Firefox down

June 17, 2008 By

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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  • http://raoros.wordpress.com/ raoros

    yea! it’s down in Iran too.

  • http://raoros.wordpress.com raoros

    yea! it’s down in Iran too.

  • ryan

    u can download Firefox 3 here

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

  • ryan

    u can download Firefox 3 here

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

  • http://sarathc.wordpress.com/ Sarath

    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.

  • http://yasser.hastalent.net/ Yasser

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

  • http://www.funnymos.com/ Alan

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

  • http://sarathc.wordpress.com Sarath

    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.

  • http://yasser.hastalent.net Yasser

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

  • http://www.funnymos.com Alan

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

  • http://ebersys.blogspot.com/ Eber Irigoyen

    at this pace IE will beat the record without even trying

  • http://ebersys.blogspot.com/ Eber Irigoyen

    at this pace IE will beat the record without even trying

  • http://ebersys.blogspot.com/ Eber Irigoyen

    now, the fact that twitter is still up IS news

  • http://ebersys.blogspot.com/ Eber Irigoyen

    now, the fact that twitter is still up IS news

  • http://www.mogulus.com/ max haot

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

  • http://www.mogulus.com max haot

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

  • http://anzman.blogspot.com charlieanzman

    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.

  • http://anzman.blogspot.com Charlie Anzman

    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.

  • http://opendomain.blogspot.com/ Mary Zolinett

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

  • http://opendomain.blogspot.com Mary Zolinett

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

  • Richard

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

  • Richard

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

  • http://robert.accettura.com/ Robert Accettura

    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.

  • http://robert.accettura.com Robert Accettura

    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.

  • http://www.twitter.com/maxskybarger maxskybarger

    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.

  • http://www.twitter.com/maxskybarger maxskybarger

    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.

  • http://www.loudmouthman.com Loudmouthman

    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.

  • http://www.loudmouthman.com nicholas butler

    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.

  • http://funkdigital.wordpress.com/ funkdigital

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

  • http://funkdigital.wordpress.com funkdigital

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

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  • http://deadnode.org/ James

    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!

  • http://deadnode.org/ James

    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!

  • http://me.dium.com/ Peter

    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

  • http://me.dium.com Peter

    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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  • Christopher Coulter

    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.

  • Christopher Coulter

    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.

  • http://jonezy.org/blog jonezy

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

  • http://jonezy.org/blog/ Chris Jones

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

  • http://eyesonthegiants.blogspot.com/ Bryan

    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!

  • http://eyesonthegiants.blogspot.com Bryan

    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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  • http://www.hip-kids.de/ Holzspielzeug

    Hi

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

    Greats

  • http://www.hip-kids.de Holzspielzeug

    Hi

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

    Greats

  • http://www.personafile.com/products pbx

    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.

  • http://www.personafile.com/products pbx

    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.

  • http://www.viptravesti.net/ travesti

    In other news, Twitter is still up!

    thank you very good