Will Firefox 3 set a new world record?

Mozilla hopes to set a world record for the most downloads within a 24-hour period on the day Firefox 3 is released (currently expected to be in June).

The online edition of Guinness Book of World Records does not list a current record for most downloads within 24 hours.

The final release candidates for Firefox 3 are showing a number of improvements, including greater rendering speed, the use of fewer resources, and more baked-in security features than other browsers.

To help Mozilla set a world record, the foundation recommends the following:

• Sign up to get the final copy of Firefox 3 on Download Day.
• Host a Download Day Fest on Firefox 3 launch day at your school, office, or anywhere with an Internet connection.
• Become a Firefox campus representative and collect pledges from fellow students.
• Add Mozilla buttons and banners to your site, blog, or profile.

To get people excited, Mozilla has provided a map showing pledges to date along with more details.

[zanely]

How pathetic! Who would become a "campus representative" for for a web browser? How shallow is that? With people starving in Mynamar and Darfur, millions of homeless in China, and an upcoming election in the US, where the outcome could mean an historic change, are there really people who think that selling a web browser the best way to invest their time?

[Penguinisto]

Okay... so where is the actual "selling" in a web browser that costs $0.00? Also, I think we can safely refuse to give up anything fun and/or cool just to satisfy your demand for some sort of pure somber moratorium...

[demner]

Bah! The most downloads in 24-hours is probably the google icon or some microsoft patch or some youtube or youpron video.

[demner]

3,587 pleges and counting!! Keep up the amazing progress!

[krosavcheg]

what a waste of time and bandwidth !

[assman]

god damn you people are cynical..

Firefox 3 is AWESOME. I'm using the release candidate. Go Mozilla!

[Penguinisto]

Same here... been using it for nearly a month now, and so far, no problems at all. I'm also loving the new features (esp. when it comes to shifting tabs around, the ScrapBook feature, and numerous others). I'm mostly loving the faster response times and a lag time that's way lower than IE 7 can ever hope to be.

[jture]

I like FF3, but I don't like that the Google Toolbar isn't ready for it yet. Otherwise it's bloody fabulous!

[AppleSuxLeo]

Did the fix the pre-cache memory leak problem FF2 has ??? They are in denial over this...much as Apple has denied problems in the past. I dont trust a company that is in denial.

[Mr. Dee]

I guess I'm kinda looking forward to it. But based on the few times I have tried it on a friends laptop, I'm not that impressed with the UI on Vista or XP. The Mac version of Firefox 3 on OS X especially Leopards looks superb. I will eventually upgrade to it, but not until everyone else have given it a good try out. I'm not in a hurry to download a barrage of point updates. Ff 2.0.14 is doing just fine right now.

[jargonnaut]

How pathetic! Who would become a "campus representative" for for a web browser? How shallow is that? With people starving in Mynamar and Darfur, millions of homeless in China, and an upcoming election in the US, where the outcome could mean an historic change, are there really people who think that selling a web browser the best way to invest their time?
Hear, hear!!!!!

OR

What a great time to share that unloved trojan, or whatever? All these people so caught up in hype to really check what they're getting! And you can make it multi-platform too!

[eswong]

You are begging for some hacker to set up a link to a spoofed page and set a record for the most downloaded virus in one day...

[iceberg836]

FF is most complete browser i use it form early versions and the Extensions make my life so fun