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Firefox 2 Downloads Top 2 million in 24 Hours

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-demand dept.

linuxci writes "Firefox 2.0 has had over two million downloads in 24 hours with a peak rate of over 30 downloads a second. This means Firefox is well on track to beat IE7's three million in four days. Of course stats don't equal users but it's interesting to see that the demand for Firefox is currently outstripping IE."

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  1. Re:Well, how many UNINSTALLED IT? by WoLpH · · Score: 0, Troll
    Everyone should know by now that extensions often take a few weeks to get updated. The extension mechanism can be annoying when there's a major update but it's like that so that extension authors are encouraged to test their extensions with new versions.
    Why should they take a few weeks to get updated? Firefox 2 has been beta for months and available for a long time in general, why couldn't they modify the extensions _before_ the release? It's not that hard... I do have to agree that FF (yes I know you have to call it Fx but that's just stupid) is a bit bare boned without extensions (or should I say add-ons?) and could have a little more functionality, but I do find FF 2.0 a lot better than 1.5 if it's about features, there are actually a few features that are pretty good. Altough I have to say that I'll never use the automatic spell checker (I hate stuff that gives me red letters without asking for it) since I switch languages too often (also, I'm a happy Opera user). But the tab features are actually pretty good, they've finally copied a few of those nifty possibilities from Opera, makes it a lot better to use :)
  2. Re:How about IE7 downloaded as security update? by BrokenHalo · · Score: 0, Troll

    IE7 will be installed almoust every windows machine because it will come as security update.

    ...And in any case, nobody ever installs the updates. This is a personal observation; there's apparently something about having a shiny CDROM with all the Microsoft logos over it that seems to lead people to think their system will remain as inviolate as their reflective plastic.