how many downloads you predict?

[madjr]

well?



note: this about firefox downloads in first 24 hours, nope not ubuntu downloads

side note: whats the current guiness download record to beat?

Don't fear to make your bets.

we'll announce the winners after the 24 hour thing :)

and of course all the LOO-SERS !!

[billgoldberg]

2 768 124

I put €20 on it, who's in?

[gameryoshi600]

I guess 3 million.

[nick09]

This would be around 5 million if they did not reset the counter.

[kool_kat_os]

2 million...

EDIT: dang it!!!! i just checked and they had 2.2 million

[grossaffe]

i'm awful with relative numbers, so i just put 10 million.

[LaRoza]

bah.

[ladr0n]

about 4,906,721.

[madjr]

2 768 124

I put €20 on it, who's in?

only 2 768 124 ?

ok am in !:)

[billgoldberg]

only 2 768 124 ?

ok am in !:)

:lolflag:

[Superkoop]

I would like to know what the current record is also.
Ah well, I did my part so it's all good.

[billgoldberg]

I would like to know what the current record is also.
Ah well, I did my part so it's all good.

Firfox will have the record either way, since they are the first ones trying it.

So in other words, the current record is "0".

[Bubba64]

If your foolish enough to download today, your looking for a possible corrupted package, if history repeats itself, on releases.

[madjr]

If your foolish enough to download today, your looking for a possible corrupted package, if history repeats itself, on releases.

it's all about the download amount.

no one really paying attention if it works or not :o

[cardinals_fan]

meh

[Bubba64]

it's all about the download amount.

no one really paying attention if it works or not :o

I can appreciate your Karnakian prediction but the new posts are full of people try to download to use it as a upgrade on gutsy etc. Seems kind of like eating potato chips tastes good but no nutritional value, and possibly not good for you. :) Besides be a individual at least somewhere in your life, following a trend like a lemming may result in a negative outcome.

[Lostincyberspace]

2 768 124

I put €20 on it, who's in?

I raise the bet to 2000 euros for that number.
more you pay me less I pay you.

[verb3k]

The average should be 3 million, the maximum should be 3,500,000 give or take one humdred thousand :lolflag:

[rune0077]

*shrug*

[Bubba64]

*shrug*

Always a good understatement. :)

[rune0077]

Always a good understatement. :)

Know what would have been really funny? If only two people downloaded it. Since there are no record already existing, Firefox would then actually manage to hold the world record for most downloaded file ever with just two downloads - which would imply that any other file that were ever downloaded from the Internet, has only been downloaded once.

(please forgive me, it's four in the morning, I got a bad case of insomnia, and these are the things that occupy my thoughts at this god-forsaken hour)

[aaaantoine]

rune0077, the record would quickly be broken if that were the case.

[rune0077]

rune0077, the record would quickly be broken if that were the case.

Only if somebody bothered to call Guinness and get the judged to come and watch. Otherwise it doesn't count. The fact that nobody has ever done this before, shows that there's not much of an interest in holding this particular world record. Though once it actually got in the book, that might inspire others. It would still be funny, though.

[samjh]

side note: whats the current guiness download record to beat?There is no such thing, officially. This will be a new record.

My guess is 3 million. :)

[vishzilla]

Woke up today to find FF3 has been downloaded 2.8 million times. I'm shocked, didn't imagine such figures. I predict about 4-5 mill.

[madjr]

There is no such thing, officially. This will be a new record.

My guess is 3 million. :)

do you realize that by the time you wrote this the downloads were almost at 3 million?

oh and the majority voted for 3 million. They all lost :)

[vishzilla]

Its crossed 5 million!!! That goes beyond my prediction

[samjh]

do you realize that by the time you wrote this the downloads were almost at 3 million?

Yes, I visited the Firefox site just after making my selection. Should have gone for 5 million. :)

[LookTJ]

Somewhere in the 5 millions! :)

[madjr]

Its crossed 5 million!!! That goes beyond my prediction

wow this is insane :o

i voted for 6 million but i know am going to lose too lol

[LookTJ]

wow this is insane :o

i voted for 6 million but i know am going to lose too lol
You'll never know, I think it will reach 6-7 millions by 17:00 UTC.

[madjr]

You'll never know, I think it will reach 6-7 millions by 17:00 UTC.

If it had been better advertised in India and China (half the planet population) it would had easily broken the 10 million mark by now.

It's clear those countries aren't the biggest firefox users, Mozilla needs to get their hand on those markets.

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

[vishzilla]

If it had been better advertised in India and China (half the planet population) it would had easily broken the 10 million mark by now.

It's clear those countries aren't the biggest firefox users, Mozilla needs to get their hand on those markets.

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
India has a good number of internet users but most of them are ignorant. I did my best to tell my friends, atleast they are aware.

[ad_267]

Woohoo I voted over 10 million, I think it might make it. It was a bit annoying though it said it would be released on the 17th and didn't give a specific time. Well it's already 10.15 on the 18th where I am and it wasn't until today that I could download it. Not that I actually use the download obviously, just want to help with the record :).

[madjr]

India has a good number of internet users but most of them are ignorant. I did my best to tell my friends, atleast they are aware.

i guess the mozilla market is small over there?

yea, india has millions of internet users. They have millions of everything, just not firefox users :o

[vishzilla]

Its not about the market or preference of IE over Firefox. People tend to be "I'm happy the way it is"

[nick09]

I'm guessing about 8-10 million downloads.

[verb3k]

8.5 Million maximum I guesss

[Joeb454]

I voted for "about 7 Million" I think the highest it will get is 7.5

[nick09]

Downloads are going at ~6300 downloads per a minute so I find my estimation is gonna be easy to get.

[Eclipse.]

Im going to say 8, only round about a hour left.

[verb3k]

5 Minutes remaining and it's 8 million.

[kool_kat_os]

is it over?

[LookTJ]

is it over?I guess...it should be.

[verb3k]

Yes, it's officially over. Look at the update:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

[madjr]

Poll Conclusions:



We all lost. There was no 8 million in the Poll. 7 million != 8 million.

who ever said 7 million was the closest, so they'll be getting random fan mail with firefox shaped chocolates and balloons from the North korean mozilla crew.



Countries that most disappointed me:

India: 80 thousand downloads / 1 billion people (about 150+ million internet users)


Country that most surprised me:

Iran: 260,000 downloads (in the top 5) :)

congrats to everyone from Iran (even with all the political problems going on).

[verb3k]

Poll Conclusions:



We all lost. There was no 8 million in the Poll. 7 million != 8 million.

who ever said 7 million was the closest, so they'll be getting random fan mail with firefox shaped chocolates and balloons from the North korean mozilla crew.



Countries that most disappointed me:

India: 80 thousand downloads / 1 billion people (about 150+ million internet users)


Country that most surprised me:

Iran: 260,000 downloads (in the top 5) :)

congrats to everyone from Iran (even with all the political problems going on).

I think Iranians want to erase the American propaganda that it's a terrorist country, I am not an Iranian but Iran is like any other country. I've seen it and it has very nice and beautiful suburbs. It's a shame that the Yankee Mozilla bans all Iranians from participating in the community's contest (if you don't believe this you should see the contests' rules)

[ice60]

i downloaded firefox about 2 hours ago, will that have counted? i didn't want to download it on the day because i don't think much of firefox, i just got it because it was in a repo i updated!

after trying firefox 3 i don't think much of it, there's always going to be problems with extensions with these kinds of updates - some don't work, and if you make them compatible it can cause problems etc. i give it 2/10, not a bad effort, but no where near as good as opera 9.5!!!! lol

the right-click menu completely doesn't work, it's broken!! unless that's a feature? i don't know!

[wootah]

Is that your IP in the bottom right?

[ice60]

Is that your IP in the bottom right?
yeap, click it and you can see my desktop :D
http://91.189.94.186

EDIT: you know anything could have been in that screenshot, i meant to edit it but forgot! it's a good thing i didn't have too many tabs open; give it a few hours lol

[madjr]

i downloaded firefox about 2 hours ago, will that have counted? i didn't want to download it on the day because i don't think much of firefox, i just got it because it was in a repo i updated!

after trying firefox 3 i don't think much of it, there's always going to be problems with extensions with these kinds of updates - some don't work, and if you make them compatible it can cause problems etc. i give it 2/10, not a bad effort, but no where near as good as opera 9.5!!!! lol

the right-click menu completely doesn't work, it's broken!! unless that's a feature? i don't know!

wow thats one cluttered fox

i don't think you can clutter opera like that.

i would use opera more if it wasn't so screwed with flash games

[ice60]

wow thats one cluttered fox

i don't think you can clutter opera like that.

i would use opera more if it wasn't so screwed with flash games
ok, well here's my opera screenshot lol it's totally hacked ;D

[nmarquiess]

There Will Be Alot But This Is Irrelevant

[-gabe-noob-]

I guess 3 million.

I get 1.5- 2.999.999

[wootah]

yeap, click it and you can see my desktop :D
http://91.189.94.186

EDIT: you know anything could have been in that screenshot, i meant to edit it but forgot! it's a good thing i didn't have too many tabs open; give it a few hours lol

I saw what you did there :)

[zmjjmz]

Over 8 million :o

IT'S OVER 9000!!!1!!!!

[ice60]

I saw what you did there :)
i think i've got this bug -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whois/+bug/155544

i got this whois error -
$ whois 91.189.94.186
fgets: Connection reset by peer

does anyone else get that? i'm not running ubuntu atm though.

[wootah]

i think i've got this bug -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whois/+bug/155544

i got this whois error -
$ whois 91.189.94.186
fgets: Connection reset by peer

does anyone else get that? i'm not running ubuntu atm though.

lol, nope.