The Firefox Record
May 30th 2008 09:15
Will Shirley of Hollywood get involved? Will Alan of Arkansaw, Winston of Wellington, Russell of Russia and Bertram of England?
Get involved in what?
The great release of Firefox 3 - and it’s coming soon.
Only we don’t know when it’s coming. Sometime in June. That’s not very inspiring, is it? ‘Sometime in June?’
Well, according to the Firefox site it:
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
By the way, the official date for the launch of Firefox 3 will be posted here soon - so check back! Join our community and this effort by pledging today.
The aim of all this is to set a Guinness World Record. At present there are 824 people signed up just for New Zealand, but only 5,562 in China. Sounds a lot? There are over 14,000 in Poland (yup, Poland), and more than 12,000 in China’s neighbour, Japan.
In Madagascar, on the other hand, there are only 14.
Guess it’s slightly less inane than some of the GWRs that make the book, but it still seems to be a bit of a cluttery idea. Isn’t there the possibility of overload rather than download?
And do we actually want Firefox 3? I’ve got the current latest version, and I’ve been surprised at how often it crashes, something that earlier versions of Firefox never did.
Seems to me Firefox 3 is going have to be extra good –even with its 14,000 improvements - especially on top of all this hype.
So what will Firefox 3 have:
Exciting new features, including one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.
Phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info.
Built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom.
The ability to choose from over 5,000 add-ons that help you customize your browsing experience.
5,000 add-ons? Just give me a browser that always works!
Get involved in what?
The great release of Firefox 3 - and it’s coming soon.
Only we don’t know when it’s coming. Sometime in June. That’s not very inspiring, is it? ‘Sometime in June?’
Well, according to the Firefox site it:
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
By the way, the official date for the launch of Firefox 3 will be posted here soon - so check back! Join our community and this effort by pledging today.
The aim of all this is to set a Guinness World Record. At present there are 824 people signed up just for New Zealand, but only 5,562 in China. Sounds a lot? There are over 14,000 in Poland (yup, Poland), and more than 12,000 in China’s neighbour, Japan.
In Madagascar, on the other hand, there are only 14.
Guess it’s slightly less inane than some of the GWRs that make the book, but it still seems to be a bit of a cluttery idea. Isn’t there the possibility of overload rather than download?
And do we actually want Firefox 3? I’ve got the current latest version, and I’ve been surprised at how often it crashes, something that earlier versions of Firefox never did.
Seems to me Firefox 3 is going have to be extra good –even with its 14,000 improvements - especially on top of all this hype.
So what will Firefox 3 have:
Exciting new features, including one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.
Phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info.
Built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom.
The ability to choose from over 5,000 add-ons that help you customize your browsing experience.
5,000 add-ons? Just give me a browser that always works!
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