There's to be an attempt to set a new Guiness World Record for the most software downloads in 24hrs.

For those of you who might be interested in helping FireFox3 reach its goal, see www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord.

Download Day starts on June 17th at 10:00 PDT, which is 17:00 GMT/UTC. Check this out for local times: tinyurl.com/4e7fv5.

Here's a short video about some of the new features of Firefox 3.

Am currently using it as it comes with Ubuntu 8.04 and it's nice so far. I like the way it deals with self-signed certificates so that you don't keep getting warning dialogs all the time. You can simply add them as being safe and then never get prompted again

At last!!!

Yves.

An official date for Download Day: June 17th

I am ready download Firefox 3, but where is link to Download? ...Lex

here is beta vesrsion
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index...e-for-download/

Download Day starts on June 17th at 10:00 PDT, which is 17:00 GMT/UTC. Check this out for local times: http://tinyurl.com/4e7fv5

Information from www.spreadfirefox.com/worldrecordgroup - added to original post.

Thanks, My download Day starts on June 17th at 07 p.m. PDT ......Lex

My download day starts at 3am on the 18th.

It'd be better if they ran it at a full day internationally...

I'll download it to my PDA in the morning over wifi.

Thanks Iphitus for that info.
I've been searching for 3 days for such info but obviously looking in the wrong places.

I am hoping Bigpond carrys it but I don't if their downloads will be counted so I will download from Mozilla as well.

Cheers. John.

It looks like many have heeded the call, I can't even get on the site to download FireFox 3!!

Yup, the site is killed

So much for breaking the record hey

Will keep trying, maybe I'll get through.

Well, I made it on, and it's still in beta, full release is last 2.x release. Weird.

I've been using Firefox 3 since beta 4. It's really looking good. Lightweight, snappy and the new databasing system is awesome. I'm eagerly awaiting file availability and then I'll join in the download fest!

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/pl/worldrecord/

now 470 000 downloads ...lex

Yes!!!!! I Downoload
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/pl/firefox/
...Lex

I'm downloaded also well 71 percent.

Just built it from source using system Cairo libs... didn't get the binary.
Do I count?

If you got it from Mozilla's site, yeah

I'm sure Ubuntu 8.04 will move from beta 3 to final release sometime soon in their apt package.

According to wiki.mozilla.org
The en-US site is already completed/passed.

However Firefox is unable to verify the identity of this site certificate, and whois shows No match for "AUTHSTAGE.MOZILLA.COM". I should also note that the other authstage.mozilla URL links on the wiki appear to have the same certificate.

That said, you can get it here: authstage.mozilla.com

If you trust it?

He, I downoladed Firefox3.0bz2, but look in place where is version name. I have 2.0.014 ......Lex

You downloaded before version 3 was released

I also noticed the same just waited a bit first until they updated the pages correctly.

Got mine now. Definitely Firefox3 and from same site as Lexicon.

Cheers. John.

John, if you don't want to use the pl version, they are all available here: /firefox/releases/3.0/linux-i686/

Thanks Greg, I also got the one directly from the Mozilla site just in case.
I plan to keep them for friends who use may not be using the Fox at the moment.
I plan to wait for the Mandriva version which I expect will be in the not too distant future.

Cheers. John.

Your member, before insta (run) Firefox 3.0 needed uninstall Firefox 2.x
urpme mozilla-firefox

Now run Firefox 3.0 .Good Luck

Hi,

does anyone know if there is a Mandriva or other rpm for firefox 3 available?

It's currently in cooker/media/main/testing. So I'm guessing it will take 'some' time to get it pushed into the 2008.1 repos.

I guess that's enough for a record. What was the old record?

There was no old record, this is setting the record.

Have a look at that map though, it tells a very interesting story about technology adoption around the world.

Notice how blank africa is. And just for curiosity, North Korea had 0 when I last checked an hour ago.

Ubuntu 8.04 has already been updated with official version.

The first and last download if any will be by Kim himself, notice that even Papua New Guinee were people were living in the stone age not even 50 yrs ago (and many still do) even has downloads....

Not surprised about PNG... there's quite a few Australians there for various reasons as they're our neighbour.