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Firefox Breaks 50,000,000 Barrier

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-up-get-on-up dept.

MrDrBob writes "Today at 16:59 GMT (8:58 AM PST) Mozilla Firefox received its 50,000,000th download. To celebrate, SpreadFirefox.com has created a special page, where you can watch the downloads continue to climb in real time. Three cheers for Firefox! May it go on swiftly to 100,000,000!"

6 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. To be fair.... by ActionJesus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have downloaded firefox like 30 times. Due to installs, re-installs, upgrades, downgrades, and just for the hell of it, it mounts up. Not to say this isnt an achievement... one of my progects is currently on about 50 downloads, after 3 years. But still, I'd like to see more concrete numbers than downloads. Gratz, ffox :)

  2. Just remember by computerme · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have download it 3 times for the same machine.

    (1.0. - 1.0.3)

    I am sure others have done the same.

    I got a cold splash in the face last week when i told my client they should be using firefox. They responed "what's firefox"

    Its a little too early to break out the "IE is dead" champagne...

    I hope it will happen someday but there is much more work to be done.

  3. Re:Small nit to pick... by geeber · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I also like how the counter increments at constant regular intervals. Seems like firefox is being downloaded precisely once every second.

    I would hardly seems like it could be the actual number in real time.

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  4. Firefox does not 'auto update' by Yankel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've updated FireFox on my in-law's Window's box three times now. Each time, the 'upgrade' consisted of downloading the new install executable to the desktop and running it.

    The new installation overwrites the old one, keeping your various settings (history, bookmarks, etc.) in tact.

    It would be interesting to find out how many of those downloads were resulting from the upgrade prompt (red arrow). Hopefully, that's already been factored in.

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  5. Re:Small nit to pick... by br0ck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look at the js source, it increments each second, but it uses XMLHttpRequest to look up and correct to the actual value once per minute.

    http://www.spreadfirefox.com/ffcounter.js

  6. Re:What does it mean ? by asa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Jules, a big point that you're missing is that this is a celebration for that community of active participants who have helped Firefox achieve these downloads. Are open source projects supposed to discourage their communities from celebrating milestones?

    - A