New Firefox Quick Off The Mark

Barely a day has elapsed since the new Firefox 3 browser, was released it happened at 6pm UK time on the 17th of June – and at the time of writing it was rapidly approaching 8 million downloads at the rate over 6000 per minute. This is according to the surprisingly inelegant (but fun to watch) download counter on the Mozilla website, which also indicates that more than 270,000 of those downloads were in the UK though it’s probably a lot more by now. If you are a Firefox fan you’ll find the download at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html, where it is available in over 45 language versions. Nevertheless, you might want to wait a day or two, to allow the traffic levels to subside and just in case there’s any last minute glitches that may have been missed during the extensive Beta testing program. With almost 8 million users putting it through its paces any serious problems should show up fairly quickly.