I download it this weekend. It runs fine on a Windows XP platform, unlike Netscape.
firefox bump..
I finally switched to Firefox about 2 weeks ago. =/
Mozilla was just too nice to me and very stable. Now I get some crashes in Firefox, but I don't know if that is because I have some horribly built plugins since theres not much of a plugin market on Linux.
How much did this guy make?
Good job Ross.
One of the only worthwhile things AOL has ever done.
And yet they use a version of MSIE for their own browser. Go figure.
He's gonna be a little rich kid in a couple years lol.
Man'--If only my kid was that smart ?!
Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306815/posts
...and let your compiler of links drop out of Lurk & Link mode for comment and advice:
Ditch IE. Honest to God, almost anything else will give you fewer problems. Try and compare- use IE, then run Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy... then try another browser and repeat. You will be stunned at the garbage IE attracts.
Keep your OS updated & patched.
Run a hardware firewall-- with today's LAN's, it's easy. You need a hardware firewall.
Use a software firewall, too-- if you don't, you'll never know how many times your PC is trying to "phone home" and send your info across the web.
Firefox ping, you Big Fire Sky Fox. (Just trying to get your attention, Big Sky Guy.) :-)
ping
Last November, Microsoft IE product manager Gary Schare told BetaNews, "We think that getting the first set of early adopters is a lot easier than getting the next set, and then crossing over into the mainstream is pretty difficult." But Firefox is refusing to relent, garnering up to 270,000 downloads per day.
In the past month alone, Microsoft's IE market share has dropped 1.5 percent, according to WebSideStory, while Firefox has picked up a full percentage point. In an interview with BetaNews, Firefox architect Blake Ross said he expects the browser's growth "to remain vibrant as more and more people learn about Firefox and tell their friends and family members."
Before Firefox's official launch, the Mozilla Foundation started the Spread Firefox campaign to get the word out about the browser it calls a faster and more secure alternative to Internet Explorer.
To herald in the 20 million download mark, Firefox team member Asa Dotzler told the 63,000 Spread Firefox members, "You all have demonstrated that open source community can be powerful, committed, and capable of accomplishing once-unimaginable feats."
"Today, we celebrate twenty million Firefox 1.0 downloads. But more than that, we celebrate the community that you all have built and we celebrate each and every one you," said Dotzler.