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Firefox Hits 400 Million Downloads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grats-little-browser dept.

Owen Dansley writes "Firefox hit another milestone this past Friday, when it passed the 400 million download mark. From its launch in 2004 it took one year to reach 100 million downloads, hitting 200 million downloads just one year later. According to figures released by US consultancy firm Janco and the IT Productivity Center, Firefox currently has 17.4 percent of the browser market — up 5.6 percentage points in the last year. Also within the last year, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser dropped 9.6 percentage points to a market share of 63.9 percent."

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  1. Thats not really so impressive...... by budword · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately I'm responsible for at least half of those....once for each time I've had to re-install.....

    1. Re:Thats not really so impressive...... by SolitaryMan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately I'm responsible for at least half of those....once for each time I've had to re-install.....

      And I'm responsible for none of those despite the fact that I did Linux install 200 million times for the last three years, so we kinda cancel each other out.

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  2. It's the porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Everyone knows that Firefox is the browser of choice when surfing for porn, the extensions and plug-ins (no giggling at the back) make it much better than IE.

    Down Them All is the dedicated Hand-Shandyist's best friend.

  3. Re:Safari by Gilesx · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a version of Firefox for smug people.

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  4. That's horrible! by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    400 million downloads. Just think of the revenue they're losing due to that piracy. :(

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  5. Re:We've won! by porkThreeWays · · Score: 5, Funny

    Browsers are like girls. As long as your get adequate penetration you are pretty much ok.

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