In other Mozilla news, Firefox and other Mozilla products hit a major milestone today with the one billionth download of add-on software for the browser. That feat took three and half years.
Many of those downloads are never used more than once or twice, of course. But there is no doubt about it that Firefox is major software platform. Just look at StumbleUpon, it was built on top of Firefox.
What is atop the current list of most popular add-ons? Adblock Plus, followed by a bunch of download tools. And let’s not forget Greasemonkey at No. 9, which is it’s own Web development platform.
amazing.
Yes. This is a great milestone. They deserve it: it is technically powerful, it is a great community and as you pointed out with StumbleUpon, it can be a great launching pad. Looking forward to seeing how the performance optimization work they are doing with TraceMonkey is going to boost this chart. Kudos to the Mozilla team and community!
Quite an accomplishment. I know that I can account for a lot of those downloads. Congrats Mozilla.
There can a downfall if google chrome gets add-on kind of features, because thats the only reason iam not using chrome.
Fact is, chrome has a long, long way to go to get to Firefox status and I personally doubt it ever will
If chrome can offer the same add-on’s which firefox offers and everything similar is available then chrome can be a huge hit because of performance and speed. Also Google would be happy to not share their revenue from the search box with firefox and get the whle share using chrome.
I used Chrome once, but decided to stick with Firefox because it’s where all the cool plugins go play.
IE is better and doesnt need add-ons to add fluff and memory leaking, thats the difference.
Are you on glue. IE can’t even get the box model correct.
Huge fan of Firefox! Congrats on the milestone!
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That a great Milestone ,these add-ons for Firefox makes usage of Firefox more than Google Chrome,I don’t think Google Chrome can catch up with Firefox nobody ready to shift to Chrome from Firefox ,Chrome can not handles Flash content Websites it just hangs and crashes the reason why I don’t like it.
I am not surprised that most of the firefox add-ons downloaded are not used frequently, but the fact is that firefox has a presence in the long tail of user base, which cannot be ignored. Catering to this set of userbase may not increase your roi, but it will certainly create a difference. End of the day, that matters.
Success is always like this. That is mozilla, no one can not beat it….
I would like to develop add-on for Firefox.
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yeah well said venujakku no one can beat mozilla.
hatts off to firefox.
Nice and steady growth.. Congrats to the Mozilla guys’
Its not only a browser but has grown into a unique platform. Firefox FTW
Yes, this is a milestone but I wish we didn’t need additional add-ons. Or am I just suffering from add-on fatigue?
Add-ons were THE reason for me to switch to Firefox, I use tools like iMacros and Foxmarks daily!
Firefox is “the” browser. Those cool plugins are so important and used by many. Go Mozilla!
Can anyone explain how StumbleUpon is built on Firefox?
I don’t think Erick realized that StumbleUpon is built for FF *and* IE. Minor mistake
Congrats to the Mozilla guys on a big milestone!
Thanks.
I have been using FireFox as my main browser for at least a year and I love ScribeFire for blogging. The only thing that frustrates me is 2 sites I use for real estate are the FMLS and Point2 Agent, both of which are not supported in FireFox and only in IE.
What can I say, FireFox is the best browser in the world. I have been using it for the last 5 years and the wealth of plugin’s it has makes superb. All I can say is “If browser was religion then FireFox is GOD”
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I love Firefox. It isn’t perfect (because of IE specific crap that doesn’t run right on FF), but the plugins are what makes it great. I don’t know how I would have lived without AdBlock Plus.
Firefox is loaded with awesome features… and that’s just the ones that come with the base program; can’t beat it!
I love Firefox. Congrats on the milestone!