{"id":124,"date":"2008-06-14T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T20:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=124"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:13:10","slug":"the-countdown-to-download-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2008\/06\/14\/the-countdown-to-download-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Countdown to Download Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadfirefox.com\/worldrecord\">Guinness World Record attempt<\/a> for the most software downloads in 24 hours is just around the corner!\u00a0 As soon as we roll out Firefox 3 on June 17th you&#8217;ll have until the same time on June 18th to download Firefox 3.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry about forgetting &#8212; our friends at Mozilla Hispano and Felipe Gomes of Brazil have created countdown tickers for your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla-hispano.org\/tag\/firefox3\">blog<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/7558\">Firefox<\/a>!\u00a0 Felipe&#8217;s ticker add-on will also count down the 24 hours as soon as our attempt starts!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3190\/2577992985_099e1e7a29_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9345516@N06\/2577992985\/\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please remember that we&#8217;re only counting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadfirefox.com\/en-US\/worldrecord\/faq\">complete downloads<\/a>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re using an early version of Firefox 3, such as a beta or release candidate, you&#8217;ll need to download the new Firefox 3 to be counted.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that Guinness would like to see images and videos of our global Download Fests.\u00a0 Please tag images and videos with &#8220;Firefox 3,&#8221; &#8220;Download Fest,&#8221; &#8220;World Record,&#8221; and &#8220;Download Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for all of the hard work &#8212; we&#8217;re almost there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Guinness World Record attempt for the most software downloads in 24 hours is just around the corner!\u00a0 As soon as we roll out Firefox 3 on June 17th you&#8217;ll &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2008\/06\/14\/the-countdown-to-download-day\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Countdown to Download Day! 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