Firefox 3 blasts through 8 million downloads in 24 hours, record to be confirmed

Stephen Withers
Thursday, 19 June 2008 04:33

Business IT - Open Source

According to Net Applications, Firefox 3's web share peaked at 4.3 percent during the record attempt, but subsequently slipped back into the 3 percent range. This could reflect a natural ebb and flow due to Firefox's varying popularity in different time zones - it's unusual to measure a browser's popularity over such short intervals.

Key features of Firefox 3 include a 'smart' location bar which adapts to user preferences, page display that's two to three times faster than Firefox 2, security improvements, and an add-ons manager. In all, more than 15,000 improvements have been made.

Firefox 3 is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux from Mozilla's GetFirefox site.