Looks like the newest release of Firefox 3 is setting new records for downloads. Clearly there was a lot of pent-up demand for a revision. In their first day as a GA release, Firefox had more than over 14 million within 72 hours.
That's a pretty impressive feat for a product with essentially zero marketing budget. Firefox 3 adds a raft of new features, including beefed up security, more efficient use of memory as well as many minor usability tweaks. InfoWorld's test center put it through its paces and came out with very positive recommendations.
While Firefox is most popular in Europe and with tech-savvy crowd, (now about 33% of InfoWorld readers), on a worldwide basis, Firefox has about 18% market share (6.2% for the new release) compared to IE's overall 74% market share. So there's still a long way to go.
Posted by Zack Urlocker on June 24, 2008 07:07 AM
