Irelands(i) » firefox http://www.irelandsi.com An Irish eyeful of Internet related news and features Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Firefox 3 sets Guinness World Record http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/firefox-3-sets-guinness-world-record/ http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/firefox-3-sets-guinness-world-record/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:14:16 +0000 Tom http://www.irelandsi.com/?p=10 Firefox 3 has set a new Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. 8,002,530 downloads were logged on the day it was released. I guess this means I’m part of a Guinness World Record, along with 8,002,529 other people, yipee! I wonder if that’s also the most people involved in a record?

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Most notable new features and improvements include:

  • Improved performance with faster page loads and less memory usage
  • New smarter location bar
  • New page zoom
  • Better password management

A full list of the top new features can be seen here.

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