July 9, 2004

two days of action

You all continue to amaze me. Just two days into the take action campaign, you have added nearly 700 reviews of the Firefox web browser. The reviews are great reading and will really help to inform all of the download.com viewers.

What's so great about this effort is how much people have put into all of these reviews. I've read each and every one and the overwhelming majority are honest, thoughtful, and informative. One of my favorites was from Steve England:

Changing from IE has never been more attractive.
firefox has been my primary browser since v0.7 and is now simply indespensible. with each revision the whole browsing experience has become smoother and sleeker and v1.0 is shaping up to be a quality product. it's more secure than IE, it gives you more control over IE, it's easier to use than IE, and with extensions (plugins) like All-in-1 gestures and Tabbed Browser Preferences you can make your browsing experience something special.
That's the kind of message that IE readers need to hear (though only 4 out of 5 stars seems a bit low to me ;-)

If I was allowed to review Firefox, I would say that you all are why I love Firefox. We aren't a 'user base', we're a community and that's what makes Firefox the best browser in the world. Keep up the great work everyone. We're taking this message to the masses.

update Please do not add reviews for software you do not use. If you don't use Firefox, then please don't review it. If you don't use Opera, then please don't review it. Specifically, please do not go to other browsers on download.com and down-rate their applications. Seriously. That's just dirty -- we're above that. Besides, Opera has a great rendering engine. So does Safari. The three of us should be allies, not enemies. Thanks.

Posted by asa at 9:45 PM

 

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