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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!"

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  1. 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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  2. 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