Ron Schenone

500 Million Downloads Of Firefox? Enough, Already!

Posted by on Feb 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

Most of you already know that I am a die-hard Firefox user and have been for many years. The only time my computer sees IE is when I am forced into it when a site won’t function properly in Firefox. But today when I read everyone shouting the fact that Firefox has gone over the 500,000,000 mark in downloads, the first thing that I though was enough already.

First of all, no one is going to switch to Firefox just because a bunch of folks have downloaded it. Next, these stats also include those of us who have downloaded all of the betas that Firefox offers for testing. So the downloads do not reflect 500,000,000 by individual users, but by many of us who have made multi downloads of different variations.

Even McDonald’s gave up on keeping stats. It just has billions sold. Maybe the Firefox crowd can do the same. Millions of downloads. :-) Just a thought.

What do you think? Are you impressed with the Firefox count or, like me, think it should stop?

Comments welcome.

  • Liam

    I find it funny, and you mentioned it in your article, that some sites don’t work with firefox. You would figure the people running those sites would fix their code since firefox is so popular now.

  • http://www.bigoakinc.com/rankedhard Ranked Hard SEO Comic

    “Even McDonalds gave up on keeping stats. They just have Billions sold. Maybe the Firefox crowd can do the same. Millions of downloads. :-) ”

    Well, let’s see them pass at least 30% market share before that happens. I don’t see any reason why they should stop counting. The stats are a bit misleading though.

  • John B

    As for sites that don’t work with FF, have you tried using User Agent Switcher on FF to resolve the issue. I’ve had a handful of friends who reported similar problems, and using User Agent Switcher solved it. It’s a free add-on, so the price is right.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hi John B,
    I’ll try that – thanks!
    Ron