Firefox 3

ShoulderChip

Download day tomorrow, maybe midnight who knows?
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/firefox3

DenMan

I'm currently using it. I have noticed accessing my gmail account has improved significantly regarding speed. Also graphic resolution and efficiency of use a big thumbs up too. Started using it when living in the UK and have always stood by it. Number one. Only use IE for messenger and finding Firefox to install...:D

DenMan

Maybe it's the Beta version I have.

Creamy Goodness

it has severely cut down on the time it takes to process javascript and AJAX hence why gmail loads quicker as it's an AJAX site

Overheal

DenMan wrote: »

Maybe it's the Beta version I have.

its the release candidate you have. FF3.0 is launching tomorrow.

im gonna download it like 20 times to help the recorrd though

DenMan

Overheal wrote: »

its the release candidate you have. FF3.0 is launching tomorrow.

im gonna download it like 20 times to help the recorrd though

Cheers. Thanks for that. Gonna get the version 3 release.

AlmightyCushion

I even noticed a difference on boards when loading the javascript menus although I was having problems with that on ff2

Kimbot

I must remember to download it tomorrow!! Anyone wanna PM remind me.

Shiny

jonny24ie wrote: »

I must remember to download it tomorrow!! Anyone wanna PM remind me.

Just go to this webpage and they email you to "remind" you. :pac:

Overheal

damn

Mozilla says in order for the record to be legit only 1 download per PC.

Also for the record a download means a complete download of the setup file: updates arent being counted by Guinness apparently.

PogMoThoin

Overheal wrote: »

damn

Mozilla says in order for the record to be legit only 1 download per PC.

Also for the record a download means a complete download of the setup file: updates arent being counted by Guinness apparently.

Are they counting by ip address? Those on dynamic ip can just reset their modems to get a new ip

OK... when does it start! what timezone is this record relating to??

ShoulderChip

i dont know its driving me mad, when will we find out mozilla?

Soundman

I reckon it will be 5am our time at the earliest since the record would (I imagine) be monitored from the USA.

Just had a look at their contact details, California nearer to 07:00 GMT (08:00 IST)

For the record I believe it needs to be 24 hours in one timezone.

Soundman

I was close enough. You knew what I meant. Pedant!

Soundman

Soundman wrote: »

I was close enough. You knew what I meant. Pedant!

I hope their servers (& network) are up to it!

Soundman

Probably not. But once all the US nutjob fans get their e-paws on their copy the server should stabilise somewhat. Especially by the time I get around to downloading it.

AntiRip

i signed up i think on that page and they said they would send an email to remind you.

I def find a big difference between ff3 and ff2, much faster especially with gmail. Also, I love the "Awesome" address bar.

From a tech site TechWeb reports:

Mozilla VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer claims that Firefox 3 is 9.3x faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 2.7x faster than Firefox 2 in terms of JavaScript performance. In terms of Gmail message load time, he claims Firefox 3 is 6.8x faster than IE7 and 3.8x faster than Firefox 2. And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple's Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2.

Overheal

wasnt sure myself but I did a map search for mozilla and that turned up California, which is PST (or -8 GMT) so expect launch time to be 0800 GMT.

So in 20 minutes basically.

Screw it by the time anyone reads this: Its out.

edit: or not.... maybe 3PM GMT instead :eek:

http://twitter.com/mozillafirefox

trout

Launch page still says "coming soon" :cool:

jor el

10AM PDT, is 6PM this evening for us. So, given the servers will more than likely be overloaded, you're probably as well to wait till tomorrow morning.

I'd also say there'll be unofficial mirrors popping up all over the place. If you do get it from one of them, and want to be counted for the record too, then make sure to re-download from the official source again by 6PM tomorrow evening.

TerrorFirmer

Must remember to do that tonight. Very impressed so far, FF2 was so unbelievably slow browsing boards - felt like I was using an old Pentium to browse.

Sherifu

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3-0-available-now-almost/

Shiny

Here are all the times world wide when it will be released.

Wont be available till 6pm Irish Time. Fook Sake

Rb

Yeah was wondering about that, went to Mozilla to download it and it only had 2 up. Oh well, only another 40 minutes I suppose.

long_b

Reckon people downloading via 3 broadband won't all count either. AFAIK they use a limited set of IP addresses.

GhostInTheRuins

Good luck trying to download it anytime soon, mozilla's servers are are in bits.

yoyo

Mozillas sites getting hammered now

Nick

ShoulderChip

i wish i had firefox 3 it mightn't take so long to load.

Rb

Well, this was well planned, wasn't it?

Jonathan

Mozilla.com wrote:

Http/1.1 Service Unavailable

ShoulderChip

someones getting a dig

yoyo

Page loaded and no Firefox 3 :O

Nick

Einstein

lol, no chance of getting on the site today me thinks!

jor el

Wait till everyone in America goes to bed. Though, given it'll be mostly nerds downloading this today, that might not happen.

cormie

Only remembered this now, has it only been available for 21 minutes for us Irish folk so, or the whole world?

darkskol

loading, loading, loading....

jor el

The whole world.

axer

Is this it?
ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-GB/

Jonathan

GhostInTheRuins

You can get it via torrent

rosboy

yoyo wrote: »

Page loaded and no Firefox 3 :O

Nick

Me too.....took ages to load then only 2.0 showed up:(

Jonathan

axer wrote: »

Is this it?
ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-GB/

Obviously not when you read the index.html file.

We're not quite ready yet!

We're just as excited as you are for our upcoming release, but we're still putting the finishing touches on Firefox 3: preparing the new mozilla.com website, getting our severs ready for downloads, and doing our final pre-launch checks. You can follow our progress if you'd like!
The files in this directory are - for now - only meant to be used by our testers. Downloading them directly can harm our ability to distribute Firefox efficiently, and will also not be counted as part of our attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the most software downloads in a day.
If you'd like to be notifed the minute that we launch, please go to sign up for Download Day. Or just head over to getfirefox.com on Tuesday, June 17th after 10am PDT.

Jonathan

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

You can get it via torrent

Is there an official mozilla run tracker?

aidan_walsh

jmccrohan wrote: »

Obviously not when you read the index.html file.

The Heanet mirror is showing the same.

GhostInTheRuins

jmccrohan wrote: »

Is there an official mozilla run tracker?

No, but what you just posted I have doubts whether it's genuine or not.

Edit: Just checked the file, it's the beta

axer

I downloaded from here:
ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozil...0/win32/en-GB/

I cant see beta or release candidate written anywhere.

EDIT: I found RC3 somewhere.

Monotype

axer wrote: »

I downloaded from here:
ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozil...0/win32/en-GB/

I cant see beta or release candidate written anywhere.

Thanks. I wonder if this counts towards the record.

dubmick

doubt it as that file is six days old

Drag00n79

Just downloaded it there and don't see much difference in browsing speed.