Wednesday 23 March 2011

6 Million downloads in first 24 hours - Mozilla Firefox 4

Mozilla announced on Tuesday that the final release version of its Firefox 4 Web browser was available for donwload.Within its first 24 hours of availablility , the browser was downloaded 6 million times.

Microsoft's latest IE9 was downloaded 2.35 million times in first 24 hours of availability.Version 4 of the popular Firefox Web Browser features a variety of enhancements including a redesigned UI, improved tab management and faster browser in the world according to market share tracker Net Applications. 

Firefox held a 21.74% global browser share in February, behind Internet Explorer 56.77% and ahead of  No. 3 browser Chrome , which was grown to 10.93% in a very short period of time. Both Internet Explorer and Firefox seen their share decrease over the past year, while Google's Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser have gained popularity.