now busy taking care of all the last minute details — everything from prepping the updated company site to checking the file status on all the mirror servers.

Mozilla is hoping to see the most times a single program has been downloaded in any single day, which would secure its place in the Guinness Book of World Records.