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Mozilla decided they’d mark the release of Firefox 3 with an attempt at setting a new world record for the most downloaded software on the first dsy of its release. While the owners of this blog didn’t participate in it, I want to congratulate the Firefox 3 team on over eight million downloads in the first 24 hours that Firefox 3 was available. The unofficial number is 8,290,545, and it will take several days for the Guinness World Record people to certify a number, but any way you look at it that’s one hell of a lot of bandwidth, especially after the Mozilla servers crashed just before the official launch and the launch itself was delayed by about an hour and a half. Luckily it had been in hardy-updates for at least a week so Ubuntu users didn’t have to worry about rushing to download it.
Unfortunately the news is not all good for Firefox 3, as the first vulnerability was announced while millions of people were still helping go for the record. Window Snyder, Mozilla’s Chief Security Officer (or as they call her at Mozilla the Chief Security Something-Or-Other) says they’re working on it, and with no exploit available publically and even the details being kept private the risk to users is minimal.
I also need to post one more link about the release of Firefox 3. Paul O’Shannessy, an intern at Mozilla this summer, wrote “It’s Awesome for a Reason.” As someone who seems to ignore the concerns users have for the nickname of the Smart Location Bar, he also shamelessly points out the negative response people get if they dare criticize something about Firefox 3 or it’s new features.
So just give it a shot and quit complaining. Yes, it is a complete paradigm shift. But it’s not called the Awesome Bar for nothing; it really is awesome once you give it a chance
Yes, one of Mozilla’s interns is pretty much calling us idiots for not embracing the Smart Location Bar and it’s nickname. You, sir, are an asshat and a with that attitude a discredit to the Mozilla community. That type of attitiude has been pushing people away from Firefox 3 for the past several months now.
