July 31, 2009 - 10:58 am
As expected, today Firefox has been downloaded for the 1 billionth time (1 thousand millionth in some countries), a pretty number that highlights Firefox’s success in its first four and a half years.
Here’s a brief timeline of Firefox downloads milestones:
- Firefox 1.0 is released on November 9, 2004, 1200 days ago.
- 100 million reached on October 19, 2005, 344 days later.
- 200 million reached on August 2, 2006, 287 days later.
- 300 million reached on February 12, 2007, 193 days later
- 400 million reached on September 7, 2007, 207 days later.
- 500 million reached today February 22, 2008, 168 days later.
- 1 billion reached today July 31, 2009.
July 16, 2009 - 2:11 pm
Some time in August Firefox will be downloaded for the billionth time (or one thousand millionth) since its original release, back in November 2004.
To celebrate this very important milestone, Spread Firefox is running a global campaign to bring together Firefox users and fans showing how they enjoy using it.
July 6, 2009 - 1:18 am
Spread Firefox, Firefox grassroots marketing central, has released new, smarter affiliate web buttons and banners to promote just released Firefox 3.5.
As in the past, this is a cool way to help make the web a better place. But now, you can do winning even more!
It is easy to do:
June 30, 2009 - 2:49 pm
In about 5 minutes, 6:50pm GMT (that’s 3:50pm in one of Brazil’s time zone), you will have your first chance to shock the web posting to your blog, Tweet or Facebook to raise awareness about Firefox 3.5 release, as part of Shock Shiretoko, a Spread Firefox project.
But this is just the first of a total of 24 waves during the next 24 hours at :50 each hour. The big final will be tomorrow (Wednesday 30) at 3:50pm GMT where Firefox fans will cause one big Shiretoko shock through the web.
On tweet, be sure to link to http://bit.ly/ShiretokoShock and add the hashtag #fx35.
More details at Shock Shiretoko page.
March 6, 2009 - 11:38 pm
We’re getting closer to Holi, a Hindu festival of colors, and to celebrate it, a new e-card is now available for all people to share the colors and the cuteness with relatives and friends.
This is part of a Spread Firefox campaign initiated back in February when FuzzyFox, a Firefox campus rep launched a web page to send Foxkeh valentine e-cards. The page is now evolving into a full e-card project and this is the first outcome with the help of the Mozilla Japan team and their great cartooning skills!
Via Jay Patel’s blog.
February 14, 2009 - 8:33 am
Thanks to sanopup of Mozilla Taiwan, I just learned about Foxmosa, another Firefox mascot coming from Taiwan (formerly Formosa) and is also offering a Valentine e-card you can send to your significant other to express your geekiest vows. For extra points, tell your hubby what this Chinese card says:
Do you vow to help your significant other to use Firefox and experience the wonders of the Internet together, and find the solution together when he/she encounter any problem?
Clicking on the “I do” button will send the card with the messages and the link to download Firefox.
More details on Foxmosa coming soon!
- 1:13 am
Tomorrow is February 14, the official days of all things chocolatey, red, or heart-shaped. But for Firefox fans and users, there is a new geeky way to say how much you love that special one while spreading the word about Firefox with this totally anti-romantic but funny e-card developed by Mozilla Community Marketing team and Brinkhurst Design.
However, if you are in a relationship and your significant other doesn’t know you’re into Firefox, I think it’s time of some serious talk. Have fun!
December 19, 2008 - 8:58 pm
Just in time for the holiday season comes a nice collection of Firefox and Mozilla themed digital art.
Ken Saunders, presents a collection of snow globes, desktop wallpapers, and tree ornaments available in a variety of sizes, colors, and styles. Note that the snow globe animation is only visible in Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 and later versions as it is an animted PNG file.
Jamey Boje, (aka Graphicsguru), brings a wide variety of holiday themed Firefox banners to decorate web sites, blogs, and email while spreading the word about Firefox.
And don’t forget the nice holiday Firefox themes available.
November 16, 2008 - 11:53 pm
This past weekend, Mozilla sponsored and participated in the San Francisco Green Festival, “the largest sustainability event in the world”, according to GreenFest’s about page.
February 20, 2008 - 8:23 am
Spread Firefox is running a worldwide T-shirt design contest for upcoming Firefox 3.
On phase 1, which runs until March 16, competitors will enter their designs by uploading them to Flickr, tagging them as “FF3 Tcontest”, joining the FF3 T-shirt Design Contest group and adding their designs to the pool. Everyone will be able to see the entries as they are posted to Flickr. Five designs will be selected by Mozilla and will pass to phase 2.
