Gentlemen, start your downloaders…

[robotech_master]

In just a few short minutes, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, Firefox Download Day commences. The Firefox people are going for a world record for number of downloads in one day for their new browser, v3.0.

And I strongly encourage you to get it, even if I weren't rooting for them to take the record. Forget the conventional wisdom about .0 releases; I've been using the prerelease version of this for a month or so now and it's really sweet. It is way faster and less memory-leaky than 2.0, and the new address bar, aka the "Awesome Bar," is marvelously convenient.

So don't just sit there—get to downloading! :)

EDIT: This link should work if you're having trouble getting to it in other ways: ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/

Comments

[katenigma.livejournal.com]

Before going for a World Record, one should make sure your servers can handle the capacity! :P I purposely waited to upgrade to help the cause, and now can't get it. Stupid Mozilla!

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Try this:

ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/

[katenigma.livejournal.com]

Perfect, thanks! Downloaded on all 4 machines in the house, and have spread the link around. :)

[foomf.livejournal.com]

I'll do that when they make their servers actually WORK.

I always predict server overloads when someone does this kind of stunt.
Sadly I am never disappointed.