Created Tue 17th Jun 9:52am PDT by
nigeleccles
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Will Firefox 3 Exceed 5 Million Downloads In One Day?
Settled as Yes
Today is Firefox Download Day! The Firefox 3 browser launches today and they are aiming to exceed 5 million downloads in one day. Firefox 2 was downloaded 1.6 million times on the first day but this time they are aiming higher. VentureBeat has a great write up of it here.
You can follow progress on the downloads via Twitter. Download your copy at Mozilla.
You can follow progress on the downloads via Twitter. Download your copy at Mozilla.
Settlement details:
As reported by Mozilla for downloads on June 17th 2008.
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Activity: H$101,924
Settled as Yes on Wed 18th Jun 8:25am PDT
Suspend date: Wed 18th Jun 10:55am PDT Settlement date: Wed 18th Jun 8:25am PDT
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
Action history:
Created Tue 17th Jun 9:52am PDT by
nigeleccles
Suspended Wed 18th Jun 12:49am PDT by
destry
: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Wed 18th Jun 12:49am PDT by
destry
: It pains me to admit I was so wrong, but this has reached the 5 million downloads using the sources provided in the question for verification. (market suspended)
Suspended Wed 18th Jun 12:50am PDT by
mork
: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Wed 18th Jun 12:50am PDT by
mork
: http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/ (market suspended)
Settled as 'Yes' Wed 18th Jun 8:25am PDT by
nigeleccles
Suspend date: Wed 18th Jun 10:55am PDT Settlement date: Wed 18th Jun 8:25am PDT
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the current version to be spread is a RC it is not the official final version. that would be the one you get with the auto-update functionality.
I serously think the starting odds (50%) are way off therefor. When released officially it could reach 5 Mio (because of auto-update) but i doubt it will be enough today.
But I won't suspend because its a question made by nigel (eh, user number 3, you know?)
http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/
I was confused about this when I read about download day -- it seemed like there were "concerns" then that 3.0 would not make the final release in time. I'm not any clearer about it now.
Their 24 hour cutoff is listed as 18:16 UTC (1116 PDT)
Well, meanwhile it seems they have updated these pages. Sorry for any confusion - obviously they made the Final Release of FF3 available.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,560443,00.html
Opera 9.5 did just 4.5 Mio.
in 5 days
http://www.golem.de/0806/60470.html
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