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Set browser to record-breaking download on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Mozilla Corporation is releasing the official version of Firefox 3, which gives the free Web browser a facelift, some speed improvements and other new features.
They’ll also try to break the Guinness World Record for most downloads in a day. The group has set up a page where you can pledge to download the software on Tuesday. More than 1.1 million people have promised to participate so far.
Should you get Firefox? Yes. If you’re not already using the browser in some capacity, you should get it, try it out, and see if you’re comfortable with the software. It certainly beats the nightmare that is Internet Explorer and though it’s not as light and speedy as some versions of Safari and Opera, I’ve been pretty happy with the pre-release versions of Firefox 3, as I wrote recently.
I have heard some recent complaints about Firefox’s stability and many of the add-ons that worked in Firefox 2 have still not been updated to work properly with Firefox 3. But that will be remedied, no doubt, with future updates.
Mark your calendar for Tuesday and if Mozilla doesn’t break the Internet with its effort, you should be able to check it out for yourself.
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