Mozilla struggles with Firefox 3 release

Promised at 10 a.m. Pacific duration (1 p.m. Eastern), Mozilla was eager to set a one-day world-record for the release of Firefox 3. With most of the day already gone for much of the world, and nary an update to be seen, it’s looking poor for June 17.

Getfirefox.com alternates amidst being entirely down and cheerfully offering up the latest and greatest version of Firefox 2.

“Check for Updates” inside of Firefox (eventually) returns a “AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200)” error reading the XML file that would normally contain

knowledge about Firefox updates.

When will we see an update? “Shortly,” according to the Mozilla Blog. They are additionally careful to point out that the “official” 24 hours of record-breaking will commence the moment the software is released, and not from their original 10 a.m. estimate.

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Update: 3:05 p.m.: We did it! TUAW single-handedly provided the schadenfreude essential to get the server running, and getfirefox.com is serving up Firefox 3.

[Source] Robert Palmer

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