# Firefox Passes 10 Million Downloads! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 15, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/firefox-passes-10-million-downloads/131362 "2004-12-15T00:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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/// Source Yahoo! News: [FULL ARTICLE HERE](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&ncid=75&e=2&u=/nf/20041214/tc_nf/29039) * * * Firefox Passes 10 Million Mark - Eyes 10% [font=arial][size=-1] Open-source browser Firefox has been downloaded over 10 million times since its November release, according to the Mozilla Foundation. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Mozilla’s Web site notes that it took the group 10 days to reach 2 million downloads of the Firefox preview release. The current milestone surpasses that achievement by quintupling the download number in only 32 days.[/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Mozilla has said that its goal is to gain 10 percent of the market over the next year, a figure that seems attainable to many, given the browser’s speedy adoption rate. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] **Security Force** [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Many analysts and industry observers point to security problems in Internet Explorer to explain Firefox’s popularity. During the past few months, almost two dozen holes have been found in Microsoft’s ([Nasdaq: MSFT - [url=“http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/biz/nf/tc\_nf/storytext/29039/13702865/\*http://biz.yahoo.com/n/m/msft.html”]news](http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/finance/nf/tc_nf/storytext/29039/13702865/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=msft&d=t)) browser. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Although security firm Secunia has warned that every browser has flaws, there is still a widespread perception that IE is the most insecure. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] This belief is bolstered by efforts like that seen at Pennsylvania State University, which officially advised students to discontinue using IE and switch to Firefox or Safari. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] **Taking on Redmond** [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] IE, which has dominated the market for some time, definitely is slipping in its market share, said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of Dutch market research firm [OneStat.com](http://OneStat.com). [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] The firm reported that IE had fallen to 88.9 percent in the third week of November, down from 93.9 in May. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] “We’ve seen IE losing market share for some time,” he told NewsFactor. “It started the decline at the beginning of the year and steadily decreased.” [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] The trend is likely to continue, Brinkman said. “There’s every indication that IE will keep falling in the ranks, especially with the success of Firefox.” [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Microsoft has disputed these numbers, according to news reports, because [OneStat.com](http://OneStat.com) does not track corporate use. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] **Open Sesame** [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] With the success of Firefox, it is possible that the Mozilla Foundation’s other offerings will also see more interest. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] Specifically, it could get a boost for Thunderbird 1.0, an e-mail client released in the first week of December and designed as a companion to Firefox. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] The two releases should give more exposure to the Mozilla development platform, and highlight the group’s ability to deliver on a full range of Internet applications, Thunderbird’s lead engineer, Scott MacGregor, told NewsFactor in an interview after Thunderbird’s release. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1] “Driving choice and innovation is a constant focus for us,” he remarked. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=-1]Just Love Firefox ![](http://kirupaforum.com/forums/images/smilies/drool2.gif) [/size][/font]