{"id":21,"date":"2005-11-17T00:59:07","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:08:56","slug":"firefox-download-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/firefox-download-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Download Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure that many will take offense at this post, so before I say anything more, let me just clarify my stance on the browser-battle (again).<\/p>\n

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  1. I used IE 6 for about two months, then switched promptly to what was then known as Phoenix (which I had been using before off and on). IE 6 just did not have the cutting edge technology that I was looking for.<\/li>\n
  2. I stuck with Phoenix\/Firebird\/Firefox throughout the years, trying out Avast, Opera, Maxthon, SlimView, and the rest.<\/li>\n
  3. IE 7 Beta seemed to be what I was looking for, but it was too buggy, so I’m still on Firefox. I love Firefox, I just think there is major room for improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Anyway, this is a post on a subject explored all over the web, but with an extra ingredient!<\/p>\n

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    1. Firefox ‘download count’ and ‘user count’ are unfortunately taken from the same number. Every time a download is made, it gets added to a number that does not differentiate between an ex-IE user, and a hardcore Firefox user. If it does, its not made publicly available.<\/li>\n
    2. Firefox ‘download count’ includes downloads of new versions, especially since there are no hotfixes, and everytime a mis-spelling is corrected, a new version ships out :(<\/li>\n
    3. Firefox claims to have ‘taken back’ the web that was never theirs. See previous article<\/a> for more info.<\/li>\n
    4. Even when a IE user tries out Firefox, the bureaucrats and fan boys at Mozilla claim that they have a convert, or as they think of it, a revert (don’t ask ME why).<\/li>\n
    5. Users downloading copies to replace lost or deleted versions, or for multiple PCs count as different ‘people.’ I have personally downloaded Firefox over 200 times, just for myself.<\/li>\n
    6. \nSince the introduction of Google’s $1 per Firefox convert, suddenly all those AdSense click-fraud con-artists found themselves a new hobby.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What about how the downloads are counted?<\/p>\n