Firefox 3 Release - world record silliness.

Mozilla’s idea of inciting pandemonium around today’s latest release of their internet browser, Firefox, in hopes of setting a world record seems silly at best, and downright ridiculous the more I think about it.

First off FF3 has had over eight public betas. If Star Wars had 8 public pre-screening versions to the last installment, can you really garner worthwhile data from its first “real” weekend at the box office?

Second, Mozilla is trying to establish a world record for something that there is no world record for and no one cares about. It is reminesecnt of the obscure combinations of stats that sportscasters try to put together to build suspense, “though technically he’s the league’s worst pitcher right now in terms of ERA, he is also the *best* lefty reliever when playing in domed stadiums built after 1995, but only when the opponent is not a team that has relocated since inter-league play began.”

 
Third, how could Mozilla not know that people would have a very difficult time downloading FF3 today? It’s not like they don’t know anything about the internet. 

My many attempts today can be summed up by the large screenshot in this post. . .however, my favorite is when I finally thought I was downloading FF3 only to see it was actually a link that sent me to a FF2 download.