Author Topic: Spread Firefox - Download Day 2008 (Read 14875 times)

sukeb3 · « **on:** May 31, 2008, 03:17:07 AM »

Today, I saw an interesting a piece on http://bleach7.com/ website about the release of Firefox 3 and their attempt to get a world record of most downloads in 24 hours. I just love firefox and thought to spread the word and can't wait for the new firefox. Here is a direct link to the site.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Datalanche · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2008, 04:02:19 PM »

That would be pretty cool for Firefox to set the record. I've been using it since version 1.0.7 I think, and it's just pure awesome. I've been using Firefox 3 here on my work PC since beta 5, and it just rocks on a whole new level. Very nice, very fast.

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2008, 10:19:00 AM »

so... what happened?

reyfer · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2008, 07:03:31 PM »

Quote from: StreakInTheSky on June 17, 2008, 10:19:00 AM

so... what happened?

Download day is TODAY. Still waiting for the link to appear on the site (they said 10am PDT)

Asmodai · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:26:49 AM »

Downloading it now.

Rick-e · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2008, 02:53:13 AM »

I'm using it now ^_^ so far I'm loving it! the address bar is awesome! I can just type "jphip forum" and it shows "forum.jphip.com", it's wayyy faster (usually it eats around 150mb memory, now it's using around 60-80mb), and all the small features are also welcome ^_^

RatBastich · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2008, 03:17:00 AM »

Just downloaded it, gonna get to installing it now.

Aioros · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2008, 03:22:28 AM »

I was supposed to get it last night but the site was inaccessible, taking too long to respond/

Finished installing it here at work and I'm liking it so far. I hope they can release a version of UnPlug for FF3 ASAP.

RatBastich · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2008, 03:28:27 AM »

Installed now, looking good.

Only had one add-on that won't work with FF3, but all in all its nothing much to worry about.

mini*wheat · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2008, 04:12:28 AM »

So far, so good.
I enjoy the new kind of sleek look it has. It also seems to be working faster for me as well.

Quote from: Rick-e on June 18, 2008, 02:53:13 AM

I'm using it now ^_^ so far I'm loving it! the address bar is awesome! I can just type "jphip forum" and it shows "forum.jphip.com",

...Hmmm. Mine did that before. Unless you had a way older version? Interesting.

Rick-e · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2008, 04:28:52 AM »

really??? hmm... maybe. I never updated my old one

so this one is a huge improvement for me =p

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2008, 12:13:22 PM »

Running it now, the icons still look a bit more 'amateur' then IE7 (sample: the home button), but its running.

What I do not like is that it made itself the default browser, and even during the custom setup I didn't see an option to not do that.

reyfer · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2008, 05:54:36 PM »

At the moment of writing this, with still almost 2 hours to go on the 24 hours Guinness record, they already have 7,307,069 downloads

Rick-e · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2008, 08:54:30 PM »

Quote from: frblckstr1 on June 18, 2008, 12:13:22 PM

Running it now, the icons still look a bit more 'amateur' then IE7 (sample: the home button), but its running.

What I do not like is that it made itself the default browser, and even during the custom setup I didn't see an option to not do that.

there is an option though? maybe you missed it?

After using it this whole day, I really like it. even if I browse with 15+tabs, opening sites like youtube, gametrailers, gamespot etc at the same time, the memory usage stays around 120-150mb. when I used the old version it would have gone close to 200mb.

now if only it have more add-ons that are compatible...

Quote from: reyfer on June 18, 2008, 05:54:36 PM

At the moment of writing this, with still almost 2 hours to go on the 24 hours Guinness record, they already have 7,307,069 downloads

whoa, that's a lot O_o would that be enough to get the record?

JFC · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2008, 10:44:43 PM »

^
Come to think of it, what is the record, anyway?

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2008, 07:44:43 AM »

Quote from: Rick-e on June 18, 2008, 08:54:30 PM

Quote from: frblckstr1 on June 18, 2008, 12:13:22 PM
Running it now, the icons still look a bit more 'amateur' then IE7 (sample: the home button), but its running.

What I do not like is that it made itself the default browser, and even during the custom setup I didn't see an option to not do that.

there is an option though? maybe you missed it?

Ha, totally missed that one, I thought I would see a checkbox during the custom setup somewhere... I actually expected it there (also)

Rick-e · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:37:39 AM »

Quote from: JFC on June 18, 2008, 10:44:43 PM

^
Come to think of it, what is the record, anyway?

the record of most sofware downloads in 24 hours, I think their final count is around 8 million.

Quote from: frblckstr1 on June 19, 2008, 07:44:43 AM

Ha, totally missed that one, I thought I would see a checkbox during the custom setup somewhere... I actually expected it there (also)

yeah, it was a pretty unusual place to put it ^_^

JFC · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2008, 07:24:23 AM »

Okay, so I've taken the plunge, so to speak. Had to tweak the extensions compatibility settings in "about:config" to get a couple of my extensions to work. Also had to change themes as the one I had been using (Noia Extreme) hasn't been made FF3 compatible yet and as a result just looks fucked up.

Saburo · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2008, 06:54:31 AM »

So what's the consensus grade on 3.0? Worth the switch?

JFC · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2008, 07:42:37 AM »

Well, I'm having to wait another few days for the FF3 compatible version of the Noia Extreme theme. Other than that, I'm finding it okay. Mind you, I already had my FF2 tweaked to run faster than the default settings, so the changes/improvements in speed weren't as significant for me as they probably have been for most users who simply had the default settings.