About Firefox 3

It was arguably the biggest Net event since the launch of Gmail. On June 17, a record 8 million Internet users downloaded Firefox 3, the latest version of the world’s second most popular web browser. It also became one of the most read about events last week

I’m still waiting, Washington Post

With all heavy Firefox users queuing up for a download, all TechCrunch.com’s Erick Schonfeld could do was wait. Firefox 3 was supposed to release at 1 pm ET. It didn’t go as planned.

1:11 p.m.: The Firefox download page seems to be inundated right now. I am still waiting for it to load.

1:19 p.m.: Still waiting. Now the page loads, but it’s the old page with Firefox 2.

2:30 p.m.: Back from lunch. Still waiting.

4:37 p.m.: Mozilla is reporting 14,000 downloads a minute. But access is still spotty. I’m still waiting.

4:43 p.m.: Someone sent us this “secret” link where you can download Firefox 3 from a different server than the ones on the main site. It is only for Windows…. I have a Mac. So I’m still waiting.

6:50 p.m.: I am finally downloading Firefox 3.0

Nifty, packed with handy features, USA Today

The experts’ verdict is in: It’s snappier than Internet Explorer and uses less memory… Edward C Baig explains why we need Firefox: “Through the years, Microsoft has been slow to innovate. Guess that comes with owning a monopoly share… And for a while anyway, Internet Explorer seemed to have more gaping holes than Swiss cheese, though to be fair it’s gotten a lot more secure in recent iterations.”

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