Firefox 3 set to be released on June 17th

Now that Firefox 3 has an official launch date of June 17th people all around the world are getting in line to download the newest edition of the Mozilla browser. A campaign has been launched by SpreadFireFox.com to set a Guiness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours. Based on the turnout so far I think they could actually succeed.

If you want to join the challenge on June 17th, sign up here and specify your country or region.

I’ve been playing with Firefox 3 Release Candidates for a while and they are definately faster than Firefox 2 in loading web sites. However, I have not been able to do a true scientific comparison due to the fact that I have almost 20 plugins installed in Firefox 2 – over half of which are not yet supported in Firefox 3.