Web Browser Firefox 3 is out today, but it’s been the victim of its own success, as the main web servers that should allow you to download this browser have been overloaded. The plan was to have a record-breaking number of downloads of the web browser today, but it seems that everyone’s trying to grab it all at the same time, as it was not ‘rolled out’ as midnight hit around the world, but went live, everywhere, at the same time. or rather, failed to go live. Oops.
A number of mirror sites allow one to use FTP transfer to download Firefox, but for the less technical (and for those worried that their download won’t count in the record-breaking attempt) this is not what they want. Help is at hand, as, the European site is definitely live and kicking, so you can grab the Firefox Browser there now. I’ve been using the browser for just over an hour, and find it quick, compatible with my key add-ins, and stable. And it’a also a 100% organic browser!
My friend Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, who also organises the Next Web Conference, is always coming up with brilliant ideas, and then making them work online. His latest idea is already proving to be popular.
Twittercounter lets you show off the number of Twitter followers you have.
You just type in your Twitter username at twittercounter.com and copy and paste the code that appears into your web site or blog, and you have the perfect way to brag about how many people hold on to your every word. Boris explains some of the rationale behind the growing importance of twitter followers at The Next Web Blog - and notes the very important fact that a twitter feed is also a great way for people to follow a blog. So Twitter is more like the new RSS feed, which is itself the new page hit count.
