Firefox 3 - Download Day 2008

Writes Nelson Pavlosky on our blog:

[![Download Day][1]][2][Mozilla Firefox][3], the prominent open source
web browser, is getting a major update today (June 17) with the release
of Firefox 3. To get media attention and (more importantly) have fun,
they are asking everyone to [download Firefox 3 today][4] in an effort
to set the world record for most software downloads in 24 hours!
According to the [Firefox Twitter][5], Firefox 3 will be released at
[10am PDT][6], so when that time hits, download away!

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say what a great project
Firefox is for free culture. It is an excellent web browser, and its
popularity across every platform provides a nice example of open source
software for us to refer to when explaining the concept. It's also
notable that one of the greatest things about Firefox is its add-ons /
extensions, which are unmatched by any other browser as far as I'm
concerned, and the fact that Firefox makes it really easy to play around
with its guts is another great talking point when explaining the open
source ethos. (I frequently compare proprietary software to a car with
its hood welded shut, while open source projects are more like ordinary
cars.)

Firefox has not been perfect. For starters, it has not been completely
open source software, since [its crash reporter][7] in Firefox 2 was the
proprietary program Talkback. This will be fixed in Firefox 3, which
replaces Talkback with the open source project [Breakpad][8], and that
alone should serve as a good incentive for free culture advocates to
download it ASAP.

Also, the silly [trademark controversy][9] when Mozilla refused to let