Here Today... Gone To Hell!

FireFox 3 is releasing in June and Mozilla is trying to set a Guiness record for the most downloads in a day. If you are a FireFox user, pledge now at: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord.

I'll do it even though I pretty much use Opera exlusivly.

FYI: The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008.




/jarmo

^ They are not going to set any records then. The current number of pledges stands at 1.1 million. Firefox 2 had about 1.7 million downloads. Guaranteed, people who haven't pledged will also download Firefox 3, but I don't see it being any significant number.

Guys, Firefox was the best a few years ago, now it's a RAM hog...I would even call it bloatware.

Try the best browser now available and see what I'm talking about, Maxthon:

http://www.maxthon.com/

 :peace:

Maybe Firefox 2 was a memory hog, but Firefox 3 is leaner and faster.


Do you think everyone uses Windows?

Firefaux 3 is still using much memory, especially if you load up all those plugins/addons...150MB+ with multiple tabs, it even went 200MB+ when I was doing Java chat for 30 minutes, lol.
While on Maxthon on my PC, it never goes higher than 100MB, multiple tabs, Java chat, etc. all working on max.
It has more features, no lock ups or freeze, no error entering certain sites like Firefaux has on occasions, etc. Is the reason why in all tests Maxthon gets picked by the editor.

Why not try it first?

And most people use Windows, not Linux or Mac OS, so don't suggest I can only post software that also includes Linux and Mac OS :peace:

Because I run Linux. Plus, Maxthon doesn't have AdBlock Plus. Which in itself is reason enough to use Firefox.

Also, this thread is not for debating which browser is better, because as far as I've seen, no matter what features a browser has, it usually comes down to personal preference. Opera has more features than Firefox, but I prefer Firefox.

Maxthon has an option to block/unblock literally anything you want with one click.

I yet have to experience popups, malware, ads etc while using Maxthon.
Besides, AdBlock Plus doesn't work always anyhow, so why that is so crucial to have Firefaux...especially knowing the RAM hog thing, the fact it errors certain sites, freezing occasionally, Maxthon having more features etc.

For a Linux user like you, yes use Firefox, but for Windows users (which is the vast majority), the best at the moment when it comes to the things I mentioned is Maxthon and people should know instead of blindly downloading the latest Firefox or IE.

 :peace:

Here are a couple pages of all the new features.. i've been testing it and its awesome!!!!  can't wait till it's officially out!

by the way, i think you may find that firefox 3 is very competitive with other browsers like maxthon and opera.


http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/06/cool-features-in-firefox-3.html

http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/overview-of-firefox3.swf

I'll be downloading althgouh I mainly use Opera...

Getting off Internet Explorer was definitely the best thing I've done.

It went live a few minutes ago, but I can't access the site, traffic must be high

I was just able to get it. Its a little slow but i got it. Its up to 1.5 million downloads.

Got it for two computers so far  : ok:

got it on mine, workin like a charm : ok:

The interface is much improved, I don't know if I can part with Safari though. It's good ol' reliable.

i just got it.. it rules!!!!

already downloaded :D still doesnt fix the problem i have with one of my friends myspace page. worked fine with Firefox 2

Firefox 3 Vulnerability Found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080619/tc_pcworld/147277

It's nice and fast, I like it.

At least we know we won't have to wait a whole month for them to get around to fixing it like microsoft.

Wow, they got 8 million downloads in 24 hrs. To think they were aiming for 5!

yeah over 8 million thats incredible. I didn't expect that much either.

40 minutes on java chat, 180MB RAM and 30% CPU usage...on a very fast PC, yep they solved the system hog issues.....not  :peace:

Either your computer isn't as fast as you say it is or the java chat you use has some serious shoddy coding. I was just on Jmeeting.com for an hour which is a webcam chat site written completely in java. I had 3 cams open and a chat room as well as a second browser window open the ram usage never got above 112 unless i had the second window open then it was around 117-118 unless i was at myspace or espn or watching a youtube video then it got to just over 130. My cpu usage consistently was around 10% with only spikes higher then that.

Java is a notorious resource hog, so most likely that's the problem.

Firefox 3 memory usage benchmark (http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8102&Itemid=38)

Written by Samuel Simon   
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:47

Most memory efficient browser on the market

As we all know, the previous versions of Firefox weren't very memory efficient; sometimes the browser would use more than 400MB after few hours if you visited script and image intensive pages and used multiple tabs.

This bug was reported by many users to Mozilla, but they didn't fix it until now. In 2006 they made a historical statement that a memory leak is not a bug, but a feature.

It seems that Mozilla managed to fix Firefox's nasty habit to hog memory, and according to benchmarks, Firefox 3 is the most efficient browser on the market. Compared to Flock 1.2, which is based on Firefox 2, Firefox 3 has 50% better results and memory usage almost never goes over 120MB.

Opera 9.50 performed better than Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, and the worst performer on the test was Safari, which at end of the test used over 600MB. The tests were conducted after more than two hours of work under Windows and memory usage was recorded every 3 seconds, so we can now see from real-world usage how Firefox 3 compared to other browsers on the market.

Its true. I've rarely seen it get above 120-130. I have to be doing a lot to get it higher.

I've been suffering through 180K+ the past couple days with FF3, hovering around 40-50% PC Usage. All I'm using is FF3, have uTorrent open but not running.

Really sucks :/

That's it Folks!

Firefox download record official (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7486668.stm)

By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

So far there have been more than 28 million downloads of Firefox 3.0

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period.

The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries.

"The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen" said Marketing head Paul Kim.

Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it "an extremely impressive accomplishment".

The official figure was confirmed after logs from download servers were audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were not counted.

Mr Kim told the BBC: "The notion of going for a world record, as gooky and nutty as it may have sounded, was a really sticky idea.

"It was an idea that translated really well across national borders and to all different kinds of people around the world."

Marketing manager Mary Colvig said no party is planned to celebrate the record until the actual certificate is presented by Guinness World Records in London next week.

"Here at Mozilla headquarters (in Mountain View) I think most of us are just going to try and get to bed early now that we have the confirmation. We are all tired."

Security flaw

On launch day some of the shine was taken by security firms claiming to have found the first flaws in the new software.

Within five hours of Firefox 3.0 making its debut, DV Labs/Tipping Point reported a flaw that potentially let an attacker take over a PC if a user clicks on a booby-trapped link.

Mr Kim told the BBC "Firefox users are safe. We have a patch in the works and hope to release it very soon."

mozilla hq at end of the download day
Mozilla says the number of downloads surpassed their expectations

Another potentially disastrous glitch ahead of the world record attempt came when servers handling the downloads collapsed under the weight of visitors checking to see if the new version of the browser was available.

Once they were all up and running the clock started counting down.

At their busiest the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute. Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3.0 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006.

Market share increase

Another boost for the open source browser comes with the announcement that it has boosted its market share to over 19% making it the second most popular browser after Microsoft's Internet Explorer, or IE.

Net Applications says a chunk of the gain seems to have come from rival IE, although much of the growth came in users upgrading.

The company said while IE reached a record low last month, it predicted Firefox will break the 20% share bar sometime this month.

Mr Kim said "We offer the best browsing experience and this shows people are getting the message and voting with their browser choice."

Meanwhile Mozilla has shipped a high priority update for Firefox 2.0, warning that there are at least five serious vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution attacks.

Mr Kim said Mozilla will continue to support Firefox 2.0 until the middle of December.

After that users will be expected to switch over to Firefox 3.0 which since its launch over two weeks ago boasts 28 million downloads and counting.

strange! do you have any add ons, its probably one of them.  or maybe you're leaving the program running for long stretches of time.

That's really odd. The only times i've come to about 180 is when i have a java site open and mlb gameday which uses flash i think other then that i max out around 150 and it takes awhile to get to even that.