Hopes to convince laggards to upgrade before Firefox 2.0 loses support
(Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. said today that it will take another stab this week at convincing users running older versions of its Firefox browser to update to Version 3.0.
On Thursday, Mozilla plans to offer Firefox 3.0.4, the most-up-to-date edition, to users of Firefox 2.0.0.18, the latest version of the company's 2006 browser. It will be the second so-called major update presented to users since Mozilla launched Firefox 3.0 in June.
The first offer was in late August; it was accepted by more than 50% of the people using the older Firefox 2.0 at the time, Mozilla said.
Currently, three-fourths of Mozilla users are running Firefox 3.0, according to data released yesterday by Web metrics firm Net Applications Inc. During November, Firefox 2.0 accounted for 4.8% of all browsers used, while the newer Firefox 3.0 held a 15.6% market share.
Mozilla will repeat the original offer, which let users choose between accepting the update, postponing it 24 hours or declining it. In August, declining the offer meant that Mozilla might repeat it at some later date, and that arrangement might still be in place with Thursday's offer.
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(Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. said today that it will take another stab this week at convincing users running older versions of its Firefox browser to update to Version 3.0.
On Thursday, Mozilla plans to offer Firefox 3.0.4, the most-up-to-date edition, to users of Firefox 2.0.0.18, the latest version of the company's 2006 browser. It will be the second so-called major update presented to users since Mozilla launched Firefox 3.0 in June.
The first offer was in late August; it was accepted by more than 50% of the people using the older Firefox 2.0 at the time, Mozilla said.
Currently, three-fourths of Mozilla users are running Firefox 3.0, according to data released yesterday by Web metrics firm Net Applications Inc. During November, Firefox 2.0 accounted for 4.8% of all browsers used, while the newer Firefox 3.0 held a 15.6% market share.
Mozilla will repeat the original offer, which let users choose between accepting the update, postponing it 24 hours or declining it. In August, declining the offer meant that Mozilla might repeat it at some later date, and that arrangement might still be in place with Thursday's offer.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9122105&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8
