Ready, steady, get Firefox

HavocXphere said:
Yeah thats the normal moz site...but nic777 just said it doesn't count towards the count if you use that.

Should have google for it. World record site.
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This is what it says in the FAQ...

How do I take part in the record?

It's simple--just download Firefox 3 as soon as it is available, preferably from Download Day Headquarters. You'll get a customized certificate by downloading from Headquarters...
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http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord

Which downloads are valid?

What is Mozilla doing to make sure the record attempt is valid?

Mozilla will only count downloads that are fully and completely transmitted, not partial or complete updates. We will also discard duplicate downloads with the help of a cookie system. We will be logging our downloads using Apache and these logs will be made available for audit to Guinness World Records™, as well as two judges - Corey Shields and Paul Vixie.
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What qualifies as an official download of Firefox?

A "download" is the transmission of the entire, fully functioning Firefox 3 -- not an update.
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Redmond, WA – As the Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 3 and tries to set a record for most downloads in a day, they will be receiving help from an unlikely source: Microsoft.

Steve Ballmer announced early Monday that Microsoft would be halting development on Internet Explorer 8 and focusing the company’s efforts on Firefox 3.

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:eek: :eek: :eek: Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3 :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
It's a pity the official mirrors don't count towards the number of downloads from the sound of things. If they could add that feature next release it would be nice and allow everyone to participate.
 
The pledge map I find rather interesting...

NZ have beaten us already with pledges? :eek: yet surprisingly we are not that far behind South Korea ;)
 
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Garyvdh said:
dunno... tell us... why don't you believe that website?
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I don't believe because Im sure we would have in the first place heard a lot more about this prior to release of firefox 3. Second I don't believe Microsoft would abandon one of their products that is still probably the most popular browser worldwide for an open source project that they stand to gain nothing out of.
 
Decotey said:
I don't believe because Im sure we would have in the first place heard a lot more about this prior to release of firefox 3. Second I don't believe Microsoft would abandon one of their products that is still probably the most popular browser worldwide for an open source project that they stand to gain nothing out of.
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oh, that website... Ja... that's a joke of course. I thought you were talking about the Firefox record website. :D
 
marjo said:
Well, its the 17'th and 3:06Am and no Firefox download yet!? Did they say in what timezone the 17'th is?

Nervermind!!!

Just an update. Apparently the release will occur at 10am Pacific Daylight Time, which is UTC-7, and so 7pm South African time if my maths is correct...
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Which is 3AM 18 June AEST (UTC+10), so, FWIW the release never happened on 17 June for Australian users, not even for the guys in Perth!
 
Make Firefox even faster

Found this somewhere on the internet

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


NOTE: this trick only works for broadband users not for dialup.
 
pjjdp said:
Found this somewhere on the internet

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


NOTE: this trick only works for broadband users not for dialup.
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Just be aware that a lot of webmasters / site owners don't like you doing that. It puts a lot more strain on their servers.
 
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