Firefox down

Everyone is trying to get into download Firefox 3.0 (the release of Firefox 3.0 is the hot story of the day on TechMeme). Unfortunately most of us over on FriendFeed (which is where I hang out now most of the day) can’t get to the servers. I can’t either. Will keep trying.

In other news, Twitter is still up!

Of course this blog post caused an interesting conversation over on Firefox to break out, along with links to all the download places if you want to keep trying. UPDATE: Success! (Using the direct links).

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25 Comments

  1. raoros Says:

    yea! it’s down in Iran too.

  2. ryan Says:

    u can download Firefox 3 here

    http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

  3. Sarath Says:

    Firefox 3 unofficially available through FTP site.
    ftp://mozilla.isc.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/

    but I think this will not help firefox to set the world record. Anyway trying to get the same.

  4. Yasser Says:

    Funny how they want to break a world record but so far the server isn’t helping lol

  5. Alan Says:

    Twitter has just set its own record for uptime I believe. It has been up since 3 days ago.

  6. Eber Irigoyen Says:

    at this pace IE will beat the record without even trying

  7. Eber Irigoyen Says:

    now, the fact that twitter is still up IS news

  8. max haot Says:

    Check this live stream to see what they are doing at the Mozilla HQ
    http://www.mogulus.com/air_mozilla

  9. Charlie Anzman Says:

    Robert - Some of those direct links went to another countries. IE: If you download the aussie version (server is A-OK), you won’t be able to get auto-updates in the US.

  10. Mary Zolinett Says:

    Wow… what a day! A record will be set, easily.

  11. Richard Says:

    Official download counter: http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com

  12. Robert Accettura Says:

    None of these methods will contribute to the world record (which is currently on hold while the server issues are taken care of). Downloading directly from the download server isn’t going to count.

    To contribute to the world record, download from the official webpage (mozilla.com, getfirefox.com) when it’s back online.

  13. maxskybarger Says:

    I’m sorry if you promote for weeks trying to break the world records for software downloaded you better have the ability to pull it off. I’ve been trying to get it too, but can’t, that means I will get it from somewhere else and could care less about the record. They already blew it and don’t deserve to get it if they weren’t prepared.

  14. nicholas butler Says:

    The real question is how long will it take them to publish a entry in their blog blaming Scoble for the extra visitors that caused the failure of their servers and downloads. If it was a good enough excuse for twitter I dont see any reason not to reuse it.

  15. funkdigital Says:

    Had to do the direct link thingy also. Been using the FF3 RC2 for some time anyway. No biggy.

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  17. James Says:

    I think Scobleizer means the discussion is over on *Friendfeed*, unless Firefox 3 has introduced some surprising features…

    I’m downloading the Mac version now, at a whopping 6.8Kbyte/sec from isc.org. It’ll finish in another 10 minutes or so, but this really isn’t impressive.

    I’m with Maxskybarger here: having pushed the ‘record’ thing, they should have made VERY sure they actually had the infrastructure in place to cope with the influx they were actually *encouraging*. If they couldn’t spring for Akamai or other high-performance hosting which would cope directly, they should have taken a more suitable route, like BitTorrent distribution (tracking .torrent downloads and/or tracker usage instead). This is just embarassing, frustrating and unprofessional!

  18. Peter Says:

    Firefox 3 rocks and is super fast as promised. Optimize your FF3 experience with Firefox’s recommended add-on, the Me.dium Social Toolbar. Find us on AMO: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4365

    Friend pjn, gfigg, and jenniferlauren so we can surf around together in Me.dium and talk about how Fx3 kicks @$$!! http://blogme.dium.com/content/2008/06/welcome-firefox-3-users

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  20. Christopher Coulter Says:

    After zillions of betas, about freaking time…but Opera 9.5 already slid in home first. Still impressive browser, even so, now if all the extensions would start working.

    Opera 9.5, Safari (4), Firefox 3…no one, be missing, the missing IE 8.

  21. Chris Jones Says:

    “In other news, Twitter is still up!” - seriously, I lol’d.

  22. Bryan Says:

    I pretty much figured all this record-breaking hype would give Mozilla’s servers a bit of trouble. It was an awesome way to generate buzz, though. There’s always some excitement surrounding a new browser release, but it tends to be muted somewhat by fears over bugs or unpleasant changes. Not so with this release: people just can’t seem to wait to get their hands on version 3 even if they’ve already been using a release candidate version for a while!

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  24. Holzspielzeug Says:

    Hi

    Firefox down. But i am not amused about the Version 3 because many Add-ons does not work at this Version.

    Greats

  25. pbx Says:

    FF3 is better than 2, but using it a mac, i can hardly tell if I am in Safari or FF if I don’t pay attention. Browsers are reaching commodity level.

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