{"id":1347,"date":"2009-10-23T15:05:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T22:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2019-09-18T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:05:39","slug":"200000-firefox-users-update-their-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/2009\/10\/23\/200000-firefox-users-update-their-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"200,000 Firefox Users Update Their Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla recently <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2009\/10\/13\/mozilla-plugin-check-now-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2009\/10\/13\/plugin-checker-launched\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch<\/a> of a \u201cplugin check\u201d page (pictured below), allowing users to see a list of their installed plugins and whether or not any updates are needed.\u00a0 This comes on the heels of a program where we successfully helped more than <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/2009\/09\/16\/helping-people-upgrade-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10,000,000 Firefox users<\/a> with a non-current version of Flash get to Adobe\u2019s download\/update page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/plugincheck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1354\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"plugin_check_page2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_page2.png\" alt=\"plugin_check_page2\" width=\"555\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_page2.png 555w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_page2-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that this new program has been live for about a week, we thought we\u2019d check the numbers (cumulative since last week):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1349\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"plugin_check_numbers\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_numbers.png\" alt=\"plugin_check_numbers\" width=\"343\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_numbers.png 343w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_numbers-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Considering that this page hasn\u2019t been directly pushed to users, these numbers are significant.\u00a0 There are a couple spots within mozilla.com where users can click to find this page, but otherwise, our web analytics reporting tells us that about 90% of the traffic has been coming from news and technology related web sites.<\/p>\n<p>Next, you may be wondering where people ventured upon clicking to \u201cUpdate\u201d or \u201cResearch\u201d.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a breakdown:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_click_breakdown1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1358\" title=\"plugin_check_click_breakdown2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_click_breakdown2.png\" alt=\"plugin_check_click_breakdown2\" width=\"539\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_click_breakdown2.png 539w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/metrics\/files\/2009\/10\/plugin_check_click_breakdown2-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll continue to keep an eye on these numbers, and perhaps more excitedly, there are plans to soon <a href=\"http:\/\/theunfocused.net\/2009\/10\/06\/firefox-3-6-knows-when-your-plugins-are-out-of-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">integrate this feature<\/a> into the browser itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla recently announced the launch of a \u201cplugin check\u201d page (pictured below), allowing users to see a list of their installed plugins and whether or not any updates are needed.\u00a0 This comes on the heels of a program where we &hellip; 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