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Luke Skywalker · 08-02-09, 11:46 PM

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At about 8 a.m. PDT Friday, Firefox crossed the billion-download threshold--a notably large number for Mozilla's open-source Web browser but one that doesn't tell the whole story.

Firefox fans love their statistical milestones, and Mozilla enjoys fanning the flames by providing plenty of opportunities for self-congratulation. In 2008 was the Firefox Download Day, with more than 8 million downloads in 24 hours. Next came the Firefox 3.5 debut and its download tracker.
Mozilla boasted that Firefox downloads surpassed 1 billion on Friday.

Mozilla boasted that Firefox downloads surpassed 1 billion on Friday.
(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

And now we have the billion-download figure on the Spread Firefox site. That includes updates people have fetched deliberately, not automatic updates, Mozilla said. To maximize the marketing potential, Mozilla also is touting the 1,000,000,000 + you site.

That site probably could be named better. Firefox director Mike Belztner said in June that Mozilla estimates there are 300 million Firefox users, up from 175 million a year earlier, so don't go thinking there are a billion people using it. Indeed, I find the total user population a much more interesting statistic than downloads.

Firefox has truly achieved real success, eating steadily into Microsoft Internet Explorer's dominant market share to become the second-most used browser. The newest version is downloaded between 40 and 60 times a second worldwide at present.

IE 8 downloads surpass 200 million
But lest Firefox fans get too carried away with their success, there's another number that shows what Mozilla is up against. According to a source familiar with Microsoft's statistics, IE 8 has been downloaded more than 200 million times in the last four months since its release.

That's a fifth of the way to what Firefox achieved since Firefox 1.0 was released nearly five years ago. And Microsoft hasn't even begun pushing IE 8 through update in earnest yet. Microsoft's 200 million statistic doesn't include updates such as bug patches and security fixes.

So let's face it: being installed along with the world's most widely used operating system remains a huge advantage for IE's use, antitrust concerns notwithstanding. Microsoft declined to comment on its download statistics.
(Credit: Mozilla)

So what do all these numbers really show besides browser makers' urges to thump their chests about their popularity? This: the world of browsers is in serious flux.

Next-gen Web en route
That's because after years of near-dormancy after IE crushed Netscape in the 1990s, the browser wars are back in full swing. The growing migration of personal and professional activity to Web applications, the growing adoption of broadband Internet connections, and the growing adoption of truly Web-capable mobile phones are combining to make Web browsers a strategic asset in the computing industry. Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Opera Software, and others all want to be the gateway to the world's most vibrant medium, the Internet.

Even the fifth-ranked browser can claim notable success. Opera's desktop browser has been downloaded more than 270 million times from the company's own servers since 2003, and the daily download rate has jumped from 30,000 to 40,000 back then to about 200,000 today, the company said. Throwing Opera Mini for mobile phones into the mix increases the total to about 500 million.

The download rates show that there's a powerful movement afoot to "upgrade the Web," as Mozilla's marketing catchphrase would have it.

It's a gradual change, with plenty of laggards such as corporate users who can't upgrade from IE 6 or cybercafes with locked-down PCs. And there's plenty of turmoil about next-generation Web standards. But the herd is gradually moving to more sophisticated browsers that collectively enable a more sophisticated Web.

Some facts on firefox:-

1.Firefox is named Firefox not FireFox
2.Correct abbreviation is Fx not FF of ff or Ff.
3.Only 250 people are employed by Mozilla Corp. the organisation that makes the Firefox browser.
4.22.5% share of Fx in browser market. IE has 65%.
5.It is most downloaded software in 24 hour in history.

08-02-09, 11:48 PM

hey luke thanks nice info
added rep

08-02-09, 11:48 PM

please quote the souce : CNET or wherever u got it from.

Luke Skywalker · 08-02-09, 11:52 PM

I have already given source under 'Quote'. Facts are by me which you can verify.

I have highlighted it now.

If any one had trouble with extension or addons follow method given by me here:-
http://www.indiabroadband.net/window...a-firefox.html (Make any extension work with even release candidate & alpha firefox.)

mickey · 08-02-09, 11:55 PM

thats a good info.... repable...

strider · 08-02-09, 11:56 PM

Wow!! Good info mate!!

Luke Skywalker · 08-02-09, 11:56 PM

Thanks mickey.

strider · 08-02-09, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Thanks mickey.

Where is my thanks? i repped you too!!

mickey · 08-03-09, 12:01 AM

^^

Rameshjeee · 08-03-09, 12:01 AM

Good Info mate.

I only use FireFox...FireFox rocks...

Luke Skywalker · 08-03-09, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by strider

Where is my thanks? i repped you too!!

Sorry I did not noticed that. Thanks.

08-03-09, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Sorry I did not noticed that. Thanks.

where is mine say thanks didi i repped u first

strider · 08-03-09, 12:04 AM

Ok, no problemo!

08-03-09, 12:14 AM

this is a surprise...such a terrible little software. I hate it.

strider · 08-03-09, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 18lama

this is a surprise...such a terrible little software. I hate it.

You jest!

08-02-09, 11:52 PM	#4
Luke Skywalker Jedi knight Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: IBF Age: 21 Posts: 1,818 Rep Power: 5	I have already given source under 'Quote'. Facts are by me which you can verify. I have highlighted it now. If any one had trouble with extension or addons follow method given by me here:- http://www.indiabroadband.net/window...a-firefox.html (Make any extension work with even release candidate & alpha firefox.) Last edited by Luke Skywalker; 08-02-09 at 11:54 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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Pri_dm Guest Posts: n/a	hey luke thanks nice info added rep

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newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	please quote the souce : CNET or wherever u got it from.

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mickey Senior Member & Mod Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Delhi Posts: 3,303 Blog Entries: 3 Rep Power: 8	thats a good info.... repable...

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strider Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Minas Tirth, Middle Earth Posts: 1,093 Rep Power: 5	Wow!! Good info mate!!

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mickey Senior Member & Mod Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Delhi Posts: 3,303 Blog Entries: 3 Rep Power: 8	^^

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Rameshjeee Aadhavan is Coming Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Leaving Chennai Age: 26 Posts: 3,075 Rep Power: 10	Good Info mate. I only use FireFox...FireFox rocks...

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strider Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Minas Tirth, Middle Earth Posts: 1,093 Rep Power: 5	Ok, no problemo!

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18lama Guest Posts: n/a	this is a surprise...such a terrible little software. I hate it.