Firefox 3 successfully set the record yesterday for the most downloads in a single day. Globally, the new browser was download 8.3 Million times, with 2.5 Million of those downloads coming from the United States.
It hasn’t been verified yet but early numbers show that 1.3 Million of those downloads occurred at the NYC FF3 Launch Party :D.
What an evening. Between our post and the MozillaParty page we had well over 100 people RSVP. Best guesses peg the total guest count at 70.
Quick rundown in numbers:
- 16 large Pizzas (more on this later)
- 9L of wine
- 150 beers
- 4L of soda
- 80 buttons
- 4 t-shirts
- 100 party hats (my personal favorite)
A big thank you to Alex at Mozilla for sending over the swag.
A few observations: (1) Firefox fans are very prompt ;) (2) Firefox fans are hungry: the initial 8 pizzas that we provided were demolished in a feeding frenzy that lasted all of 10 min. Tim and Corey, co-founders of Notch.es came through with another 8 pies later in the evening. (3) The NYC FF community is alive and healthy. (4) Confidence is sparse when required to buzz up for access “to the, ugh… Firefox party.” (5) interest in party hats grew proportionally to the amount of alcohol consumed.
Thanks to everyone who made it, was nice to see such a diverse crowd. We only have the one photo — if you have any please send them my way and I’ll post them on the site.
