Microsoft last week lost European browser market leadership for the first time in years, when Mozilla's Firefox 3 took the top spot from Internet Explorer 7, Web analytics firm StatCounter said on Tuesday.

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Here's what we did: we looked at downloads of Firefox 3 by users within the U.S. – and then we drilled down to a minute-by-minute view to see what, if anything, could be detected.

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Web browser performance is an often talked-about and flaunted thing, but many claims are not really backed up by solid evidence. I wrote software that collected millions of data points over 14 hours of actual browsing time, and this article reveals my findings.

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My first week with Firefox 3

Firefox 3 was released one week ago and I have used it since then as my main web browser. I am very satisfied with Firefox 3 despite a few minor flaws.

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Firefox 3, which was released on Tuesday, has a really cool Easter Egg. Just type "about:robots" in the address bar (aka the "awesome bar") and nice tribute to the Firefox 3 robot mascot appears.

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Firefox 3: Themes

While I understand that Firefox 3 has only been out a day or two, there's simply not very many themes that work with it. I used Aquatint Black back on Firefox 2, but there's not a version of that for 3; just an Aquatint Black Gloss.

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Less than one day after its launch, Firefox 3 has a vulnerability. According to Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative, the vulnerability, which it rates as critical, was reported within the first five hours of Firefox 3's release.

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Take this statistic with a grain of salt, but Mozilla said more than 8 million copies of Firefox 3 were downloaded in its first 24 hours online.

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Firefox 3 enjoys tremendous success right out the door with over one million downloads in four hours, more than the first day total for Firefox 2.

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The new version of the Firefox Web browser became available as a free download Tuesday.

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There were only 2 things I wanted to know about this release: 1. Did they (Mozilla) fix that oh-so-stupid memory leak? 2. Did the zoom improve?

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Firefox 3 Download Day is turning into a PR fiasco. At time of writing - 11.44am PDT - servers are down and Mozilla Foundation websites are either unavailable or publishing html error messages.

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Firefox 3 — available for download at 10am PDT Tuesday — is the culmination of a two-year quest to build the best browser ever. And while it's not perfect, it comes pretty close.

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Web site problems held up the launch of Firefox 3 on Tuesday.

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I love Firefox. Usually it goes hand-in-hand with Defensive Computing, as Firefox is more secure than Internet Explorer. But not today, not with the release of version 3 of Firefox. Don't install Firefox version 3. Not today. not for a while.

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You already know about Firefox 3's marquee new features, but now it's time to dig deep and unearth the shortcuts, tweaks, and even Easter eggs that Mozilla marketing doesn't mention.

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"Thanks for trying out Google Browser Sync and for all of your feedback. It was a tough call, but we decided to phase out support for Browser Sync.

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Firefox 3 is going to be launched very soon. In anticipation of this long-awaited event, the folks in the Mozilla community have been writing extensively about the new and improved features you'll see in the browser.

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At least one security feature won't make it into the final release of Firefox 3 on June 17, Mozilla confirmed again Thursday.

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Mozilla has set June 17 as the official release day for Firefox 3. The introduction of the new browser marks the beginning of a race for the title of the fastest browser on the market.

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Mozilla has finally announced that they will be releasing Firefox 3 on June 17. For those who are just too impatient, Firefox RC3 is already available for download.

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Mozilla has released the second release candidate for its upcoming Firefox 3 web browser, ahead of the full release in mid-June. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 (RC2), a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback, was released on Wednesday.

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Firefox 3 is a massive upgrade over Firefox 2 with more than 14,000 changes over the 2.0 generation that was released in October of 2006.

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While I have heard from others saying that Firefox 3 is running lean and mean for them, I have heard from many others saying it is just as bad in the memory department as Firefox 2.

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Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's final feature set with Friday's push of release candidate 1, it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager, the best reason to upgrade will be for the performance impr …

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