Firefox Nears 1 Billion Downloads - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

stampeder · 2009-07-31, 02:47 PM

Note: that's downloads, not users...

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner...on-downlo.html

tablo · 2009-08-01, 03:48 PM

Hmm, I click "if the download doesn't start, click here" several times to get the fastest download server. Does that count for downloading too?

stampeder · 2009-08-01, 07:55 PM

You didn't download it each time, did you?

tablo · 2009-08-02, 02:30 PM

Well, maybe for 3%, but not the whole thing.

Walter Dnes · 2009-08-03, 02:13 AM

Not wanting to be a wet blanket, but they've had a lot of point-revision security-updates. The 3.0.0 version has climbed up to 3.0.12 so if people kept current with the 3.0 version, they would've downloaded it 13 times so far. And don't forget the long climb through versions 1.1/2.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 (and point-release security-updates) before they jumped to 2.0, etc.

oilblue · 2009-08-03, 08:19 PM

I'll counter the wet blanket a little...

Some of us download a new version once, and install it on multiple machines.

As well, they must not be counting the updates you've mentioned in the download counter (from the linked article, Mozilla estimated their active user count at 270 million in May).

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2009-08-01, 03:48 PM	#2
tablo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 536	Hmm, I click "if the download doesn't start, click here" several times to get the fastest download server. Does that count for downloading too?

2009-08-01, 07:55 PM	#3
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	You didn't download it each time, did you?

2009-08-02, 02:30 PM	#4
tablo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 536	Well, maybe for 3%, but not the whole thing.

2009-08-03, 08:19 PM	#6
oilblue Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 1,752	I'll counter the wet blanket a little... Some of us download a new version once, and install it on multiple machines. As well, they must not be counting the updates you've mentioned in the download counter (from the linked article, Mozilla estimated their active user count at 270 million in May).