Mozilla Firefox the world’s famous upcoming browser has created a milestone as it passed its billionth download. This was achieved on the last day of July 2009 as the number of download counts for the open–source browser has been increasing greatly from its launch in the year 2004.

Firefox now has covered one third of the browser market, but the leader in the browser is still the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer holds the maximum share of about 60% in the browser market. Many other browsers are also available in the market but they cannot able make it to the top. Some of the browsers are Opera, Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari. Microsoft is facing a very tough competition from Mozilla Firefox as it is developing at a quick pace even before its fourth iteration.

The browser was developed by the Mozilla foundation in 2004. By the year 2008, it set a new Guinness world record for the most downloads in a day. This milestone was achieved when the third version of the Mozilla Firefox was released in the market, which was downloaded more than eight million times.

The total number of downloads can be viewed on the Mozilla website. Mozilla is currently working to release the fourth iteration into the browser market. They released some screenshots of the view of the fourth iteration which looks like Google Chrome with the tabs on the top of the webpage. The users around the world are eagerly waiting for the fourth iteration as it is becoming the common browser for many users.

Mozilla foundation has decided to launch a new website as “OneBillionPlusYou.com” to celebrate the milestone of billion downloads. Let us join Mozilla in the celebration and have fun in the browser world.

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