Firefox 3 Download Day - World Record
Today you’ll make history with Firefox Are you ready to make history? Are you ready to set a World Record? Today is Download Day. To become part of the official Guinness World Record you must download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June 18, 2008, or roughly 24 hours from now.
Firefox 3, the long-awaited update of Mozilla’s open source web browser was released earlier today. The download counter, which is projected on a large display screen here at Mozilla headquarters in Mountain View, CA, has been churning numbers at a rapid pace all morning. The display shows that Firefox has now exceeded 1 million downloads, with between 5,000 and 14,000 downloads per minute.
Download Day is here! Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do to help us set the record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours is get Firefox 3 now – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
Please download Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) on June 18, 2008. That’s 11:16 a.m. in Mountain View, 2:16 p.m. in Toronto, 3:16 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro, 8:16 p.m. in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome and Warsaw, 10:16 p.m. in Moscow, and June 19, 2008 at 2:16 a.m. in Beijing and 3:16 a.m. in Tokyo.
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Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3
Whenever we’re asked “when is Firefox going to be released” we endeavor to answer to the best of our abilities, but the truth of the matter is that we’ll only ever ship “when it’s ready”. We have a lot of indicators that help us understand when the product is ready for release: feedback from our pre-release milestones, excitement in the community and the press, availability of compatible Add-Ons, and a large active beta community helping us ensure that the release is compatible with all the various sites on the Internet.
After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser, period.
Source: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/11/coming-tuesday-june-17th-firefox-3/
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3G iPhone First Hands On
In my hand, the 3G iPhone is lighter, fits better, and noticeably thinner feeling as it doesn’t have the same squarish shape. (You won’t notice that it is thicker at all.) I made a call with it, side by side with my 1st generation iPhone, and the reception is noticeably better as well. I can’t even believe this is frigging AT&T anymore. I’d called Lisa and asked her if she noticed if it was clearer or not. She replied, “It’s a lot better, but it’s also better that you’re actually calling me.” A tough crowd.The reception increase is partly to do with the new plastic back. There are 10 radio bands in here, counting 3 GSM bands, 4 3G bands, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. (And one more I don’t know?) I don’t know how scratch resistant I believe it will be, but Apple says it will be more durable. It looks EXACTLY like the leaked images from awhile ago that were chalked up as iPhone 1 cases.
Apple wouldn’t say why 3G life was so good, but I picked up a hint that it was both software and newer 3G chips up to the task.
3G data on the maps and browser were only slightly slower than Wi-Fi.
The locator tech wasn’t working for me, on Maps. It spun and spun, probably because I’d turned the Wi-Fi off.
I noticed that the iPhone asked me for permission to give both the maps program and the camera app permission to use my location. It reminded me a bit of a Vista security prompt. It’s my phone, of course it can use my location. The camera app was actually using it to do geotagging!
(The camera itself was not noticeably improved.)
The black is very very nice. The white? It’s ok, but very feminine, so maybe it’s good for Jason or Jesús.
I felt the screen wasn’t as smooth as the previous, but that could be the fact that there was zero grease on it, unlike my personal phone. The screen’s glass and LCD are identical to the previous iPhone’s.
There still isn’t any cut and paste, and Bluetooth software hasn’t been updated to do A2DP, but the very smooth (and impossible to derail from Apple Messaging) Greg Joswiak didn’t say the hardware wasn’t improved. I asked if audio streaming was coming, and he looked hesitant to answer. (I’ll take that as a yes.) Before he could answer, I spoke for him. “We don’t comment on future product announcements.” They also denied me a chance to take a photo.
There was a dock, very thin and rounded, with the phone sticking out of the face (there was no border from the dock obscuring the view. I also saw a 2 prong USB power plug much smaller than the old adapter.
Lastly, the metal buttons were chromed, and I frankly liked the black ones better. But these feel more precise, and indeed, the lock button is slightly more recessed than on the first generation phone. The buttons were not made metal for durability reasons, either; this was a pure design decision.
I also played Super Monkey Ball during my 15 minutes with the iPhone. I didn’t like how to control the game, I had to set the screen to viewing angles that would compromise my view of the screen. But I did catch on how to play within a few seconds.
Audio? It was definitely clearer than the single mono speaker in the first iPhone. (Even if this one is not stereo either.)
Nothing much has been left unimproved. If you’re going to stick with ATT for awhile, $200 seems like a good deal for such improved hardware. What’s cool is that since the App store and a lot of the functionality in software will be coming to the first gen iPhone, current users don’t really have to feel the pressure to upgrade. Me? I’m certainly going to.
Spread Firefox - Guinness World Record
Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
By the way, the official date for the launch of Firefox 3 will be posted here soon - so check back! Join our community and this effort by pledging today.
Join us in our mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!