Mind you, he can’t be enjoying that….

This week a new world record was set by over 8 million people… not for setting foxes on fire, but for all downloading the same application to their computers within the one 24 hour period – that application being the hotly anticipated Firefox 3.

(Frankly, I never understood, at the time, where exactly they got the name Firefox from… it was originally called “Phoenix”, and then “Firebird” – which made sense, as it was a sort-of phoenix from the flames;- a rebirth of the browser… but some people complained, notably Phoenix Software and the Firebird Free Database Software project people, so “Firefox” it became and remained. It’s certainly unique anyway…) [More history here].