24 hour download day I think it’s worth commending them on the buzz this has created for their browser. There’s been some bad press about their Firefox vs. Safari comparison on the download site but to me it’s all done in good spirit. The Firefox team got flak for their sore loser attitude regarding the Acid 3 race, and now they deserve some credit for this drumming up of their release. I also disagree with Jack Shedd’s analysis:

> The sad fact is, in most ways, WebKit/Safari is the superior browser.

I agree WebKit is a very fast browser engine with beautiful page rendering but as far as browser features is concerned I would have a very hard time managing without Firefox and its extensions in my job.

For next time I hope the download day is slightly better planned. Servers staying up is essential, as is announcing at what time, and in what time zone, the download day actually starts.

Congratulations Firefox team!

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