Firefox surpasses 10 million download mark

Dexsal · Dec 13, 2004, 01:15 AM

Firefox, the open-source challenger to market heavyweight Internet Explorer, has surpassed 10 million downloads in a little more than a month since the browser was released in November. The free Web browser from the Mozilla Foundation surpassed 10 million downloads on Saturday as Web surfers continue to move away from Microsoft's market-dominating IE. The milestone highlights growing frustration with the security vulnerabilities that have dogged IE during the past few months. Nearly two dozen holes in the Web browser have been discovered during the fall, ranging in degrees of seriousness.

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Wunderchu · Dec 13, 2004, 01:28 AM

Firefox is a nice browser

ericdrum · Dec 13, 2004, 02:00 AM

Between reformatting my own rigs and the rigs at work, I should account for about 30 of the downloads.

Wunderchu · Dec 13, 2004, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericdrum

Between reformatting my own rigs and the rigs at work, I should account for about 30 of the downloads.

hehe

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