Today (or more accurately, 2009-07-31 15:00 UTC) Firefox has reached a new milestone: one billion downloads. It’s come quite a long way since November 9, 2004 when Firefox 1.0 was released. Now, almost 5 years later, Firefox has a browser market share of around 30 percent, looking at statcounter, and one of the largest add-on communities I’ve seen.
Personally I’m most familiar with Firefox 2, I used it as my primary browser from when it was released to when 3.0 was released. Being a speed-obsessed when it comes to computer software, I sadly became a Chrome convert. Even so, I eagerly await the 3.7 and 4.0 release!
Last night the official Spread Firefox download counter reached one billion! That’s one billion times over the last five years that users have chosen a better Web experience.This is a monumental event – Firefox has come a long way since its debut in November 2004, thanks to the amazing Firefox community. Volunteers from all over the world contribute to the coding, testing and spreading of Firefox to communities across the globe. Firefox 3.5 shipped in 75 languages – more than any other browser.On Monday, www.onebillionplusyou.com will go live and act as a hub of information concerning the billionth download of Firefox. So stay tuned!Last night the official Spread Firefox download counter reached one billion! That’s one billion times over the last five years that users have chosen a better Web experience.
This is a monumental event – Firefox has come a long way since its debut in November 2004, thanks to the amazing Firefox community. Volunteers from all over the world contribute to the coding, testing and spreading of Firefox to communities across the globe. Firefox 3.5 shipped in 75 languages – more than any other browser.
On Monday, www.onebillionplusyou.com will go live and act as a hub of information concerning the billionth download of Firefox. So stay tuned!
I advise to do what Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker suggests – taking a walk down memory lane on the History of Mozilla Firefox wikipedia article.
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