World Record for Firefox
It’s been well-reported that Firefox 3, Mozilla’s popular open-source Web browser, will be released on Tuesday, June 17th.
A big part of the Firefox 3 marketing push is centered around Download Day. The mission of SpreadFirefox.com — the site where potential users can pledge their support to download Firefox 3 — is to set a Guinness World Record for highest number of software downloads in a single day.
At press time, there are over 1.16 million people who have signed up on the site to download the browser the day it is released. The United States is leading the charge with over 191,000 pledges. In something of a surprise, Poland and Brazil are neck and neck for the second most pledge with over 81,000 and over 79,000 pledged respectively.