Download Firefox, Set World Record

Today is Firefox Download Day, where hundreds of thousands of people around the world will download the newly released Firefox 3. If you download the browser today, you’ll be part of a Guinness World Record attempt for the most browser downloads in one day.

If being part of a world record doesn’t inspire you to download Firefox, the browser improvements definitely will.

The list of updates on the new version of everyone’s favorite open-source browser is extensive. Among the big changes include a better bookmarking interface, faster speed, lower memory usage, and seamless plug-in management. And while I’ve been enjoying all those features in the betas and release candidates so far, the big selling point for me is the new awesome bar.

Allow me to explain in a few words: the awesome bar replaces the location bar so that you can find what you want quickly and easily. It does that by searching both the URLs and titles of your recently visited pages and calling up the ones you visit most. Which means, if you regularly visit Eloquation.com, just typing ‘el’ should get you what you’re looking for in a matter of microseconds. That easy.

Deb’s got a better review of how it all works on her site, but I am confident that further iterations of the awesome bar will change the way people use their browsers in the near future. If you’re ready to experience a forward-thinking shift in the way you interact with your browser, I’d highly recommend upgrading to Firefox 3 today, on Download Day.

And if you’re still using Internet Explorer, get a real browser already.