Technology For Agents

Ryan Paul over at Arstechnica reported yesterday that the big campaign to have everyone download Firefox 3 was a resounding success.  Their goal was a mere 5 Million downloads.  The actual numbers hit were around 8, that’s EIGHT, million downloads of the awesome browser known as Firefox 3.

I was one of many who downloaded the browser and I’m certainly impressed.  Faster load times and session restoration (if you’re browser somehow closes then the pages you were on will usually come back) are a couple of the big changes that went into place.

In regards to making entry into the Guiness Book of World Records, Ryan had this to say:

I also asked Dotzler some questions about the process through which Mozilla’s download day statistics will enter the Guinness World Records. The server logs and download information will be given to an independent review board consisting of Corey Shields and Paul Vixie, which will then conduct a thorough audit, weed out duplicate and incomplete downloads, and determine an exact number. The download day event, which was orchestrated by Mozilla’s global marketing team, has been one of Mozilla’s most successful awareness campaigns to date.

Looks like time will tell; though server reports should be pretty concrete evidence that the record has been broken.  Great job to the Firefox 3 team!

If you’ve downloaded Firefox 3, what do you think?

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Today is the big day! Firefox 3 has been officially announced and is ready for you to download and enjoy.  I’ve been using Firefox 3 for quite some time now, and all the pages I browse load noticably faster than other browsers.

If you are currently using Internet Explorer or any other currently available browser, you Firefox 3 definitely deserves a try! 

I especially love the productivity features:

In the end, it’s all about you being able to do what you need to do on the Web. And with features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, nobody makes it easier, helps you work better or saves you more time than Firefox.

It’s a free download so head on over and help break the world record for the most downloads in a day.

Download Firefox 3

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When I look at the visitors at my site, I notice that a majority use Internet Explorer to browse the web. While IE is a good tool, let me expose you to Firefox; a browser with a development community that blows away the competition.

Sometime in June, Mozilla aims to release their long awaited Firefox 3 which sports a vast number of new features and enhancements. From my experience with beta, Firefox 3 is way faster than IE, so I definitely suggest you give it a try.  I should also mention that Firefox is a free download, so don’t worry about having to pull out any credit card.

I will be making a new post when Firefox 3 goes live to help spread the word about the internet browser I use on a daily basis and prefer as my solution for browsing the web.

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