Mozilla promotes Firefox 3.0 by setting a “Download Day”

With a rather emphatic “tone” Mozilla has set a new mission to which it invites us to join: setting a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours – namely “Download Day”

However, your likely initial enthusiasm might chill a bit when you learn that this is the first record attempt of its kind (besides, of course, that of Firefox 2).

What’s sure is that Firefox 3.0 is highly expected and for me at least Internet Explorer has lost its saying. However, that said, I’m not rushing my roll-out of the browser just because of some lame record attempt.

As the exact date of “Download Day” is not yet known (“it should be in June”), there are some requirements:

Please provide your email address when pledging to download Firefox 3 and we'll send you reminder emails and notify you of the exact date. Or, you can check back at Download Day Headquarters for an update or follow "mozillafirefox" on Twitter for status.

The problem as many do see it might lie with the add-ons. Until they are ready and updated as well (before Download Day) there is no certainity this “event”can’t have a boomerang effect on Mozzila.

They seem pretty optimistic about it as they urge us “Let’s shoot for 5 million–the sky is the limit!”