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Cue Dr. Evil:”Firefox to reach…One billion downloads”

That’s a big number; clearly Mozilla/Firefox is now and will continue to be a force in the browser wars. Smart move to update and merchandise the Add ons section taking a page out of Apple’s successful app store playbook. I think the concept of bundling add-ons together in their new “collections” section (eg. the “travelers pack” featuring a set of 11 add-ons) is great. In addition, they’ve really taken on a social component by allowing users to create and share their own bundles.

Amplify’d from mashable.com
According to the Firefox Download Guesstimator, Firefox will pass one billion at some point on Friday.
Recent releases of the Firefox (Firefox) web browser have seen enormous download activity right out of the gate. Firefox 3.0 saw better than 8 million downloads in its first 24 hours, while the Firefox 3.5 update reached one million downloads hours after launch, and his since been downloaded a whopping 63 million times and countingRead more at mashable.com
 

Firefox dwarfs Safari in users, others in Community

Mozilla/Firefox is really kicking things into gear and this week’s relaunch of the app site with integrated community options should continue to keep them on the major growth path…

Amplify’d from news.cnet.com

Safari 4.0 notched 11 million downloads in just three days. While significant, this number is almost a rounding error compared with Firefox 3.0.11, which pulled down 150 million downloads in just 24 hours, as Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler reports.

With more than 300 million active users of Firefox, Mozilla is miles ahead of Safari in terms of users. Firefox also dwarfs Safari (and Internet Explorer) in community; indeed, it is Firefox’s rich ecosystem of add-ons and extensions that arguably render irrelevant any performance advantages Safari claims.

Read more at news.cnet.com
 

Firefox Launches Add-on Collections, New Site

Fyi, please take a look at the new Firefox Add-ons site that just launched today - chock full of some very interesting social components. You can read more about it on the source link (from their new blog).

Amplify’d from blog.mozilla.com

Today the Mozilla add-ons team introduced Add-on Collections. Collections enables anyone to create their own collection of add-ons that can be shared with their friends, posted on blogs, and featured on the Firefox Add-ons website.

Starting today, visitors to the add-ons website will see a brand new look with collections of add-ons front and center. We’ve integrated collections throughout the site, and created a Collection Directory that showcases all of the add-on lists created by our users.
Additionally, the team has also launched an entire redesign of the Add-ons site, which aims to do a better job of explaining add-ons and helping both new and experienced users find fun and useful add-ons through exploration.Read more at blog.mozilla.com
 

A Few Nuggets from Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer

I thought the bundling of add-ons that work well together was a really neat idea: a social productivity bundle might include Amplify, yammer, Zemanta, etc…

Amplify’d from www.readwriteweb.com
I spoke to Chris Beard - Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer and the person overseeing its efforts to bring new concepts to the browser, a.k.a. Mozilla Labs
I suggested that Firefox may want to offer bundles of add-ons, so that users don’t have to go hunting around for various individual add-ons. Beard said that yes, this is in the works. He said that users will be able to create add-on “lists” and offer them as a single click to other users - much like Amazon’s wish lists. However he noted that there are usability issues to overcome, because some add-ons aren’t necessarily compatible with others
He said that currently Firefox has around 8000 add-ons and that we can expect this bundling feature to come out in the next couple of monthsRead more at www.readwriteweb.com
 

Firefox Mobile Launches Beta

“And perhaps most exciting, this is the first version to add support for plugins.”

Wonder if this can accellerate the dev time for clipping on the devices…

Amplify’d from www.downloadsquad.com
Mozilla has released the first public beta of the mobile version of Firefox. Fennec beta 1 will run on Nokia N810 Internet Tablets, Windows, OS X, or Linux computers. A Windows Mobile version will be available later.
The newest build of Fennec features faster zooming, panning, and start-up times. It also users Mozilla’s TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, allows for editing of bookmarks and use of bookmark folders. And perhaps most exciting, this is the first version to add support for plugins. There aren’t very many compatible plugins yet, but that will likely change in the coming months.
Read more at www.downloadsquad.com
 

Bank of America may finally embrace Firefox

Clipped from news.cnet.com:
The largest bank in the United States has officially ignored the second most popular Web browser–until recently.
“As the usage of Firefox browsers has increased with our customer base, we will be initiating a full support model for Firefox version 2.x in the very near future,” spokeswoman Tara Burke told Networkworld.com.
Read the full article at news.cnet.com

Good news for Firefox and Clipmarks. Considering its 20% of the browser market its about time the financial institutions agree to support FF. BofA blessing will surely help to tip adoption of the browser in corporate America…