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The Firefox Awesome Bar

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Posted in Open Source by mauro on the June 28th, 2008

Firefox 3 uses a new bar for displaying browser history URLs. It is designed to make it easier to browse websites. Personally I love it, but some people simply hate it! Here’s how you can replace the awesome bar with the old one ;)

Firefox 3.0 Record Download Attempt Crashes Mozilla Servers

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Posted in Tech News by mauro on the June 18th, 2008

Firefox 3.0Click here to download Firefox 3.0 by not later than 18th June 2008, 8:16pm

Mozilla hopes to successfully complete 5 million downloads of the Web browser in 24 hours and set a Guinness World Record.

Mozilla’s record-breaking attempt to massively release Firefox 3.0, the latest version of the only Web browser to compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, unfortunately broke some of its servers as well.

Mozilla said it aimed to set a world record with the official release out of beta Tuesday. The latest version offers additional features, faster speeds, and enhanced security.

Mozilla encouraged users to host download parties so it could set a Guinness World Record for the number of downloads in one day. Currently, Guinness does not hold recorded information on the number of downloads in a single day.

Nevertheless, Mozilla has generated plenty of excitement about the launch, with nearly 2 million people saying they would download the latest version. In fact, so many people tried to access the site that the servers appeared to crash. Attempts to reach the site for the latest version of Firefox were unsuccessful at least 20 minutes after the 1 p.m. Eastern time zone launch. Mozilla hopes to successfully complete 5 million downloads of the browser in 24 hours.

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