February 24, 2008
Where in the world do you use Firefox?
When talking about Mozilla usage worldwide we have often talked about which locale of the browser people are using. We are quite proud of the fact that Firefox is available in 50 languages and the fact that the growth of other locales is outpacing en-US. The dedication of Mozilla localization communities worldwide are a very big part of Firefox's success.
Since I knew I was coming to FOSDEM this weekend with many Mozilla localizers I wanted to know not just which language of Firefox people use but where in the world people use Firefox. John Lilly blogged earlier about how we use AUS data to get an aggregate view of Firefox usage. We looked at AUS data for December (comparing it against a Geo IP database) - the results were surprising:
Some details of note:
- As near as we can tell there are active Firefox users in every country on the planet. This includes Norfolk Island(Population < 2000), Vatican City, and the atolls of Tokelau
- People from the United States account for less that 30% of Firefox users worldwide
- China is the fastest growing locale in relative share. Between November and December it overtook Australia in active users
The combination of locale growth and worldwide usage growth are an amazing reminder of how Firefox and Mozilla are truly worldwide projects.
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February 12, 2008
Firefox 3 Beta 3
Firefox 3 Beta 3 went live this evening including over 1350 fixes such as 92 performance fixes, 90 memory improvements, and a few new twists like the integrated add-on search directly from the browser:
During the last week of January Mozilla developers from Japan, China, Israel, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland, Canada, Italy, Denmark and New Zealand all converged on Mountain View, CA to finish up Beta 3. It was really an amazing experience as 55 different people from around the world committed changes in one day to Firefox 3.
Give Beta3 a spin and tell us what you think. It is available in 34 languages each one of them the result of the amazing dedication of a volunteer localization team.
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